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Chevrolet to invest $40M in clean energy projects

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Chevrolet will invest $40 million in various clean energy projects throughout the US with a goal to reduce 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Supporting wind farms and solar projects that deliver renewable energy to the grid and also help family farms increase their revenues per acre. —Dan Akerson, GM CEO.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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Clean Energy. Clean Fuels Ohio. Greater Portland. Region Clean Cities. Clean Cities. The I-40 Collaboration of Clean Cities, a partnership across Arkansas and. The Central Texas Fuel Independence Project will expand an interagency. vehicle and natural gas workshops to educate potential fleet users in the.

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Hertz adds 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid to rental fleet

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The Sonata Hybrid is available to rent at airports including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, Atlanta, Dulles International and Chicago, as well as cities such as San Jose, San Diego and Long Beach in California; Portland, Oregon; and Denver. All of the Green Traveler cars have fuel efficiency ratings starting at 33+ highway mpg.

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Lightsource bp launches Bighorn Solar project in Colorado; first steel mill to run almost entirely on solar

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Lightsource bp, together with Xcel Energy and EVRAZ North America , launched its new 300-megawatt Bighorn Solar project. The Bihorn Solar project is primarily located on 1,800 acres of land on EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel property in Pueblo.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Fleets don’t want to go electric at scale until they’ve done years-long pilots, but the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation will artificially constrict that timeframe. He later served as Transportation Electrification Manager at Portland General Electric, so he’s worked both sides of the electric fence. Soon they won’t have a choice.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; This ensures the air coming out the tailpipe stays clean, while freeing up the engine to run more efficiently at higher temperatures and pressures. engine brake thermal efficiency.

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Oregon On Verge Of Requiring 100% Clean Electricity By 2040

CleanTechnica EVs

So, it’s a bit painful to watch how slowly they have been getting cleaned up. Power plants and other infrastructure are multi-decade investments, and it’s rare to retire them early. Even with the majority of new power plants being renewable energy power plants, the percentage of electricity coming from […].

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