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Velocys sells its second commercial license for FT renewable diesel and jet technology to Red Rock Biofuels

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The contract represents Velocys’s second commercial license, the first being to ENVIA for a gas-to-liquids plant. RRB is a subsidiary of IR1 Group LLC, which has 325 million gallons of installed biofuels capacity. Enough jet fuel will be produced by the plant to fuel 1,800 round trips per year from Portland, Oregon to San Francisco.

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IEA: Electric vehicles posted strong gains in 2016; 2M now in global parc

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Amsterdam has a unique strategy of offering the installation of charging points on public parking spaces to people who make a request, ensuring that charging infrastructure is installed where it’s actually needed. London for its part encourages EV adoption by waiving its congestion charge.

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Utilize The ODOT Community Charging Rebate To Fund Your Oregon EV Charging Project

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Federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as local utility companies, are offering funding to help ramp up the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country. An EV charging station installation rebate program by the Oregon Department of Transportation. How much do the rebates cover?

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Here at Charged , we’ve been covering the commercial EV market for a decade. After many discussions with players in the commercial EV field, we realized that the problem was proving the performance of EVs. Rustam Kocher has been a pioneer in the commercial EV field. In the real world, things haven’t been that simple.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Portland General Electric. Loan guarantees can be an important tool to commercialize innovative technologies because these projects may be unable to obtain full commercial financing due to the perceived risks associated with technology that has never been deployed at commercial scale in the United States. National Grid.

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RMI Launches Project Get Ready to Help Communities Prepare for Plug-ins

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Community members in Portland, Oregon; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Raleigh, North Carolina soon expanding to the Triangle region have already agreed to work with RMI’s Project Get Ready. Corporate/city/state fleets commit to buy a certain number of plug-ins (RFPs for major purchases or conversions). Sign on to a clear regional plan.

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Daimler and PGE develop the electric truck stop of the future

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The Electric Island project, a collaboration between Daimler Trucks North America and Portland General Electric, will be a test bed for all kinds of heavy-duty EV charging solutions. Furthermore, as many fleet operators are belatedly realizing, electrifying a fleet involves much more than simply installing a few charging stations.

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