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BIO Asks Congress to Fully Fund Reverse Auction for Cellulosic Biofuel

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The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) released a letter to House and Senate appropriators asking them to fund Section 942 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Production Incentives for Cellulosic Biofuels, at the $25 million level in Fiscal Year 2011.

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Biden Administration turns to Tesla for help on renewable fuel policy reform

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The updated policy is expected to include benefits for electric vehicles from the United States’ renewable fuel subsidies. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program. The RFS is a federal program that requires transportation fuel sold in the United States to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels.

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Senate Energy Bill Contains $3.8B for Natural Gas Vehicle Conversion and Purchasing, $400M for Plug-in Vehicle Deployment

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On Tuesday, US Senate Majority leader Harry Reid released the “Clean Energy Jobs 5 and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010”—the latest version of the energy bill to emerge from the Senate. the support of workforce training across the United States relating to plug-in electric drive vehicles.

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DOE fuel cell technologies report finds largest growth in capacity in 2016 occurred in transportation

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a new report documenting growth and opportunities in the fuel cell industry. The report also examines 2016 activities related to hydrogen production, power-to-gas, energy storage, and components used by fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. Source: US DOE FCTO, E4 Tech. Click to enlarge.

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MIT Energy Initiative Publishes Report on Reducing CO2 Emissions from Existing Coal Plants

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The MIT Energy Initiative has released a new report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. In the interim, we need a large, focused, federal program to develop and demonstrate commercial-scale technologies. Professor Ernest Moniz, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI).

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Auto Industry and Utilities Urge President Obama to Create to National Electric Fuel Task Force to Accelerate Plug-in Adoption

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Led by the Department of Energy, the task force would include federal and state regulators, standards organizations, utilities, environmental groups, consumer groups and electric drive industry stakeholders. EEI is the association of US shareholder-owned electric companies.

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DOE to award up to $2.5M to deploy fuel-cell-powered baggage tow tractors at commercial airports

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $2.5 This funding is intended to help industry bring advanced fuel cell technologies into emerging markets and provide airlines and airports with new choices for ground support operations that cut energy costs, air pollution, and petroleum use.