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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Louisville, Colo. Catalyst Leaching Resistance for the Oxidative Production of Biobased Chemicals, $335,000 Forge Nano, Louisville, Colo. Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C. The Solar Foundation, Washington, D.C. Tustin, Calif. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colo. Raleigh, N.C.

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UPS Deploys 200 More Hybrid Delivery Trucks

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The 200 new hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) join roughly 20,000 low-emission and alternative-fuel vehicles already in use and have been deployed in Austin, Houston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Long Island, Minneapolis and Louisville.

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NSF awarding $81M to 16 sites for new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

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Texas Nanofabrication Facility, University of Texas at Austin, PI: Sanjay Banerjee Northwest Nanotechnology Infrastructure, University of Washington with partner Oregon State University, PI: Karl Bohringer. The Center for Nanoscale Systems at Harvard University, Harvard University, PI: Robert Westervelt.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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At an event in Washington, President Obama announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. of Washington Clean Energy Institute; Washington State U.; manufacturers and the nation up to 1.6 West Virginia U.

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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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Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities. University of Washington. Avista commits to install electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) in its Eastern Washington service territory, as part of a two-year pilot program recently approved by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. Georgia Power.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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Louis, Kansas City, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Louisville). Southeast Corridor (Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Macon, Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville). Chicago Hub Network( Chicago, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, St. Florida Corridor (Orlando, Tampa, Miami).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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"Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ). chief executive, said yesterday in Washington. Its not lack of desire. Its lack of science," James E. Press, Toyotas U.S.

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