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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000. Of that, $26.5 The largest PV installation in Georgia.

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Sun Catalytix Signs $4M ARPA-E Contract and Forms Scientific Advisory Board; Affordable Catalysts for Water Splitting

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The ability to convert electrical energy into hydrogen reducing equivalents is fundamental to an enormous number of processes. Immediately prior to Foley Hoag, Mark served as Counsel to the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. Earlier post.).

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Connecticut Department of Transportation. The Connecticut Department of Transportation will receive funding to purchase 40' Proterra E2 Max battery electric buses through a joint effort with CTtransit’s Hartford Division and Greater Bridgeport Transit. The buses will replace diesel buses that have exceeded useful life. Broward County.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. NEL Hydrogen (Wallingford, Connecticut). First Solar Inc.

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Mattershift scales up CNT membranes; potential for zero-carbon fuels for less than fossil

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An example of a simplified schematic for converting atmospheric carbon dioxide, water, and solar or wind electricity into ethanol, gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Jeffrey McCutcheon is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. Source: Mattershift.

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Honda launches new “Green Path” initiatives for manufacturing and operations; new $210M paint line at Marysville with new 4C2B process

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Other elements in the Green Path program include: Connecticut Parts Distribution Center Adds 1-Megawatt Solar Array. Honda has installed a 1-megawatt rooftop solar array at its 400,000 square foot parts distribution center in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. (HDM) plant, which produces the Fit. Earlier post.). million dollars.

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