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Verizon Contracts Steelweld to Convert 300 Vans to CNG, Adding 260 Hybrids

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to convert 300 gasoline-powered Ford E-250 cargo vans to CNG, a move that will reduce vehicle carbon emissions by 480 tons per year. Verizon will add more than 260 hybrid vehicles to its New Jersey fleet this year. Verizon has contracted with Steelweld Equipment Co.

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NY to award $18.9M to increase number of electric buses in state

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To provide further support, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) have reached an agreement which includes more than $1 million in funding for a new program to help the five large upstate and suburban transit operators develop plans to convert to all-electric transit buses.

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest is installing APUs on locomotive switch engines and replacing 12 diesel refuse haulers with CNG haulers. Franklin Soil & Water Conservation District is replacing three school buses and four agriculture engines and converting three irrigation pumps to clean burning electric. North Carolina.

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New Energy’s Technology for Generating Electricity from Movement of Cars Tested at Burger King

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New Energy Technology successfully conducted durability field-tests of its prototype MotionPower technology for generating electricity from the motion of cars and light trucks at a Burger King restaurant in Hillside, New Jersey over the Labor Day weekend. Rendering of proposed MotionPower system. Click to enlarge.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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The project will develop a new device called the Galloping Hydrokinetic Energy Extraction Device that will convert fast-moving river currents into an oscillating motion that will drive a dielectric elastomer generator (DEG). The DEG will generate electricity without the need for rotors or other moving parts. Atargis Energy, Inc.

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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

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Tanenbaum went on to serve as president of AT&T’s New Jersey Bell (now part of Verizon ) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He began his civilian career in 1953 as a telephone installation expert at Bell. Later he helped develop optical fiber and digital telephone switching. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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The inverter converts alternating current to direct current when charging the vehicle and back the other way when sending power into the grid. The inverter converts alternating current to direct current when charging the vehicle and back the other way when sending power into the grid. This is good for the grid.

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