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Electrifying Transportation Equitably: All-Electric Carshare

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Minneapolis and St. Paul residents logged 25,000 trips and nearly 250,000 miles on the nation’s first renewably powered all-electric carshare program. To wrap up September, there is positive news coming out of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, where they are reporting the first six months of usage data for Evie Carshare.

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Cummins investing more than $1B in US engine manufacturing network

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Walmart will receive the first field test unit later in April to take part in the field test of this 15-liter advanced engine platform running on renewable natural gas. million square feet full-service facility, concentrating on design, product, service engineering and manufacturing located just north of Minneapolis.

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Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

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Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will work with Idaho National Laboratory to demonstrate a system that uses a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. The report was published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Earlier post.)

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NREL study finds 2nd-generation diesel hybrid delivery vans show significant gains in fuel economy over conventional vans

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a report on an 18-month evaluation of in-service second-generation diesel-electric hybrid delivery vans and found significant fuel economy benefits of the hybrids compared to similar conventional vans. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Resources.

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BioAmber closes $45M Series B to fund biobased succinic and adipic platforms

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a developer of bio-based succinic acid ( earlier post ), has raised $45 million dollars in a Series B financing that will accelerate the commercialization of succinic acid and modified PBS (polybutylene succinate, a renewable, biodegradable polymer). BioAmber Inc., and Mitsubishi Chemical.

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Azure Dynamics announces sales of 29 Transit Connect Electrics

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National Renewable Energy Lab through Phil Long Ford in Colorado Springs, CO. Boyer Ford in Minneapolis, MN. Mission Valley Ford in San Jose, CA (2 units). Hawk Ford in Oak Lawn, IL. Harris Ford in Lynnwood, WA (2 units). Metro Motors Ltd in Port Coquitlam, BC (2 units). Johnson Controls through Sutton Ford in Matteson, IL (3 units).

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Cummins Demonstrates Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power System

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The demonstration, held at Cummins Power Generation facilities in Minneapolis, leveraged development supported by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Caine Finnerty, vice president, SOFC Operations, Protonex Technology Corporation.

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