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Beneficial Electrification League launches rural electric school bus initiative

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The aim of this program is straightforward: no school district or utility should miss out on that opportunity simply because they lack access to information or resources to participate in this valuable federal program. Dairyland Power Cooperative (representing 24 electric cooperatives). Trico Electric Cooperative, Inc.

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Georgia Tech team develops AI to read EV charging station reviews to find infrastructure gaps

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These communities are mostly located in states in the West and Midwest, such as Oregon, Utah, South Dakota, and Nebraska, along with Hawaii. They also found that micropolitan areas, where the population is between 10,000 and 50,000 people, may be underserved, with more frequent reports of station availability issues. 2020.100195.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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San Juan River-Raton-Black Mesa Basin (Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico): New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology plans to determine the rare earth elements and critical minerals resource potential in coal and related stratigraphic units in the San Juan and Raton basins in New Mexico. DOE Funding: $1,499,999. DOE Funding: $1,483,787.

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Gevo and HCS Group to produce renewable low-carbon chemicals and sustainable aviation fuel in Europe

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The first Net-Zero project, Net-Zero 1, is expected to be built in Lake Preston, South Dakota. The remaining 70% of electricity to run the plant is expected to come from wind power. Net-Zero 1 may also obtain renewable natural gas (RNG) using manure from dairy or beef cows.

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Argonne and University of Illinois to form Midwest Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Coalition

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The states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas are home to a quarter of the US population and consume 30% of electric power generated in the US.

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This utility in the US Midwest is going to add 3.6 GW of wind and solar

Baua Electric

It also says it’s on track to achieve its clean energy goals for all the Upper Midwest states it serves – Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Michigan. GW of “always-available resources” by 2030 as backup power during peak demand. gigawatts (GW) of new wind and solar into the mix in the Midwest.

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The unique role some Tribal nations are taking in the EV transition

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With an initial focus on 26 Tribes in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota, the Upper Midwest Inter-Tribal EV Charging Community Network has quickly doubled the number of Native lands and states covered, having a long-term goal of connecting as many of the 574 sovereign Tribal nations in this country as possible.

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