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DEED advertising pays off

Electric Auto Association

The members of EAA San Joaquin Valley (EAASJV), largely held back from holding in-person events since the chapter’s founding in 2019 due to the pandemic, were determined to make their 2022 Drive Electric Earth Day event a rousing success. We shared ideas on how to do that; personally, I read a book about marketing.”

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Solazyme announces successful commissioning of integrated renewable oil production biorefinery in Peoria, Illinois

Green Car Congress

Solazyme has been running routine fermentations at commercial scale since 2007 and began running fermentation operations at the Peoria facility in Q4 2011. Solazyme has been operating at semi-commercial scale through contract manufacturers since 2007. Solazyme, Inc. Solazyme uses heterotrophic microalgae—i.e., Solazyme, Inc.

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Vitruivan crowd-sourcing funding for novel biofuel from sewage treatment bio-solids

Green Car Congress

The technology has received a California Energy Commission (CEC) grant to develop the process for production of EEB (also called E-xtra by Vitruvian) from WWTP (waste water treatment plant) biosolids and a National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR Phase 1 grant to characterize EEB as a fuel additive/oxygenate for both gasoline and diesel.

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DOE to invest $30M to further H2 and fuel cell technology as industry continues strong growth

Green Car Congress

For example, more than 36,000 emergency responders and code officials have been reached through on-line and in-person trainings. These efforts, in California, Hawaii, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, include grant funding for station development and rebates for the purchase of FCEVs.

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GeeRemit App Moves Money and Saves It Too

Cars That Think

EUREKA MOMENT After a 2007 visit to the Elmina Slave Castle , a former slave-trading depot in Ghana, Johnson had what she calls a “eureka moment.” The app would then suggest the person set aside money. She applied for several grants, including a special American Express program for businesses owned by Black women.

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Paying Tribute to Former IEEE President Richard Gowen

Cars That Think

His project led to the development of a device worn on a person's finger that measures blood pressure during physical exercise. He was granted his first U.S. He helped found Dakota Power in 2007. For his doctoral research, he developed an engineering model of the cardiovascular system. patent for the technology.

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Bush Budget: Plug-ins Hybrids, Not So Much

Plugs and Cars

Increases for hydrogen fuel cell research from $289 million in FY 2007 to $309 million in FY 2008. Bush proposes $81 million, which includes $17 million for plug-in hybrid battery grants. I say take the proposed $390 million in Bush's budget, and give 75,000 people a $5000 grant for the purchase of a plug-in hybrid or electric car.

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