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DOE awarding $7+ million to four hydrogen and fuel cell projects, including fuel cell delivery trucks

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Private industry and DOE’s national laboratories have already helped to reduce automotive fuel cell costs by more than 50% since 2006 and by more than 30% since 2008. The University of Texas’s Center for Electromechanics, Electric Vehicles International, Hydrogenics USA and Valence Technology will also participate in this project.

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USDA to award $25M for R&D for next-generation biofuels

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The projects are funded by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative, established in the 2008 Farm Bill. The following projects have been selected for awards: Kansas State University, $5,078,932. Ohio State University, $6,510,183.

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USDA providing $9.6M to create 9,000 acres of BCAP project areas for non-food energy crop production

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BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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Study Finds Regional Variations in Irrigation Practices Can Push Corn Ethanol Water Requirements 3x Higher Than Earlier Estimates; Need to Account for Regional Specifics in Mandates

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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have estimated state-level field-to-pump water requirements of corn ethanol production across the US. trillion liters between 2005 and 2008, whereas US bioethanol production has increased only 133% from 15 to 34 billion liters during the same period. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge. Chiu et al.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Kansas City Power & Light. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Binghamton University (State University of New York).

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Why Haven't Hoverbikes Taken Off?

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“it’s gonna happen, but I don’t I don’t know if it’ll happen in your lifetime and mine,” says Ron Barrett-Gonzalez , an aerospace engineering professor at the University of Kansas. The University of Kansas team’s GoFly entry, called Mamba , had been one of 10 Phase I winners for best design. million machine.

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Harmonizing Low Carbon Fuel Standards

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The Midwestern Governor’s Association represents Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The European Commission amended the European Fuel Quality Directive 98/70/EC in December 2008, to include the de-carbonization of transport fuel. Midwestern Governor’s Association.

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