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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Since the first year of the DERA program in 2008, EPA has competitively awarded more than 790 grants and 420 rebates across the country. Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington) will accept proposals requesting up to $1,000,000 in grant funds. Background.

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JANUARY 11, 2013

With four ethanol plants in the Western United States including California, Oregon and Idaho, Pacific Ethanol’s facilities have the combined ethanol production capacity of 200 million gallons per year. The Stockton, California plant was built in 2008 and has the capacity to produce 60 million gallons per year.

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JANUARY 23, 2015

A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and E4tech finds that the targets adopted or proposed by British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels can be met with a range of low-carbon fuel options. Click to enlarge. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 26, 2012

ZBB will operate a 25 million gallon per year biorefinery, which will be constructed on an industrial site in Boardman, Oregon. 9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill) to be made by USDA this month. USDA’s Biorefinery Assistance Program was authorized by Congress under the 2008 Farm Bill. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 6, 2014

A team led by researchers at Oregon State University has discovered novel nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (NPAH) compounds produced by combustion sources or formed in the atmosphere that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than their parent PAHs, which are known carcinogens.

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APRIL 9, 2012

Polk’s research also indicates that volatility in fuel prices between 2008 and 2011, which ranged from just under $2.00/gallon Los Angeles; San Diego; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle) are no more loyal to hybrid vehicles than the nation at large. Hybrid vehicles represent 2.4% Data: Polk. Click to enlarge. gallon to nearly $4.00/gallon,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), through its Rural Development Biorefinery Assistance Program (Section 9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill), approved a $99-million, 80% loan guarantee to Chemtex International, Inc. The PROESA process delivers cost-effective sugars from non-food biomass for use in bioproducts. Source: Beta Renewables.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

USDA is negotiating three additional loans for biorefineries in Iowa, North Carolina and Oregon. Congress established the Biorefinery Assistance Program in the 2008 Farm Bill. INEOS New Plant Bioenergy, located in Vero Beach, Fla., One of these ventures will retrofit an existing corn ethanol facility to produce cellulosic ethanol.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington): EPA is requesting proposals between $300,000 and $800,000. Since the first year of the DERA program in 2008, EPA has awarded nearly 700 grants across the US.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Oregon State University, $349,624. AFRI is NIFA’s flagship competitive grant program and was established under the 2008 Farm Bill. University of Minnesota, $349,996. Mississippi State University, $273,120. University of Missouri, $499,447. Lincoln University, $94,258. Montclair State University, $349,963. Duke University, $349,084.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

At the high end, that would be enough baseload power to supply about 20% of California's total electric power in 2008—or enough generating capacity to supply the power needs of about 7.2 New Mexico. Washington. unspecified. The report found a total of 144 projects under development that could add between 4,699.9 and 7,109.9 million people.

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JULY 5, 2009

To study recent changes in freshwater content of the Arctic, a team from McPhee Research; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; the Polar Science Center at the University of Washington, Seattle; and Oregon State University analyzed data from an extensive aerial hydrographic survey carried out in March and April 2008.

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MARCH 27, 2013

The 74,000 square foot plant—located in Albany Oregon—came online in February 2012. The company’s ISO 9001:2008-certified facility in Albany is already producing advanced carbon materials at a multi-ton scale and is supplying commercial quantities to a growing, global customer base.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

USDA’s loan commitment to Cool Planet is being financed from the remainder of the Biorefinery Assistance Program funds authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill. USDA has awarded conditional commitments for other plants in Florida, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina and Oregon. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Northeast States, Oregon, the EU, etc.). The Oregon Legislature authorized an LCFS program in 2009 as part of House Bill 2186, tasking the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to design the program. The proposal is modeled after California LCFS while being customized to meet conditions in Oregon. Washington.

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JUNE 13, 2012

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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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Federal tax law doesn't let me get a rebate from the feds because the car isn't a fully qualified conversion; however, I applied to the State of Oregon to get the state rebate of $750. Maybe for 2008, at least the Tesla roadster will get on the list. It's better than nothing.

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APRIL 21, 2011

The state of Oregon conducted a similar study completed in November 2007 and Iowa, Nevada and Texas are among several states currently researching mileage-based user fees. Based on its last state transportation plan, Mn/DOT anticipates as much as a $50-billion transportation funding shortfall during the next 20 years.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

—Beverly Law, a professor of global change forest science at Oregon State University. In these regions, microwave satellite observations indicate that soil moisture decreased from 1998 to 2008. This change was driven primarily by moisture limitation in the Southern Hemisphere, particularly Africa and Australia.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) launched Project Get Ready , an initiative that emerged from its Smart Garage Summit in October 2008 and that is intended to help communities prepare for plug-in vehicles including full battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and converted hybrid or internal combustion vehicles.

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JULY 21, 2016

During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. University of Oregon. Sustainable Future LLC.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

In 2008 the company released a test fleet of 450 Mini-E vehicles and is getting ready to announce its second phase. Bob Lutz, the outgoing vice chairman of GM, has said the company will produce about 8,000 Chevy Volts in 2011. BMW’s Mini is rolling out its electric car in three phases. The third phase will be released around 2015.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

And Frank was similarly clueless about the new EV Nissan that’s rolling out at the end of 2010 in lucky Tenn, Oregon and Sonoma County, Calif. Welcome To Plug-In 2008. Electrifying Day at Plug-In 2008. Professor Franks Has Given Birth - Day 3 at Plug-In 2008. Top Ten Things I Learned at Plug-In 2008.

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AUGUST 24, 2016

By 2008, piston-driven aircraft emissions accounted for half of all US atmospheric anthropogenic lead emissions, and were the single largest source of lead emissions to the air. Eliminating lead from automobile fuel, new residential paint, and plumbing systems over the past several decades likely contributed to significant economic benefits.

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MAY 27, 2009

In 2008, Valero Energy CEO Bill Kless had said that using corn to produce ethanol will make food so expensive in poor countries that it will cause more misery than global warming. They acquired seven existing facilities and one under construction which together represented 780 million gallons/year of capacity. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JUNE 22, 2009

Introduction of an original EV test vehicle in August 2008. Between January 2008 and June 2009, the Alliance established 27 “zero-emission mobility partnerships” with governments, municipalities and other sectors around the world for full-scale EV diffusion. Raleigh, N.C. and Washington, D.C. The reduction target was 7%.

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MAY 27, 2009

Europcar Groupe has already implemented numerous environmental initiatives within the scope of a Green charter certified by Bureau Veritas in June 2008. Electric vehicles will be rolled out in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and will be subsequently extended to other countries.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The Oregon Trail came out in 1971 and is still with us.) Aces, flying solo in an Xbox-centric Microsoft Games Division, became an easy target when the financial crisis of 2008 forced company-wide layoffs. That makes it the second-oldest video-game franchise still in active development. (

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APRIL 12, 2013

Since the project’s start in 2008, the Energy Department has worked with Ormat, GeothermEx, the US Geological Survey, and Lawrence Berkeley and Sandia National Laboratories to develop cost-effective and innovative production technologies that utilize protective environmental best practices and monitoring. Leveraging a $5.4-million

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

In 2008, Elektromotive integrated the latest Power Line Communication (PLC) technology (developed by EDF), into its road-side charging stations. The Elektrobay supports power output of 240 volts AC and 13 amps in the UK, or 230 volts AC and 16 amps in Europe.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Mitsubishi to help Oregon build. Comments ( 0 ) Add Your Comment View Comments Post a comment Name Comment Verify Code Not Clear? Related Articles UK electric car buyers to get £5,000. Chrysler developing electric sports. BYD has a long way off to. BYD electric sedan F3DM sells 80. All rights reserved.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association / Salem Electric PHEV Escape by Hybrids Plus , Sept 25, 2007, (Salem, Oregon). Basin Electric Power Cooperative , 2008 Ford Escape by Hymotion, Oct 2007 (Bismark, ND), contact Chris VandeVenter. Peter Mullen, PHEV 2008 Prius by Hybrids Plus , Nov 2007, (Boulder, CO for Seattle resident).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. Galbraith joined The New York Times in June 2008 to write about renewable energy. Email us directly at greeninc@nytimes.com. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars.

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Green Cars News

MAY 27, 2009

Europcar Groupe has already implemented numerous environmental initiatives within the scope of a Green charter certified by Bureau Veritas in June 2008, including a recent announcement to display CO2 data for all its vehicle rentals.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 20, 2023

When IEEE Spectrum’s editor in chief, Harry Goldstein, needed to replace his 2008 Honda Fit in October 2020, he thought seriously about buying an electric vehicle. Two obstacles stood in his way. One was affordability. Even without a son soon to be entering college, the premium prices of EVs were a turnoff.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Revenues, which have grown by about 45% annually during the past five years, reached $4 billion in 2008. He was paid about $265,000 in 2008, and he lives in a BYD-owned apartment complex with other engineers. Each of BYDs business units - batteries, mobile-phone components, and autos - was profitable in 2008, albeit on a small scale.

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