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Range Fuels Produces Cellulosic Methanol from Biomass at Soperton Plant

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Range Fuels, Inc. has produced cellulosic methanol from the initial phase of its first commercial cellulosic biofuels plant near Soperton, Georgia using non-food biomass. Range Fuels plans to begin production of cellulosic ethanol from the plant in the third quarter this year. Tags: Biomass Fuels. Earlier post.).

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Virginia Clean Cities requests proposals from Southeastern fleets interested in converting to propane Autogas

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The application deadline is Friday, 12 August 2011, at 5pm EDT. Fleets in the following states are welcome to submit proposals: Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi and Washington DC. All eligible public or private fleet operations are welcome to apply.

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NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

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The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities and one non-profit research organization. Tags: Batteries Fuels Policy Research.

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Ford to invest $1.8B in R&D in China

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Starting in 2016, Ford will expand consumers’ choice of fuel efficient vehicles in China with two new New Energy Vehicles (NEVs): the Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and the Ford Mondeo hybrid electric vehicle. Between April and September this year, Ford’s Tmall store has already attracted 4.8 million hits.

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Nissans US Roll-Out Plan for the LEAF

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The EV Project is a result of a partnership with charging infrastructure provider ECOtality and partially funded by a grant from the US Department of Energy. Cited interests include energy independence (35 percent); environmental consciousness (34 percent); and cost/fuel economy (20 percent). Silver is a close second, at about 26%.

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