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AT&T deploys 8,000th CNG vehicle; one of the largest corporate CNG fleets in US

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AT&T recently deployed its 8,000 th compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle, achieving a major milestone in the company’s overall 10-year, $565-million commitment to add approximately 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) to its fleet by end of year 2018. Louis metropolitan area.

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Ford introduces 2014 Transit Connect Taxi with CNG/LPG capability

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Ford unveiled the redesigned 2014 Transit Connect Taxi at the 2013 International Association of Transportation Regulators Conference in St. Ford Transit Connect will also be the only taxi offered with a compressed natural gas/liquefied petroleum gas engine prep package. 2014 Transit Connect Taxi. Click to enlarge.

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Westinghouse and Ameren Missouri partner in pursuit of DOE funds to develop and license small modular reactor technology

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Currently, four AP1000 units are being built in China with the first unit expected to come online in 2013, and another four AP1000 units are being built in the United States, the first unit of which is expected to come online in 2016. Ameren Missouri has been providing electric and gas service for more than a century, and serves 1.2

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District is replacing 48 trucks model year 1991-2003 with trucks powered by 2013 or newer model year engines. Louis Clean Cities is replacing six school busses. Massachusetts. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Ventures, Inc., New Jersey and New York. New York.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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awards are subject to FY 2010 to FY 2013 appropriations. EFRCs funded subject to FY 2010 to FT 2013 appropriations include: Lead Institution. Washington University, St. Center for Gas Separations Relevant to Clean Energy Technologies. $10. EFRC Name. Funding ($mil). EFRC Objective. Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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DOE reports progress on development of hydrogen storage technologies

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Lightweight compressed gas storage vessels requiring a composite overwrap to contain hydrogen gas are considered the most likely near-term hydrogen storage solution for the initial commercialization of FCEVs, as well as for other early market applications. In 2013, Strategic Analysis Inc., Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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