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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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A proposal for existing plants is due in 2014, with targeted file rule in 2015. In terms of investment in innovation for cleaner energy, the plan calls for: Investment in advanced fossil energy projects. Expanding the Better Buildings Challenge. The Administration will expand the program to multifamily housing.

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IEA: COVID-19 crisis causing the biggest fall in global energy investment in history

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This could be particularly detrimental to the outlook in some developing countries, where financing options and the range of investors can be more limited. Although decisions to go ahead with new coal-fired plants have come down by more than 80% since 2015, the global coal fleet continues to grow. —Dr Birol.

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Volkswagen of America to invest $10M in EV charging infrastructure by 2016; calls for more legislative support to spur EV adoption

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Volkswagen of America will invest $10 million by 2016 to support the build-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the US, said Jörg Sommer, vice president, product marketing and strategy. Federal and state commitment to cleaner fleets by purchasing EVs and PHEVs. Earlier post.) How do we get to mass acceptance of EVs here?

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Synbio company Intrexon and Dominion partner to commercialize bioconversion of natural gas to isobutanol in Marcellus and Utica Basins

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Both engineered methanotrophs present a unique series of challenges for commercial scale up, noted Intrexon in a presentation at the 2015 BIO World Congress in July. Conversion of methane to isobutanol provides economic and environmental advantages upon which the collaboration will look to build.

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GE and Clean Energy Fuels Partner to expand LNG refueling infrastructure in US for trucks; new MicroLNG plants

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Further underscoring GE’s commitment to expanding natural gas transportation infrastructure, GE Energy Financial Services is providing up to $200 million in financing for the two GE MicroLNG plants. Clean Energy plans to use a standardized design of the new GE MicroLNG plants to build additional MicroLNG plants.

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SAE technical experts: fuel cell technology has advanced significantly, FC vehicle production has begun, further cost reductions & infrastructure development required

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James also indicated the DOE was instrumental in forming the US Hydrogen Infrastructure, Public/Private Partnership called H2USA which has more than 45 Partners in 2015. Dr. James noted that considerable progress has been made toward achieving the DOE cost targets, although challenges, of course, remain.

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Europe moves forward on the Energy Union; transport key element

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The European Council will discuss the Energy Union at its meeting in March 2015. The Commission will propose a resilience and diversification package for gas in 2015-2016 by revising the existing security of gas supply Regulation. It will meet for the first time in late 2015. —Energy Union Framework Document.