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2015 hydrogen student design contest: hydrogen fueling station business and financing models

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The Hydrogen Education Foundation announced the 11 th annual Hydrogen Student Design Contest, which will challenge student teams to develop business and financing models for hydrogen fueling stations. Finalists will be asked to pitch their plans to investors.

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Electric bus maker Proterra completes $55M strategic financing

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Battery-eletcric bus manufacturer Proterra has completed a $55M strategic financing. In conjunction with the equity financing, Proterra completed a debt financing in an amount up to $25 million with Hercules Technology Growth Capital. The existing major investors in Proterra added $11 million of equity.

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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Across all emerging markets surveyed, 2018 investment fell to $133 billion, lower than not just the 2017 total but the 2015 figure as well. This is twice the clean energy capacity added in 2015 and three times the capacity installed in 2013. Inflows to clean energy projects in India and Brazil slipped $2.4 billion and $2.7

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Nesscap completes US$1M convertible note financing

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The offering constituted the second tranche of the bridge financing previously announced on 8 April 2014. The Note has a maturity date of 1 April 2015; the conversion price is CAD 0.10 Ultracapacitor company Nesscap Energy Inc. has completed a non-brokered private placement of a US $1,000,000 Convertible Note with I2BF Energy.

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Mazda2 Hybrid to be introduced in Europe; OEM model supplied by Toyota

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Establishing a basic agreement for a business alliance in 2015, Toyota and Mazda have since been collaborating in various fields, including advanced technologies, a joint venture plant, and sales finance. Furthermore, the model is powered by a hybrid system with an in-line three cylinder 1.5-liter

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Domino’s rolling out nationwide fleet of 800 Chevy Bolt EVs

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Domino’s launched pizza delivery in 1960 with a Volkswagen Beetle, rolled out the DXP —a custom-built pizza delivery vehicle—in 2015, tested autonomous pizza delivery with cars and robots, and is now leading the charge in the future of pizza delivery. making it the largest electric pizza delivery fleet in the country.

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GE Capital to provide financing for electric motorcycle maker Brammo

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GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance (CDF) business has agreed to provide Brammo Inc. with inventory financing to support the expansion of its dealer network in the US. CDF already provides inventory financing for other brands of alternative fuel and hybrid motorsports products.