Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

US Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) introduced a bill—the Domestic Energy Promotion Act of 2011— that would extend, through 2016, at descending levels, the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit, or VEETC, which is also known as the blenders’ credit.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2016

However, argues a team from the University of Minnesota in an open-access paper published in the journal Energy Policy , once the “fuel market rebound effect” is factored in, RFS2 actually increases GHG emissions when all fuel GHG intensity targets specified under the act are met. for its analysis.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

Canada-headquartered Heliene , which makes solar panels in Minnesota, will incorporate Georgia-based Suniva’s US-made monocrystalline silicon solar cells into its panels, and those “Made in the USA” panels will hit the market in mid-2024, thanks to a new three-year strategic sourcing contract between the two companies.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2016

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have introduced a new method for identifying NO x emissions hotspots using high-fidelity Lagrangian vehicle data to explore spatial interactions that may influence emissions production. —Kotz et al. Kotz, David B. Kittelson, and William F. 6b00550.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2016

All vehicles have higher emissions in Minnesota, a colder state, compared to California. However, the increase in emissions is largest for the Leaf BEV, whereas only a slight increase is observed with Mazda 3 CV. —Yuksel et al.

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