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Virginia Clean Cities reaches 1,000 vehicle conversions to propane

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the city of Vestavia Hills, Lee County and Lewis Pest Control in Alabama. less per gallon; 98% of the US autogas supply is made in the US. The vehicle conversions in this program take ordinary vehicles that run on gasoline and upfit them with the bi-fuel Prins VSI propane autogas system.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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billion will go to 11 projects in the materials separation and processing segment of the supply chain. Anovion , Scaling the Domestic, US Owned and Operated Anode Supply Chain for Synthetic Graphite, $117,000,000. This US-owned and operated manufacturing plant in northern Alabama will be the first of its size in North America.

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

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Funding to cover the parts and labor for vehicle conversions will be provided under the Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program. 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.

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Amyris processes Ceres sweet sorghum into renewable diesel using soluble and cellulosic sugars

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The pilot-scale project use both free (soluble) sugars and biomass (cellulosic) sugars from Ceres’ sweet sorghum hybrids grown in Alabama, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana and Tennessee. This spring, Ceres also introduced its first two hybrids to supply larger-scale evaluations in the United States.

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Hyundai Motor to invest $85B over next 10 years to accelerate transition to smart mobility provider

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The company plans to expand production by region through a two-track approach of line conversion in ICE factories and new dedicated EV plant establishment. It is also establishing JVs with battery companies to ensure stable supply and to secure optimized battery performance for its EVs.

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Researchers develop JP-8 enzymatic biofuel cell; electricity from alkanes under mild conditions

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JP-8 is a kerosene based jet fuel that is used in military supply chains. There has been significant research into the use of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) for conversion of JP-8 into electrical energy. in Huntsville, Alabama. This output is comparable to high power density sugar and alcohol biofuel cells, the researchers said.

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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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USDA’s report identifies numerous biomass feedstocks to be utilized in developing biofuels and calls for the funding of further investments in research and development of: Feedstock; Sustainable production and management systems; Efficient conversion technologies and high-value bioproducts; and. RFS2 becomes effective on 1 July 2010.

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