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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

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If an EV is charged with electricity that is generated from renewable sources (such as solar, wind, geothermal, or hydroelectric), then there are no fossil fuel emissions associated with that charging or driving process. According to the US Energy Information Administration: “In 2022, renewable energy sources accounted for about 13.1%

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Combined with AC Transit’s already-installed solar capacity, this solar installation will produce the renewable electricity equivalent to what will be required to produce 180 kg/day of green hydrogen. Montgomery Area Transit System, Alabama: $2,675,000. VIA Metropolitan Transit, Texas: $5,000,000.

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Mercedes-Benz prepares car production network for new electric portfolio

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The plant is also responsible for the production of the compact vehicles A-Class, B-Class and GLA with combustion engine and plug-in hybrid. A green electricity supply contract ensures the purchase of electricity from renewable energies at all times. The Mercedes-Benz battery production network will also be supplemented by.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The technology areas ( earlier post ) receiving funding are: PETRO: Plants Engineered To Replace Oil ($36 million). Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. Camelina will be engineered with. The team will engineer tobacco with traits.

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CMU/DAI study finds shutting down US nuclear plants would have significant negative economic and environmental consequences

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The number of replacement wind turbines is estimated using 70 meter, 2.5 Turning off a single large nuclear power plant could require dozens of coal and gas-fired plants to ramp up production to make up the difference, said Paul Fischbeck, a professor of social and decision sciences and engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon.

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