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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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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, California: $4,466,000. Montgomery Area Transit System, Alabama: $2,675,000. The PV modules will be placed on top of canopies that will generate electricity while providing shade for full-size inter-city and commuter buses. Ames Transit Agency, Iowa: $1,600,000.

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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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Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. University of Alabama. type Hexaferrite The University of Alabama led team will demonstrate. California Los Angeles, Ford Motor Company). This will allow a.

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