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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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The new Fisher buses will provide more than triple the equivalent fuel economy in all-electric mode and reduce CO2 emissions due to the extensive use of lightweight materials and the large capacity battery system. Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000. Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority, Tennessee: $650,000.

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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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Arlington). develop processes that use water and recycled CO2 as the. Protection Alliance, Tennessee Valley. Tennessee – Knoxville, Waukesha Electric. . $2,319,474. Pacific Northwest. National Laboratory. Ames Laboratory, Electron Energy Corp, United Technologies. innovative composite which uses manganese materials.

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