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New Flyer unveils Xcelsior CHARGE H2 bus; first to offer two fuel-cell-electric models eligible for federal funding

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(“NFI”), the largest bus manufacturer in North America, unveiled the Xcelsior CHARGE H2—ts fuel cell-electric heavy-duty transit bus—and announced that both the forty-foot and sixty-foot model have successfully completed the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Model Bus Testing Program at Altoona, Pennsylvania (Altoona Testing).

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Pike Research forecasts US plug-in vehicle penetration rates to be highest in smaller states

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To understand where these vehicles will likely be sold, Pike Research created a geographic forecast model using a variety of inputs including population and demographic trends; affinity towards electric vehicles; and automakers’ intended availability of vehicles. Exelon (Illinois, Pennsylvania). Pacific Gas & Electric (California).

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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The Pennsylvania Partnership for Promoting Natural Gas Vehicles project. Indiana, will work to make existing municipal fueling stations available to. Greater Portland. availability of transportation fuels across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Delaware Valley. Regional Planning. Commission.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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Bayer Material Science LLC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) will analyze an innovative, non-turbine approach to harnessing river currents. Northwest Energy Innovations (Portland, Oregon) will verify ocean wavelength performance for a new multimode floating point absorber wave energy device. DOE Funding: $240,000. DOE Funding: $2,400,000.

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Layered Graphene Sheets Could Be A Promising Hydrogen Storage Material

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Graphene—carbon formed into sheets a single atom thick—now appears to be a promising base material for capturing hydrogen, according to recent research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Pennsylvania. To be presented at the March meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) in Portland, Ore.,

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