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Honda Transmission contracts with Juhl Wind for two utility-scale wind turbines at Ohio plant; up to 10% of electricity for operations

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Once the turbines begin operating later this year, the Honda transmission plant in Russells Point, Ohio will be the first major automotive manufacturing facility in the United States to obtain a substantial amount of its electricity directly from wind turbines located on its property. Honda of America Mfg.

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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 Environment. Clean Fuels Ohio. The Fast Track to Ohio AFV Adoption project will streamline local and state. The Fast Track to Ohio AFV Adoption project will streamline local and state. on various fuels; and expand the Ohio Green Fleets program and the Ohio. petroleum reduction strategies. Center for.

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GM Investing $230M in Four Plants for Cruze and Volt Production

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Grand Blanc Weld Tool Center : General Motors Company is investing approximately $30 million in this facility to build the robotic weld tool cells that will assemble the Volt body at the Volt assembly plant. The four manufacturing plants have also made significant progress in reducing their impact on the environment.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

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Finally, they believe that during the launch and operation of their business, located in Appalachian Ohio, they will bring economic opportunity to a rural community that has been struggling financially over the last several decades. As in a traditional ethanol plant, corn will be used as a feedstock to make the ethanol.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Gas Technology Institute (GTI) will design and build an engineering-scale CO 2 capture system using the Ohio State University transformational membrane process. Harvard University plans to perform an experimental demonstration of a novel process for capture of CO 2 from the air and release into a concentrated CO 2 environment.

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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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Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Ohio: $2,257,000. The project will allow these 3rd rail heaters to be remotely monitored and turned on and off from a central control location depending on weather conditions, thus minimizing electricity use and eliminating wasted energy. Ames Transit Agency, Iowa: $1,600,000.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Successful technologies will significantly increase the confidence that CO 2 placed in geologic formations is being accurately tracked and remains permanently stored, thus protecting human health and the environment. Schlumberger Carbon Services , Columbus, Ohio. Battelle Memorial Institute , Columbus, Ohio.

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