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DOE to award up to $156M for applied R&D projects to drive industrial decarbonization

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Rooted in the principles identified in the 2022 Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap , this investment is part of the innovation pipeline DOE is building to accelerate the development and adoption of industrial decarbonization technologies. Topic 6: Decarbonizing Food and Beverage Products. Topic 8: Decarbonizing Forest Products.

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Rice, C-Crete team optimizes conversion of tire waste into graphene for stronger concrete

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If we can use less concrete in our roads, buildings and bridges, we can eliminate some of the emissions at the very start. Recycled tire waste is already used as a component of Portland cement, but graphene has been proven to strengthen cementitious materials, concrete among them, at the molecular level. —James Tour.

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Notes from the road: a guest post from Portland

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As Portland, OR gears up for yet another screening of Revenge, local EV'er and filmmaker J Bills recounts the scene at the Portland premiere back in November: Here in Portland, we still talk about the last time Chris Paine rolled through town with a movie; an early screening of 2006’s seminal “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

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Daimler Truck North America and partners to form JV for nationwide charging network for MD and HD commercial vehicles

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The parties plan to build a network of charging sites on critical freight routes along the east and west coasts and in Texas by 2026, leveraging existing infrastructure and amenities while adding complementary greenfield sites to fulfill anticipated customer demand.

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Delta enters into conditional major offtake agreement for SAF with NWABF

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Building on its $2-million investment for an ongoing feasibility study with Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels ( NWABF ), Delta has entered into one of the largest airline offtake agreements of its kind to purchase sustainable aviation fuel, if produced, from NWABF.

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Daimler, Navistar, Volvo ally for heavy-duty truck charging

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all have battery-electric vehicles in production. Electric Island – Daimler Trucks North America and PGE – Portland OR Indeed, the Department of Energy lists only nine fast charging stations in the U.S. The three manufacturers, which claim to represent approximately 70% of medium-duty and heavy-duty truck sales in the U.S.,

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Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics expand public road testing in the US for automated truck technology

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The expansion of road-testing in the US is part of the Group’s continuing real-world application and collaboration with drivers, regulatory affairs and community stakeholders to ensure the common goal of building trust towards improving road safety and efficiencies in transportation. and in Stuttgart, Germany.

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