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US indicts 7 individuals and 3 companies in alleged $100M biodiesel RINs fraud in Indiana

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An additional defendant was charged by federal information and has petitioned the court to enter a plea of guilty and cooperate with investigators. A dollar-per-gallon tax credit was available only to the first person to blend the pure biodiesel (known as B100) with petroleum diesel. The defendants. The alleged conspiracy.

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

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Plus, if you are able to charge at home, it’s really convenient. Like your smartphone, you plug it in when you arrive home and forget about it until you wake in the morning to a fully-charged battery. Depending on your electric utility, you may be able to save even more money by setting your car to charge at off-peak rates.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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The collaboration, forged by the White House in partnership with DOE and the Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Air Force and US Army, and the Environmental Protection Agency, is centered on a set of Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. 46 organizations have signed on to the principles so far.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

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A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized. Market Drivers.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will include 27 alternative fuel stations (16 CNG, 7 B20/E85, one B20, three Electric Charging) and deploy 373 alternative fuel and advance technology vehicles (235 CNG, 58 HEV, two LPG, two EV). Metropolitan Energy Information Center’s Midwest Region Alternative Fuels Project. Total DOE award: $14,999,658.

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

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On 18 March, Marketwatch reported that Valero purchased selected assets of corn ethanol suppliers for $477 million. It is believed Valero purchased the plants at 30% of their original construction cost. (In The beef cattle will be purchased from local suppliers and arrive at 600 lbs.—they’ll Animal operations. Help the people.