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Fontaine Modification offers refrigerated trailer electrification through new strategic alliance with eNow

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In addition to environmental benefits, using eTRU technology reduces fuel and maintenance costs. The company’s expert technicians will install the systems at its facilities in Charlotte and Statesville, North Carolina; Springfield, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Dublin, Virginia; and Mineral Wells, West Virginia.

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Albemarle to build $180M lithium materials research facility in N Carolina

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Albemarle’s vision for the ATP spans from novel lithium materials and manufacturing processes to new product commercialization in close partnership with strategic customers. Albemarle expects initial occupancy of the new facility by early 2025 and completion of the ATP campus by late 2026.

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Raven Transport to deploy 115 additional heavy-duty LNG trucks; Clean Energy expands refueling network

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Charlotte, N.C.; part of the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in the United States, which is owned and operated by Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ: RUSHA and RUSHB). Natural gas fuel costs up to $1.00 Clean Energy will support this fleet by opening truck-friendly natural gas fueling stations in Atlanta, Ga.;

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SLAC, Stanford team develops new catalyst for water-splitting for renewable fuels production; 100x more efficient than other acid-stable catalysts

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Because it requires less of the rare and costly metal iridium, the new catalyst could bring down the cost of artifical photosynthetic processes that use sunlight to split water molecules—a key step in a renewable, sustainable pathway to produce hydrogen or carbon-based fuels that can power a broad range of energy technologies.

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Panda Power finances conversion of retired coal plant to natural gas; one of largest power conversion projects in US

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The Panda Hummel generating station will be fueled with Marcellus Shale gas, which is expected to provide the project with a significant operating cost advantage. The plant is expected to supply large power markets, including Philadelphia and the New York metropolitan area, when it enters commercial operations in the first quarter of 2018.

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FTA awards almost $16.6M to coordinate fuel cell bus research

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Funded projects include: Next Generation Fuel Cell Power System Development Towards Transit Bus Commercialization (Phase I). The first phase of a multi-phase project to develop a next generation fuel cell power system, leading to commercialization of a fuel cell bus that is compliant with FTA Buy America regulations.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.