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Fisker Lands Additional $85M for Karma Plug-in

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The financing is expected to be completed this month and will be the fourth and largest investment round since the company’s inception in August 2007. liter gasoline engine runs a generator that can power the car’s electric motors for another 250 miles before refueling. Tags: Brief. After 50 miles, a 2.0

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Senators Kerry and Lieberman Release Details of Energy and Climate Bill; Incentives for Electric Drive and Natural Gas Vehicles

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Prior to 2016, allowance value is dedicated to offset electricity and natural gas rate increases for industrial rate-payers and to improve energy efficiency in manufacturing to keep power bills down in the future. Clean Energy Research, Development and Deployment. States that do pursue drilling will receive 37.5%

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). by Bill Cooke. M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008). Earlier post.).

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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Now are we still stuck maintaining our addiction with clean needles, or, best case, settling for methadone? That means we’ll be powering some miles with increasingly renewable electricity that isn't made from imported oil. Using existing technology, we can convert many of them into plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles.

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

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In addition to providing the heat for system processes, the CHP generator will provide 7.5MW of green electricity. Financing challenges. All of this makes for a very difficult time to get financing for a new facility. There has been activity with biomass electrical power generation in the past several months.