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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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The DERA funding covers engine replacements, repowers and idle reduction technologies to clean up a variety of older diesel engines, including those in heavy-duty trucks used at ports, delivery trucks, long haul trucks, marine vessels, school buses, and even agricultural equipment. Delaware and Virginia. New Jersey and New York.

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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 Energy. Clean Fuels Ohio. Delaware Valley. Region Clean Cities. The California Fleets and Workplace Alternative Fuels Project is a statewide. effort to develop templates and best practices for permitting AFV refueling. petroleum reduction strategies. Center for. Transportation and.

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New highly selective and efficient catalyst for reduction of CO2 to CO

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Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a highly selective nanoporous silver catalyst capable of electrochemically reducing carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide with 92% efficiency. Additionally, because it is inorganic, silver remains more stable under harsh catalytic environments.

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Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

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Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. Canada is developing a Clean Fuel Standard that will cut emissions by 30 million tonnes in 2030.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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University of Delaware. Developing an Energy-Conscious Traffic Signal Control System for Optimized Fuel Consumption in Connect Vehicle Environments. Clean Fuels Ohio. Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition. Delivering Clean Air in Denver: Propane Trucks and Infrastructure in Mail Delivery Application. 1,750,155. .

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NSF Awards Rutgers $7.6M for Sustainable Energy Development, Graduate Education

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million to fund graduate research in clean and sustainable energy resources using biotechnology and nanotechnology. Lam and his colleagues will collaborate with University of Puerto Rico and two historically black universities, Virginia Union University and Delaware State University. The grant is valued at up to $3.2

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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University of Delaware. The University of Delaware team seeks to develop a new composite forming route, Composite Architected Materials Processing (CAMP), to offer a rapid economic fabrication process of composite architected structures to achieve high volume cost effective, lightweight, and energy-efficient vehicle structural components.

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