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JANUARY 11, 2024

Colorado is one of the newest states looking to accelerate widespread EV adoption through aggressive financial incentives, introducing an electric vehicle tax credit for its residents in 2023. Effective July 1st, 2023, Colorado drivers purchasing new electric vehicles under $80,000 MSRP now qualify for a $5,000 EV tax credit.

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JUNE 19, 2014

Lightning Hybrids , a maker of hydraulic hybrid systems for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses ( earlier post ), released initial results from emissions testing conducted by an independent testing facility in Colorado of two medium-duty trucks upfitted with the Lighting Hybrids system.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the development of a commercial scale biorefinery facility for the production of renewable jet or diesel fuel. Synthetic diesel fuel produced from the Rentech Process meets ASTM D-975 specifications. million conditional grant from the US Department of Energy.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

ClearFuels recently was selected to receive up to $23 million as a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center (RETC) in Colorado and integrate it with Rentech’s existing Product Demonstration Unit. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 15, 2010

million grant award to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center. million award reflects the Company’s satisfaction of all conditions of its grant for Budget Period 1 under the DOE’s Integrated Biorefinery Grant Program. ClearFuels Technology, Inc., million of a $22.6 Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

million in grant funding to expand and upgrade the station. One of the fastest growing companies in Denver, GFL Environmental, Colorado has inked a 10-year station upgrade and maintenance agreement. The Kansas City region remains committed to displacing diesel fuel with cleaner-burning CNG. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

million of a $23-million grant to complete construction of a demonstration scale biomass gasifier at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center (RETC) in Colorado, and to integrate and operate it with Rentech’s Product Demonstration Unit (PDU) for the production of renewable synthetic fuels from biomass. Rentech, Inc. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. State of Colorado Department of Transportation.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

announced today that all systems required to start up its integrated bio-refinery (IBR) in Commerce City, Colorado are mechanically complete. Rentech, Inc. Commissioning, validation and start-up of the renewable energy demonstration facility are underway. The project has reached this milestone within the original budget and schedule.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Lightning Hybrids’ system installed on the Ford F59 is eligible for Drive Clean Chicago’s “Drive Clean Truck” voucher program, which provides incentives to help shift diesel fleets in the Chicago area to zero- and low-emission vehicles. One business that recently integrated a Ford F59 into its fleet is AmeriPride Services Inc.,

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APRIL 30, 2010

The synthetic jet fuel used in today’s engineering validation flight was produced at Rentech’s Product Demonstration Unit, in Commerce City, Colorado. ClearFuels) have been selected to receive up to $23-million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to construct a 20 ton-per-day biomass gasifier at RETC.

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JUNE 13, 2015

The Natural Gas Initiative has begun funding early stage, exploratory research, following a “seed grant” model used by Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy, one of NGI’s hosting organizations. Such fuels could lower greenhouse gas emissions from transportation compared with gasoline and diesel fuel. —Mark Zoback.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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AUGUST 18, 2015

Compared to most vegetable oils, acetyl-TAGs have reduced viscosity and improved cold temperature properties that confer advantages in applications as biodegradable lubricants, food emulsifiers, plasticizers, and ‘drop-in’ fuels for some diesel engines. million joint US Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy grant.

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EV Match

APRIL 10, 2023

Charge Ahead Colorado provides funding in the form of a rebate for EV charging installations throughout the State of Colorado. For those in the State of Colorado, the Charge Ahead Colorado EV charging rebate program by the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) provides generous funding opportunities.

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MARCH 30, 2018

A team of researchers from Colorado State University’s Energy Institute has received a $1.2-million million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to look at making natural gas engines as efficient as diesel engines in the same class. Earlier post.). and Woodward, Inc.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Two Colorado State University (CSU) researchers have received a $325,000 National Science Foundation grant to determine the pollutant formation chemistry of algae-derived biofuels, which have potential to be high-yield, efficiently produced, renewable fuels. In diesel engines, NO x and soot are still a major concern. Azer Yalin.

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MARCH 5, 2015

Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder and New Mexico State University have developed a simpler process that can simultaneously remove both salts and organic contaminants from the wastewater, all while producing additional energy. Because of the difficulty and expense, wastewater is often disposed of by injecting it deep underground.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Automotive News reported that the proposed bill would strip the EPA of authority to grant that waiver, adding that California has already received waivers from the EPA to set its own emissions limits for heavy trucks and other vehicles.

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