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General Dynamics NASSCO delivers 1st LNG-powered containership; christens first ECO tanker

Green Car Congress

The Jones Act-qualified ships will operate between Jacksonville, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. NASSCO specializes in the design and construction of auxiliary and support ships for the US Navy and oil tankers and dry cargo carriers for commercial markets. LNG-conversion-ready ECO tanker.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

He has been loyal to this brand since 2014, when it became the first commercial EV introduced on the Virgin Islands by Nissan Saint Thomas USVI , also known as Drive Electric VI. White installed a solar system in his home by 1992, and when the next Category 5 hurricane struck in 1995, “We had back-up. It was a great island vehicle.

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ARPA-E to award $22M to 18 projects to accelerate production of macroalgae for energy and other uses; MARINER

Green Car Congress

Macroalgae can be utilized as a feedstock for domestic transportation fuels, chemicals and other commercial products without competing with food crops for land and water. Eucheuma is a commercially valuable species of “red” macroalgae that has been difficult to propagate in a cost-effective manner.

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