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CARB announces up to $205M in new funding for clean freight transportation; >$400M with partner match

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced up to $205 million in grants for projects designed to accelerate the adoption of clean freight technologies and reduce air pollution caused by the movement of goods throughout the state. Partner match: $15.4 Partner match: $5.8 Partner match: $6.3

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7 airlines sign letters of intent to negotiate purchase of biomass-derived jet fuel from Solena Fuels; up to 16M gallons of fuel per year

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The project will divert approximately 550,000 metric tons of waste that otherwise would go to a landfill while producing jet fuel with lower emissions of greenhouse gases and local pollutants than petroleum-based fuels. Earlier post.). The third step upgrades the FT products into jet fuel.

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Nikola inaugurates first HYLA modular hydrogen refueling station in Ontario, CA

Baua Electric

This doesn’t matter all that much for drayage, but Nikola told us that one driver does a weekly loop filling up in Oakland, CA, driving down to Long Beach, then out to Ontario, then filling up and heading back to Oakland. This is too long a trip for most BEV trucks (except one, at least – we’ve seen the Tesla Semi do similar mileage ).

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California Energy Commission awards $9.6M to 8 projects on electric vehicles, natural gas and biofuels

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505,381 to San Francisco-based Mission Motor Company to help it bring its prototype electric vehicle components to commercial production. If used in a motorcycle, the resulting powertrain will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 72% and save 70 gallons of petroleum each year. Natural gas-powered vehicle fueling.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

Oakland, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City. These include Pacific Gas and Electric, Kansas City Power and Light and Edison Electric Institute , the trade association for IOUs (see quote below). New partners in recent months include: Denton, TX., Keene, N.H., Madison, Phoenix, Sacramento, Santa Ana, CA., Santa Barbara, CA., Irvine, CA.,

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Bright is planning to sell its IDEA to commercial businesses only. Brights commercial truck, however, could actually make a big difference  even if you and I cant run out and buy one. Americas big gas guzzlers and polluters are not the cars that about half the country drives around. car Because unlike the 100 m.p.g.

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Sandia study finds fuel cell barges may be attractive lower-cost cold-ironing solution for some types of vessels at some ports

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A study by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories found that hydrogen fuel cell barges may be both technically feasible and commercially attractive as a clean, quiet and efficient power source to provide electrical power for some types of vessels at berth or at anchorage. Oakland, Calif.; Credit: Pratt and Harris (2013).

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