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The seven projects, each involving a group of companies working in partnership on green transport technology, will each benefit from industry support, together with a government grant. million from the automotive industry. million awarded by government, matched by industry to a total £12.6 NEXTGENZEBS – Wrightbus.

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MAY 12, 2022

NFI Industries—a leading third-party supply chain solutions provider—is increasing its investment in electromobility solutions with its latest order of 60 Volvo VNR Electric trucks. Earlier post.). The infrastructure to support NFI’s zero?emission

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The news comes as part of Houston Metro being selected among projects to receive funding from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Accelerating Innovative Mobility ( AIM ) grant of nearly $1.5 As the inaugural class of AIM incubators, provide industry leadership in sharing project outcomes with the public transportation community.

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AUGUST 22, 2020

million in research, education, and training grants to universities that comprise the agency’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE). million recreational and commercial drones (PDF) in the active UAS fleet.

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APRIL 9, 2021

The European innovation project Flagships will deploy the world’s first commercial cargo transport vessel operating on hydrogen, plying the river Seine in Paris. Commercial operations are set to commence in 2021. —Bart Biebuyck, Executive Director at FCH JU.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Maritime classification society the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted Alfa Laval the first marine approval for operating boilers on methanol. Methanol, which is liquid at ambient temperatures and carbon-neutral if produced from green sources, is a likely next fuel step in decarbonizing the marine industry.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Blackstone Technology GmbH may begin commercialization of 3D-printed solid-state sodium-ion batteries as early as 2025. million (subject to the grant decision becoming legally valid).

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

outlined a technology roadmap to support its vision to reinvent the aluminum industry for a sustainable future. The process could create an entirely new value chain to economically produce aluminum of a quality that far exceeds the purity of the commercial-grade aluminum produced in a smelter. Alcoa Corp. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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JULY 30, 2021

Tesla and will address a wide range of applications from audio speakers, magnetic sensors and consumer appliances to industrial motors and automotive accessory motors. The development process of Niron’s scalable method has resulted in the publication of 20 peer-reviewed scientific papers as well as 17 granted and 35 pending patents.

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APRIL 28, 2022

Oberon Fuels announced commercial availability of a blend of propane and Oberon’s renewable DME (dimethyl ether). The milestone builds on Oberon’s 2021 start of commercial production at its Maverick plant in Brawley, California. The plant was upgraded in 2020 with a grant from the California Energy Commission.

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JUNE 16, 2022

United and United Airlines Ventures (UAV) announced an investment in and commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy. Under the commercial agreement, United has agreed to purchase at least 300 million gallons of SAF over 20 years from Dimensional. Dimensional Energy, which recently received a $3.1-million

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Global Bioenergies will construct its second industrial pilot on the site of the Leuna refinery, close to Leipzig in Germany. million) grant, should include a three-year study at the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes (CBP). million grant from the BMBF within the “BioEconomy Cluster” framework.

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JUNE 11, 2021

Oberon Fuels, producer of clean-burning dimethyl ether (DME) transportation fuel, has begun production of the first renewable DME (rDME) in the United States, and the only current commercial production of this in the world. It is the first time this feedstock has been used to make rDME at commercial scale.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

This includes making available $2 billion in grants and up to $10 billion in loans to support automotive manufacturing conversion projects that retain high-quality jobs in communities that currently host these manufacturing facilities. The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $15.5-billion

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MARCH 9, 2023

Most recently in November 2022, ABTC was selected for a competitive US DOE grant for a $20-million project to develop and commercialize a set of next-generation battery recycling technologies to even further enhance the recovery of recycled products and reduce the cost of operations.

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OCTOBER 11, 2020

Element 1 Corp (e1) has licensed its proprietary methanol-based M-Series hydrogen generator technology to RIX Industries (RIX). They are a first-class manufacturing partner and a long-time authorized supplier to multiple branches of the US military along with a wide range of commercial and industrial end-users. —Dr.

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APRIL 11, 2019

million) grant under the EU Horizon 2020 Research Programme to increase the scale of its CO 2 -to-methanol technology, marketed under the trademark Emissions-to-Liquids (ETL). CO 2 is available in abundance in high concentration in many industrial processes and thermal power plants (here CRI focusing on geothermal power and waste to energy).

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This growth is creating new business opportunities for commercial and industrial building owners who can meet EV driver needs for charging during the day while they are at work or visiting shopping malls, restaurants, and other commercial and industrial (C&I) destinations.

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MAY 24, 2023

Li-Metal was recently granted a patent for the production of lithium metal from carbonate (patent CA3179470 issued by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office), which further supports its growth strategy for its sustainable lithium metal business.

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JULY 1, 2023

Nikola is granted the IVECO S-Way technology license for North America and related component supply from Iveco Group, and gains joint ownership of the intellectual property of Generation 1 eAxles, technology developed together with Iveco Group’s powertrain brand, FPT Industrial.

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MARCH 10, 2022

Hino USA has been awarded a grant provided by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), a Japanese governmental agency, to promote new technology for energy and environmental sector, along with Hino Motors, Ltd. Mitsui E&S Machinery Co. and PACECO CORP, along with Hino.

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JUNE 14, 2019

Oberon Fuels, a producer of clean-burning dimethyl ether (DME) transportation fuel ( earlier post ), has been awarded a grant for $2,876,139 from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for a first-of-its-kind, multi-phase project to produce the first renewable dimethyl ether (rDME), a clean-burning, ultra-low-carbon transportation fuel, in the US.

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JUNE 27, 2019

Germany-based AKASOL, a manufacturer of high-performance lithium-ion battery systems for commercial vehicles, plans to open a production facility in the metro Detroit area of Michigan. The new facility will generate considerable investment and create more than 200 jobs in the next five years.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Initial project partners are industry leader Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) and DTE Energy, who are fundamental in making this project become a reality. As EVs become more commonplace across passenger and commercial transit alike, truck stops face a fundamental point of evolution to their existing service models.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

It also included new grant funding from the Government of British Columbia, which builds upon the Canadian government’s ongoing support through the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF). The game-changer is a proprietary liquid metal liner in the commercial fusion machine that is mechanically compressed by high-powered pistons.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

IPCEI—recently approved by the European Commission, with funding granted by Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship Agency (VLAIO)—will help Cummins develop a new generation of PEM electrolyzer cell stacks to power large-scale hydrogen production systems. And of course, we are not only supporting hydrogen through funding.

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JUNE 19, 2023

trillion Infrastructure and Jobs Act, and incentives that are part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act—including the Commercial Clean Vehicle Credit—have provided billions in new funding for both commercial EV acquisition and EV infrastructure. Federally, the United States’ passing of the $1.2-trillion

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

million) to the Plug-In Van grant scheme extending the eligibility to larger electric vehicles. tonnes are now be eligible for grants of up to £20,000 (US$24,300). The grant amount is automatically deducted from the price of the vehicle by the dealer when it is purchased, and the dealership also completes all the necessary paperwork.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The electric vehicle (EV) industry is about to have its most significant sales spike thanks to international legislation and nonprofits ramping up support efforts. Some may wonder about the necessity of nonprofit involvement in the EV industry since companies are already making these cars for commercial use. EV support coming.

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With so many of the items we interact with in our daily lives — from soaps and fertilizers to pharmaceuticals to petrochemicals — deriving from products of the chemical industry, the sector has become a major source of economic activity and employment for many nations, including the United States and China. Sloan Foundation.

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JUNE 22, 2012

The California Energy Commission CEC is awarding Silicon Valley startup Wrightspeed a $5.789-million grant for Advanced Vehicle Technology Manufacturing. The grant is part of the CEC’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program.

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OCTOBER 27, 2018

The plant, which will produce chemicals used in electric vehicle batteries (EVB), will be located at the company’s current industrial site in Sotkamo, Finland. Ammonium sulfate is used as fertilizer and in other process industries. —Janne Palosaari, Chief Commercial Officer. —Joni Lukkaroinen, CEO of Terrafame.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

A startup based on work conducted at the School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has received a one-year STTR Phase I grant of $225,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support development of a novel solid-state hydrogen storage system based on catalytically-modified porous silicon.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

At the IAA 2018 exhibition in Hannover, FPT Industrial launched its new e-Powertrain organization. The core of the new FPT Industrial electromobility offering is the E-Powertrain Concept with new E-Axle. The other powertrain elements are the FPT Industrial 2835.6 manual transmission, the transfer box and the NDA rear axles.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

CNH Industrial N.V., the owner of IVECO and FPT Industrial, intends to enter into a strategic and exclusive heavy-duty truck partnership with Nikola Corporation to accelerate industry transformation towards emission neutrality of Class 8 heavy-duty trucks in North America and Europe through the adoption of fuel-cell technology.

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APRIL 7, 2022

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, and Veolia recently signed a long-term partnership agreement on the refining of crude methanol generated in pulp production at the Äänekoski bioproduct mill into commercial biomethanol. Veolia has been a major supplier to the pulp and paper industry since the 1960s for HPD black liquor evaporation systems.

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JUNE 28, 2012

USDA recently awarded a Value Added Producer Grant to the Ohio Soybean Council to help initiate a pilot project through Ohio State University’s Bioproducts Innovation Center to refine bio-jet fuel from soybean oil produced by farmer-owners of Ohio’s Mercer Landmark cooperative in western Ohio.

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