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JANUARY 15, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected two companies—X-energy and Southern Company—for a combined $12 million in awards ($6 million each) to develop further advanced nuclear reactor designs.

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APRIL 8, 2021

States signing the MOU were California, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. Its customers include ABC Companies, Amazon, DHL, California State Hospitals, Fluid Trucks, and various public transit agencies.

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APRIL 14, 2021

In 2020, Neste established a continuous supply of sustainable aviation fuel to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) from NuStar’s Selby Terminal using an existing pipeline—a first for the industry.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

Responding to new oil and gas industry opportunities, Foss Maritime Company will build the first three tugs in an. Construction on the first tug starts in early 2013 at Foss’ Rainier, Oregon. Foss says the new tugs will position it to compete for opportunities in the oil and gas industry.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Seattle, Washington-based EnerG2 , a seven-year-old company focused on introducing advanced nano-structured materials for next-generation energy storage, broke ground on its first facility dedicated to the commercial-scale production of synthetic high-performance carbon electrode material for use in ultracapacitor energy storage devices.

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MARCH 29, 2021

Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, has joined the eFuel Alliance , an interest group dedicated to the industrial production of synthetic fuels based on hydrogen and CO 2 from renewable sources.

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OCTOBER 10, 2010

—Steve Strauss, a distinguished professor of forest biotechnology at Oregon State University, and lead author of the paper. Virtually none of that potential is now being developed, they said.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

In June 2012, the company announced the implementation of corn oil separation technology at its Magic Valley plant. The company awarded Edeniq, a biomaterials and sustainable fuels company, a contract for its patented OilPlus technology, which is expected to be implemented at the Stockton plant by the second quarter of 2013.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Principal Process Engineer at Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. an industrial research and development firm in Golden, Colorado. We now have sufficient evidence, based on mixed sugars, to indicate that our results are scalable to industrial production levels. —Geoff Stephenson, P.E.,

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MAY 8, 2019

BorgWarner’s strategic acquisition of companies involved in vehicle electrification, to complement its organic efforts, started in 2015 with the acquisition of Remy International, Inc. In February 2019, BorgWarner announced it formed Cascadia Motion and acquired two Oregon-based businesses, Rinehart Motion Systems LLC and AM Racing Inc.

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MAY 2, 2016

has announced an agreement with Clean Energy calling for up to 500,000 gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel for their fleet of 40 LNG trucks based out of their Clackamas, Oregon distribution center. Fred Meyer Stores, a division of The Kroger Co.,

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

States joining with California on the effort to accelerate deployment of zero-emission trucks and buses are Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont. It will pursue similar coordinated action with industry and stakeholders to identify and address cost, fueling infrastructure, and other barriers.

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APRIL 6, 2016

Norway-based aluminum company Sapa is opening an automotive-focused R&D laboratory—Sapa Technology Americas—in Michigan, dedicated to the research and development of extruded aluminum solutions for the automotive industry. Sapa Technology is Sapa’s corporate research and development hub.

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economy, there’s a potential problem: Where will the industry find the qualified workforce needed to run these plants and design the chips they’ll make? The United States today manufactures just 12 percent of the world’s chips, down from 37 percent in 1990, according to a September 2020 report by the Semiconductor Industry Association.

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The company is expected to decide sometime this year, with production beginning in 2028. If all goes according to plan, Honda will produce in-house batteries at the plant, which would be the company’s second EV plant in North America. For its part, Canada has done a good job of attracting new investment from the EV industry.

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AUGUST 21, 2015

The Sonata Hybrid is available to rent at airports including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, Atlanta, Dulles International and Chicago, as well as cities such as San Jose, San Diego and Long Beach in California; Portland, Oregon; and Denver. Hertz believes it has one of the most fuel-efficient rental fleets in the industry.

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JUNE 21, 2016

The winning coalition, headquartered in Los Angeles, California brings together a consortium of nearly 200 partners from across academia, industry, and non-profits to spur advances in smart sensors and digital process controls that can significantly improve the efficiency of US advanced manufacturing. Industry-proposed Institutes Competition.

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JUNE 1, 2016

XFuels is a publicly held energy company based in Portland, Oregon established to design, build, and operate regionally-integrated, small-to-midcap electricity and petroleum production facilities. The GTL technology is producing product at 65% percent lower than the national refining costs.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Ford Motor Company and Portland General Electric will collaborate to help prepare the city of Portland and the Pacific Northwest for the operation of electric vehicles. PGE is partnering with state and local government, higher education, the automobile industry, and businesses to expand the electric vehicle infrastructure in Oregon.

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The companies announced the partnership yesterday at the Advanced Clean Transportation Act Expo. Shell Recharge Solutions, the company’s initiative to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, is also planning to provide maintenance support across Penske’s network of Level 2 electric truck charging stations, it said.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Japan-based ITOCHU Corporation, its wholly owned US industrial machinery sales company, TEXMAC Inc., and Oregon-based InSpec Group will commence contract services for the construction of manufacturing plants for secondary batteries, such as lithium-ion batteries, and a range of ancillary facilities.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Preliminary industry data reveals that year-end geothermal growth in 2012 was up 5% from the previous year, according to the Geothermal Energy Association ( GEA ). In addition to these seven projects, GEA identified 13 geothermal companies with projects in stage 3 or 4 of development. Tuscarora (NV): Ormat, 18 MW.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

and Portland, Oregon. If the company powered all of its flights with a 20% biofuel blend for one year, the annual emissions savings would represent the equivalent of taking nearly 64,000 cars off the road or providing electricity to 28,000 homes. To the biofuels industry, we say: If you build it, we will buy it. Earlier post.).

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JULY 23, 2014

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) released a white paper, “ Transportation Electrification: Utility Fleets Leading the Charge ,” that focuses on the electric power industry’s effort to accelerate the expansion of electric transportation in commercial and retail markets, beginning with electric utility fleets.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The Institute will achieve this through leadership in pre-competitive advanced research and partnerships across defense, aerospace, automotive, energy, and consumer products industries. Collaboration across industry, academia and government provides an opportunity to directly address these challenges in a pre-competitive way.

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But the deal does not appear to be so sweet for the companies that operate and maintain these networks. Charging economics is very, very challenging," said Akshay Singh, an automotive industries principal at [PricewaterhouseCoopers], about the networks installing stations at retailers and restaurants. million on revenue of $61.1

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JUNE 30, 2016

Powin Energy’s bp-OS also features what the company calls two industry firsts: the Battery Odometer and the Warranty Tracker. Powin Energy’s BESS has been implemented in a wide-range of projects in numerous operating environments.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Using the broth produced in those fermentation runs, the company has now concentrated the acetic acid using a solvent extraction process. The acetic acid concentration achieved is highly pure, known in the industry as glacial acetic acid. This process is extremely energy-efficient compared to the more common distillation process.

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For example, shipping giant Schneider acquired 92 Freightliner eCascadias in 2023 —a good start, but only that, considering that the company currently operates over 10,000 tractors. As Alan Adler writes in a recent FreightWaves article, 2023 was not the long-awaited Year of the Electric Truck.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced three winning startup companies—based on a public vote and an expert review—out of the 14 participating in the US Department of Energy (DOE) “ America’s Next Top Energy Innovator ” challenge. Initially, 36 start-up companies elected to participate in this first-of-its-kind effort.

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AUGUST 1, 2014

“ California is rolling out the carpet for Californians who choose these ultra-clean hydrogen powered electric cars and for the companies that make them ,” said Air Resources Board Chairman Mary D. HyGen Industries (3 stations). Air Liquide Industrial US LP (1 station). million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025.

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JULY 21, 2016

In collaboration with the Administration, 46 industry members signed on to the following Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. This commitment signifies the beginning of a collaboration between the government and industry to increase the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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APRIL 14, 2016

The California Energy Commission approved nearly $9 million in grants for the installation of DC fast chargers along major state freeways and highways to allow electric vehicle drivers to travel from San Diego to the Oregon border without worrying about running out of energy. The grants went to four companies—Chargepoint Inc.;

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AUGUST 6, 2010

Ener1 has signed up two new customers for its Li-ion batteries: Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Toro. Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea will receive Li-ion battery packs for electric buses; the packs are similar configurations as packs currently in operation in California with AC Transit.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

SGI) establishing two joint venture companies in China. The two companies had signed a letter of intent in July. We also will manufacture some fast charging equipment to meet the immediate industrial demand throughout Asia. ECOtality, Inc. has signed definitive agreements with Shenzhen Goch Investment, Ltd. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 12, 2010

The Company, headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, will market and distribute battery charging equipment to support on-road electric vehicles (EV), industrial equipment, and electric airport ground support equipment (GSE). ECOtality, Inc. has established a new, wholly-owned subsidiary, ECOtality Australia Pty Ltd.

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JUNE 15, 2011

million combined industry and government award to test fuel-cell-based combined heat and power systems. ClearEdge will install its ClearEdge5 system at 10 different businesses in California and Oregon, while PNNL will monitor the systems and measure the energy savings.

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