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CPKC orders 3.6MW of Ballard fuel cells for expansion of hydrogen locomotive program

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Further development on range across temperature variations, heavy hauling, fine tuning auxiliary load to avoid waste, increased number of hours on current and additional units will support continued technological evolution. The conversion work will be done at CSX’s Huntington, West Virginia locomotive shop.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Enovix Corporation. Exelon Corporation. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec Corporation). Municipality of Anchorage Department of Solid Waste Services. Waste Not, Want Hot? PacifiCorp.

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Axial Vector Energy Corporation Develops Hybrid Electric Drive Train Featuring Axial Engine and New Electric Clutch

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Axial Vector Energy Corporation (AVEC) has developed a new hybrid electric drive train comprising a small axial-type, multi-fuel AVEC engine ( earlier post ), an AVEC generator/motor and an all new electric clutch. The electric clutch is composed of AVEC permanent magnets and coils and is engaged when the two come in proximity.

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Osage Bio Energy: Winter Barley Ethanol as Advanced Biofuel for RFS-2

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Osage Bio Energy (OBE) is a Virginia-based company that will use regional grain, primarily winter barley, to produce ethanol and high value co-products for East Coast markets via a fairly conventional pathway of converting starch to sugar, followed by fermentation. OBE seeks to use all of the barley grain for ethanol and co-products.

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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CIRCUITS project teams will accelerate the development and deployment of a new class of efficient, lightweight, and reliable power converters, based on wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors. Eaton Corporation. data center energy consumption and operating cost while creating a high-volume commercial market for SiC-based power converters.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. The project will allow these 3rd rail heaters to be remotely monitored and turned on and off from a central control location depending on weather conditions, thus minimizing electricity use and eliminating wasted energy. Ames Transit Agency, Iowa: $1,600,000.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Lynchburg, Virginia). Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Eaton Corporation (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin). ENTR Alliance (Charlottesville, Virginia). High-Power Oak Ridge Converter (ORC) for Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) Applications, $750,000.