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Gevo and Praj to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel in India

Green Car Congress

Gevo will license its technology and Praj will provide technology, plant equipment and EPC services to sugar mills and ethanol plants to produce renewable isobutanol from 1G feedstock (cane juice, cane molasses, sugar syrup, etc.) concentrations an order of magnitude greater than World Health Organization guidelines.

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Scientists engineer sugarcane to produce lipids for biodiesel, more sugar for ethanol; ARPA-E project PETROSS

Green Car Congress

Using a juicer, the researchers extracted about 90% of the sugar and 60% of the oil from the plant; the juice was fermented to produce ethanol and later treated with organic solvents to recover the oil. The paper analyzes the project’s first genetically modified sugarcane varieties. Grennan, Stephen P. 2017.03.003.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Early utility companies like Boston Edison and New York Edison organized EV fleets, favoring electric trucks for their comparatively capacious batteries. AC Propulsion cofounder Wally Rippel converted a Volkswagen microbus into an electric vehicle while he was still a student at Caltech. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight. On the last day I knew I would have to get a full charge to make it back to Heathrow and leave it with enough juice for the driver who would collect it. I duly plugged it into an exterior household outlet. Even at that young age, John was impressed.

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Jaguar I-PACE : Impressions | DC Fast Charging

Plug In India

What horrified me was the width of the Lambo convertible. This should be able to juice up the battery overnight. (90 Day 2 On a Sunday at 1700hrs, we organized a Jaguar I-PACE EV Owners community meet up in my friend’s farm near Hinjewadi in Pune. Thanks to the signals on the road, I won the race.

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

Step away from them screens for a few hours and get your creative juices flowing! and the pesticides used are some of the most harmful to our health and environment… go organic! A couple of simple solutions include: Solar – PV panels installed on your roof convert sunshine into electricity. Upcycle and recycling projects.

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27 November 2009 - In First "Plug-in Arizona" Outing to Nogales, AZ, " the "Spirit" Made the News with Nogales International

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Now he’s on a new mission to convert America to plug-in cars. a hybrid is converted to a PHEV, it can reach a top speed of about 52 mph in electric mode before the gasoline engine takes over. Right now, only the Toyota Prius can be converted to a plug-in, Asher said in an interview. Army in Washington, D.C., And more, of course!

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