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Sapa opens up automotive-focused extruded aluminum R&D center in Michigan

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Sapa Technology is Sapa’s corporate research and development hub. Sapa Technology Americas provides service to the business areas within the company, specifically on projects requested by Sapa's North America Technical Center (NATC), its plant network and corporate R&D.

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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Lead Institution: Florida State University. Lead Institution: University of South Florida. Lead Investigator: Eric Chassignet, Ph.D. Project Title: Deep-C: Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Lead Institution: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Lead Investigator: Nancy N. Rabalais, Ph.D. John, Ph.D.

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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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Delaware Transit Corporation. The Delaware Transit Corporation will receive funds to purchase of battery electric buses with supporting equipment and infrastructure to replace diesel buses that have exceeded their useful life. Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX). Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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Topic Area 1: Pre-Pilot Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries Algenesis Corporation, “Pre-Pilot Scale Production of Algae-based Jet Fuel and Polyurethane Monomers”, $4,987,974. USDA’s Agricultural Research Laboratory (ARS) in Corvallis, Oregon will assess biochar quality for soil uses, including returning carbon to forest.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Delaware Transit Corporation. Delaware Transit Corporation will receive funding to purchase Proterra 35' Catalyst E2 battery electric Buses, serving Wilmington and Sussex County. The buses will be operated on BCT's express bus routes servicing the Southeast Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale and Miami. City of Tallahassee.

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IKEA Teams Up With Electrify America To Provide Charging in The United States.

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As a result, more than 200 public chargers will be installed at IKEA retail sites in 18 states, including Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.

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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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Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. Broward County Transit, Florida: $2,000,000. Delaware Transit Corporation, Delaware: $1,500,000. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, Oregon: $750,000.

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