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ICCT study finds state EV incentives playing a significant role in driving sales

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A study by a team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) shows that state electric vehicle incentives are playing a significant early role in reducing the effective cost of ownership and driving electric vehicle sales. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. —Jin et al. Whereas California has over 2.4%

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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The cost of the project, estimated at US $1.9 In December 2022, Winter Storm Elliott disabled power plants and pipelines from North Dakota to Georgia, leading to power outages in the South and billions of dollars in excess energy charges across the Eastern United States.

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Your Guide to Electric-Vehicle Charging-Station Tax Credits

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Tax credits for installing EV charging stations are available in a variety of forms, and many of them apply toward the cost of equipment and installation. Washington state offers tax credits for up to 50% of the costs of equipment and related costs. Georgia Power offers $500 per Level 2 charger.

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DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

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and the University of North Dakota Energy and Environment Research Center in Grand Forks, N.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Ga.) Georgia Tech will team with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., (Tucker, Ga.) Duke University in Durham, N.C., Princeton University (Princeton, N.J.)

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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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Assuming an average biorefinery size of 40 million gallons per year, USDA estimates it meeting the RFS2 advanced biofuels goals will mean building of 527 biorefineries, at a cost of $168 billion. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (Grand Forks, ND) will complete an initial engineering design for a hybrid capture system and estimate associated costs for retrofitting the Red Trail Energy ethanol plant. DOE Funding: $1,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $405,328; Total: $1,905,328.

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DOE selects 10 projects for $5M in funding to conduct advanced turbine technology research

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The 10 projects are valued at a total of $6,314,361, with DOE contributing $4,998,319 and the remaining cost of $1,316,042 provided by the recipients. University of North Dakota. Georgia Institute of Technology. DOE share: $499,999; Recipient share: $125,000; duration: 36 months).

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