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UPS plans to build 9 additional LNG stations at cost of ~$50M

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The expansion will include on-site fueling stations in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. This includes all-electric, hybrid electric, hydraulic hybrid, CNG, LNG, liquid propane gas (LPG), biomethane, and light-weight fuel-saving composite body vehicles. Phoenix, Ariz.,

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ARPA-E announces $36M for high-temperature materials projects

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Missouri University of Science and Technology. Missouri S&T will combine a novel additive manufacturing technique, called ceramic on-demand extrusion, and ceramic fusion welding techniques to manufacture very high temperature heat exchangers for power cycles with intense heat sources.

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DOE reports progress on development of hydrogen storage technologies

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For the near-term, the focus is on improving performance and lowering the cost of high-pressure compressed hydrogen storage systems. For light-duty vehicles this means providing a driving range of more than 300 miles (500 km), while meeting packaging, cost, safety, and performance requirements to be competitive with current vehicles.

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Why Schools Should Electrify Their Bus Fleets

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Even with a flurry of activity and available funding, though, only about 1% of school buses in the country are currently electric ( matching the approximate percentage of cars and light duty trucks on the road that are electric ). Here are several reasons for school districts to switch to electric buses.

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Smith Electric Vehicles US Selects Kansas City for Electric Truck Assembly Plant; Newton Model to Be First

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Through its UK partner, The Tanfield Group Plc, SEV US Corp is also working with Ford Motor Company to electrify the Ford Transit Connect as a BEV (battery electric vehicle) light-duty van scheduled for production in 2010. This will make them a natural choice for fleet managers with a depot-based delivery model.

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Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

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The EPA’s target reduction reflects the technical challenges and high costs of commercializing so-called second-generation biofuels. of the energy (48% of the volume) for light-duty transportation fuels in Brazil. billion liters abroad, a 300% increase over 2009. Sugarcane ethanol supplies 41.5%

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ARPA-E awarding $60M to 23 projects; dry cooling and fusion power

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If successful, these new cooling technologies could significantly reduce water usage at thermoelectric plants without sacrificing a plant’s performance or increasing its cooling costs. University of Missouri, Lehigh University, and Evapco). ARID AWARDS. Lead organization. Description. Advanced Cooling Technologies. SRI International.

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