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California Energy Commission awards more than $2.5M for clean transportation projects

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City of Monterey Park (Los Angeles County) will receive $300,000 to upgrade the city’s outdated compressed natural gas fueling station. These incentives help to pay the difference between the cost of conventional gasoline- or diesel-powered vehicles and new vehicles that use less-polluting propane or natural gas.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $15M to advance biofuels, plug-in and V2G research

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The evaluation will consider the impacts, processes, market effects and costs of the program, and will help to guide future program efforts. based in Valencia (Los Angeles County), will administer the project, and ZeroTruck of Laguna Niguel (Orange County) will build up to 14 trucks for the project. Electricore Inc.

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CARB approves Electrify America’s second $200M investment in California

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Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. The cost of installation will be incorporated into a monthly fee. Santa Cruz-Watsonville. Santa Rosa. In Cycle 2, Electrify America also will continue to invest in the six Cycle 1 metros: Fresno. Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade. San Diego-Carlsbad.

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Electrify America announces $200M Cycle 2 zero emission vehicle investment plan for California

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Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. The cost of installation will be incorporated into a monthly fee. Electrify America will invest in nine metro areas inside California, including these new metro areas added for Cycle 2: Riverside-San Bernardino. Santa Cruz-Watsonville. Santa Rosa.

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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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This grant would allow ConnDOT to upgrade the upcoming purchases of buses and would fund the incremental cost of a hybrid bus compared to a conventional bus. AC Transit, California (Hayward, headquarters in Oakland): $6,400,000. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, California: $4,466,000.

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World’s first hydrogen station for commercial trucks opens – is it too late?

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FirstElement Fuels has opened the world’s first large-scale hydrogen fueling station for heavy-duty commercial trucks just outside the Port of Oakland. Primary funding for the Oakland station was provided by CARB and the California Energy Commission. RUSS MITCHELL, AOL/Los Angeles TIMES.

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Sandia study finds fuel cell barges may be attractive lower-cost cold-ironing solution for some types of vessels at some ports

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Los Angeles, Calif.; Oakland, Calif.; Those costs can run up to $5-10 million or more per berth, the study found. The Port of Oakland is installing 11 berths on six terminals at an estimated cost of about $70 million. Portland, Ore.; Tacoma, Wash.; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Seattle, Wash.

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