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Tesla settles hazardous waste lawsuit in California for $1.5 million

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million to settle a California case alleging that it mislabeled hazardous waste and sent it to landfills that can’t process the materials. After 25 California counties filed lawsuits against Tesla for the alleged mishandling of the waste materials on Tuesday, the automaker on Thursday agreed to pay a $1.3

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California makes first investments in $100M energy research & development program; also biogas and H2

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Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. University of California, San Diego (UCSD): $1 million to use advanced solar forecasting to optimize campus distributed energy resources on the UCSD campus. First NorCal Retail H 2 Refueling Station Open. Biomethane Hydrogen Power Generation Solar'

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Cal Energy Commission adopts report outlining how state transforming transportation system to meet climate goals

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The Energy Commission also approved almost $16 million in research grants to help develop the next generation of energy efficient technologies for commercial and residential buildings; $11 million for projects to convert feedstock and waste into biofuels; and about $900,000 for natural gas innovations. Oil-by-rail.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $5.5M for green transportation projects and $1.8M for 20 energy research projects

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The award recipients are: Buster Biofuels, LLC, based in the San Diego area, will receive $2,641,723 to convert a 7,300 square foot industrial warehouse building into a biodiesel manufacturing and fueling facility. The facility will create biodiesel from renewable waste-based materials such as used cooking oil from restaurants.

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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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The plant will operate under realistic conditions at a California oil field for at least two months of continuous steady-state testing. The project will attempt to achieve DOE’s transformational carbon capture performance goal of CO 2 capture with 95 percent CO 2 purity at a cost of $30 per tonne. Susteon Inc.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute will focus on accelerating the development and adoption of advanced sensors, data analytics, and controls in manufacturing, while reducing the cost of these technologies by half and improving the efficiency of US advanced manufacturing. manufacturers and the nation up to 1.6 West Virginia U.

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California Energy Commission awards $9.6M to 8 projects on electric vehicles, natural gas and biofuels

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. $500,000 to the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System to help it speed the refueling of its growing fleet of compressed natural gas-powered buses. The Federal Transit Administration will also provide $1,176,000 for the San Diego project. Natural gas will displace 1.5 million gallons of diesel fuel each year.