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NSF Awards Rutgers $7.6M for Sustainable Energy Development, Graduate Education

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Renewable and sustainable fuels. Rutgers will focus on replacing environmentally harmful fossil fuels with renewable, economically sustainable fuels in collaboration with universities in the US, Brazil, China and South Africa. The awards are the fifth and sixth IGERT grants NSF has awarded Rutgers over the past six years.

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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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Collaborative Research and Education on Synergized Transformational Solar Chemical Looping and Photo-Ultrasonic Renewable Biomass Refinery. Jackson State University. Hongtao Yu.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. University of Delaware. The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University.

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

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Juneau, the Capital City of Alaska, has a clean, renewable source of energy, local hydropower. Delaware Transit Corporation. Delaware Transit Corporation will receive funding to purchase Proterra 35' Catalyst E2 battery electric Buses, serving Wilmington and Sussex County. Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation.

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Electric Cars: Yes We Will

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" advocates send the president-elect a message as his inaugural train passes south of Delaware on its way to Washington." It’s up to each one of us to use this opportunity to really bring about the change to make a renewable energy, green economy work.

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DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

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The BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment funding opportunity is jointly funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office and Advanced Manufacturing Office. Partners include Allonia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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Study finds V2G-capable electric school buses cost-effective with current technology; financial and environmental benefits

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The typical cost of such a bus is $110,000, and the average fuel economy is approximately 6.35 Driving behavior was estimated based on data collected by the Red Clay School District in Delaware. Social cost of carbon and level of renewable energy. mpg, including the effects of idling on efficiency. —Noel and McCormack.

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