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Xcel Energy launches EV smart charging pilot in Colorado; Transportation Electrification Plan for New Mexico approved

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Xcel Energy has launched a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to electric vehicles in Colorado and to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low. —Alice Jackson, president, Xcel Energy-Colorado.

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Virent announces issuance of five US Patents covering its BioForming technology

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The development of Virent’s BioForming technology platform is supported through strategic partners including Cargill, Coca-Cola, Shell and Honda, as well as 120 employees based in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Virent delivers plant-based jet fuel to US Air Force Research Laboratory for testing

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The plant was constructed at the company’s facility in Madison, Wisconsin under a $1.5-million Tim Edwards of the AFRL’s Fuels and Energy Branch. The development of Virent’s BioForming technology platform ( earlier post ) is supported through strategic partners including Cargill, Coca-Cola, Honda and Shell.

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Promising Delphi 1st-gen Gasoline Direct Injection Compression Ignition engine meeting ultra fuel efficient program targets

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In 2010, The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected Delphi, along with partners Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc (HATCI); Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants (WERC); and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) for a $7.48-million Honda 2.2L Earlier post , earlier post.). Background. Earlier post.) Camtronic 2012.

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Virent’s biogasoline passes first test in European auto fleet trial

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The development of Virent’s BioForming technology platform is supported through strategic investors including Cargill, Shell and Honda, as well as 115 employees based in Madison, Wisconsin. Earlier post.) With $35 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding from the U.S.

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Virent and HCL CleanTech receive $900K grant to demonstrate lignocellulosic sugars as feedstock for drop-in biofuels and bioproducts

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Virent Energy Systems Inc. BIRD (Binational Industrial Research and Development) Energy is a program for US-Israel joint renewable energy development funded by the US Department of Energy, the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, and the BIRD Foundation. Cargill, Shell, and Honda are among its investors.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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The Institute will achieve this through leadership in pre-competitive advanced research and partnerships across defense, aerospace, automotive, energy, and consumer products industries. In the wind energy industry, doubling the length of a turbine blade can quadruple the amount of electricity generated. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.;