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Biden: U.S. electric car charging pile factory will have a “ripple effect”

Setec Powerr

The factory, located in Lebanon, east of Nashville, Tennessee, is expected to produce as many as 30,000 electric vehicle chargers a year and create 500 jobs, the White House said. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm expected to announce later this week how much each state will receive.

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ECOtality installs first DC fast charger in Tennessee

Green Car Congress

ECOtality and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store unveiled the first Blink Direct Current (DC) Fast Charger in Tennessee at the Lebanon Cracker Barrel location. With real time communication capabilities, the Blink DC Fast Charger supports energy usage data evaluation with an internal energy meter.

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The War in Ukraine Disrupts Trade in Both Food and Fuel

Cars That Think

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought a stream of reports about the country’s energy exports. Since the start of the war, soaring energy prices have lifted this import bill to about $23 billion a month, making the EU a significant de facto financier of the Russian invasion: three-quarters of a billion a day!

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Mascoma Acquires SunOpta BioProcess Inc.; Integrated Cellulosic Ethanol Company

Green Car Congress

The acquisition combines the fiber preparation and pretreatment technologies of SBI and the consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) technology of Mascoma, to create a company with comprehensive capabilities for converting non-food cellulose (wood chips, energy crops and organic solid waste) into ethanol and high value co-products.

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US EIA reminder: Strait of Hormuz world’s most important oil chokepoint; almost 20% of oil traded worldwide

Green Car Congress

They are a critical part of global energy security due to the high volume of oil traded through their narrow straits. million-bbl/d Tapline to Lebanon. million bbl/d in 2009-2010. —US EIA. The United Arab Emirates is also completing the 1.5 Other alternate routes could include the deactivated 1.65-million

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The 25 Best Restaurants in Austin Right Now

Baua Electric

Chalk that up to the partnership of Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel and her husband, Arjav Ezekiel — she’s a highly skilled chef, and he has the energy and affability of the dancing tableware in “Beauty and the Beast.” If you’re interested in wines from the Eastern Mediterranean, especially Lebanon, ask to see the bottle list.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

Green Car Congress

These projects, selected through a highly competitive process by the Department of Energy (DOE), are intended to accelerate the development of US manufacturing capacity for batteries and electric drive components as well as the deployment of electric drive vehicles. Holland, MI Lebanon, OR (Entek). DOE Award ($mil.). Project locations.

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