Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Virginia Tech a $3 million grant for research on electric vehicle charging infrastructure cybersecurity as part of a larger $80 million investment by the department on advanced technologies research ( earlier post ). In June, Virginia Gov. —Ryan Gerdes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Fairfax County and Dominion Energy have launched passenger service on Relay—the first publicly funded autonomous electric shuttle and test of driverless technology in public transportation in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The County is contracting with Transdev to manage the operations of Relay.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

In collaboration with the Electric School Bus (ESB) program of Dominion Energy, a regional utility headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Daimler Truck North America subsidiary Thomas Built Buses (TBB) has announced that the state has now surpassed 1.5 Also partnering in the program is Virginia bus dealer Sonny Merryman.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2020

Researchers at Virginia Tech have demonstrated a green and more sustainable manufacturing method for LIBs in which no hazardous organic solvent is used during electrode manufacturing and recycling. A paper on their work is published in the journal iScience. —Li et al.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

gigawatt (GW) Kitty Hawk Wind could deliver around $5 billion in economic impact across Virginia – here’s where the project stands. The 180-turbine Kitty Hawk Wind is an offshore wind project proposed in federal waters over 36 miles from Virginia Beach. billion in economic impact across Virginia, including $1.2

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Electrek

MARCH 8, 2023

Michigan-based Our Next Energy (ONE) is going to open a long-duration battery storage factory in West Virginia, next to a 420 MWh solar microgrid. more… The post West Virginia is getting a big new battery storage factory appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2014

A Virginia Tech research team led by Dr. Y.H. Percival Zhang has developed a high-energy-density sugar “biobattery”—a sugar-fueled fuel cell based on a synthetic enzymatic pathway. Enzymatic fuel cells containing a 15% (wt/v) maltodextrin solution have an energy-storage density of 596?Ah?kg

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Richmond, Virginia — A new NRDC analysis shows that the Build Back Better Act, as it currently stands, has the potential to significantly accelerate clean energy investment, economic activity, and job growth in Virginia.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

The first of five planned West Virginia solar farms just came online – here’s why that’s significant for the state. 1 out of 5 new West Virginia solar farms FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison have launched a solar farm on 80 acres at Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville, West Virginia, north of Morgantown.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

Photo: Electrify America Virginia is handing out $11.295 million in federal grants to install 18 NEVI-compliant EV chargers – here’s where they’re going. This week, the Virginia Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the first round of National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) federal grant winners. Get started here. –ad*

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2023

However, the emissions of electric vehicles depend greatly on the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. Natural gas 87.9 Geothermal 16.5 Natural gas 87.9

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2020

Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced the cancelation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) due to ongoing delays and increasing cost uncertainty which threaten the economic viability of the project. The $8-billion project is a partnership between the regional energy companies Dominion Energy and Duke Energy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

Thomas Built Buses (TBB), a leading manufacturer of school buses in North America; its exclusive Virginia dealer, Sonny Merryman Inc.; The milestone delivery went to Loudon County Public Schools in Virginia as part of phase one of Dominion Energy’s Electric School Bus Initiative. In Virginia, TBB and Sonny Merryman Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2023

a global manufacturer of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, has entered into a long-term EV charger supply agreement with Francis Energy, owner of the fourth-largest electric vehicle fast-charging network in the US. During the initial phase of the agreement, SK Signet will provide 1,000 400 kW EV charging dispensers to Francis Energy.

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Green Energy Consumers

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

When we talk about electric cars at Green Energy Consumers, we often get questions about road trips. Here's a guest blog from our friend Nicole about her family's trip from Massachusetts to Virginia in a fully-electric car. How do you drive hundreds of miles with a battery electric vehicle? How do you plan where to charge?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2011

The team from Virginia Tech University received top honors as overall winners of EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge after designing and building an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) using E85 (ethanol).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2013

A team of Virginia Tech researchers, led by Dr. Y.H. To liberate the hydrogen, Virginia Tech scientists separated a number of enzymes from their native microorganisms to create a customized enzyme cocktail that does not occur in nature. Flow of the new process; enzymes are in red. Credit: Martín del Campo et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) and Virginia Clean Cities (VCC) at James Madison University (JMU) are requesting proposals from fleets in the southeastern US interested in converting eligible gasoline vehicles to run on propane autogas. The application deadline is Friday, 12 August 2011, at 5pm EDT.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Virginia Tech will host a university-wide competition for students to design on-demand, remote-controlled 3-D printed aircraft and ground vehicles. This competition promises to catapult Virginia Tech to a leadership position in additive manufacturing linked to robotic systems. according to challenge organizers.

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Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 4, 2024

Virginia-based REVO ZERO announced that its ENERGY zero-emission SUV is now available for pre-order with a $500 refundable deposit. REVO ZERO ENERGY is the first in the world to combine a hydrogen fuel cell and an electric battery into a sleek SUV design, offering both luxury and innovation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

SPARKZ, a battery startup with exclusive licenses from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to produce domestic cobalt-free lithium batteries, will begin manufacturing its zero-cobalt battery in Taylor County, West Virginia, eventually employing 350 workers. Earlier post.). of industrial space available.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

Estes has partnered with Dynamic Energy on the PV installations at the two terminals in Lakewood and Pine Brook, New Jersey. The freight industry is incredibly energy intensive,” explains Webb Estes, president and COO of the trucking company that shares his name. “The FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. Energy source. West Virginia. West Virginia.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Virginia Tech launched the second annual Spring Additive Vehicle Design Challenge, a competition for students to design a remote-controlled 3-D printed vehicle that can drive on ground and fly in the air. Cash prizes will be provided by the Stiefel Family Foundation, a nonprofit energy investment firm.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

Selected teams will demonstrate the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies, which allow for semi-autonomous vehicles and advanced propulsion systems to improve energy efficiency. Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA). West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) . University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2009

It is a non-starter, and puts the entire state of West Virginia and the coal industry in a terrible light. ’ West Virginia would be much smarter to stay at the table.” West Virginia Chamber of Commerce President Steve Roberts immediately expressed disappointment with Byrd’s essay.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Alpha Lion, which carries mail for the US Postal Service between the Northwest United States and Southern California, is adding 16 new natural gas trucks to its fleet through Clean Energy’s Zero Now program and is expected to use more than 700,000 gallons of Redeem annually. million gallons.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 31, 2023

gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project – what will become the US’s largest offshore wind farm – just got approved by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). more… The post The US’s largest offshore wind farm just got the green light appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2021

Long-duration hydrogen storage is a key enabling technology for the transition to a net zero carbon energy future. The nation’s largest brine producer, Texas Brine, and its affiliates have salt positions in New York, Virginia, Texas and Louisiana that will enable access to major load centers in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and the Gulf Coast.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2023

The new two-year project is funded jointly by Ramaco Carbon and ORNL via a DOE Fossil Energy & Carbon Management Program Field Work Proposal, and it will focus on scaling up to commercial level a process that has already shown success at the bench scale at ORNL.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA?E) E) will award $39 million in funding to 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. Earlier post.)The

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

Other benefits include the ability to lower plant water usage, reduce overall energy consumption, and drop GHG emissions to levels required for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Advanced Biofuel category. UGI Corporation is a distributor and marketer of energy products and services.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Ltd (SKE&C) leading to engineering, procurement and construction of its first US coal-to-gasoline plant—Adams Fork Energy—to be located in Mingo County, West Virginia. The Adams Fork Energy project will convert regional coal into premium-grade gasoline, producing 18,000 barrels per day (756,000 gallons US, 2.86

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium at West Virginia University (WVU) has received a $1.15-million By building and operating a new hydrogen fueling station in Morgantown, West Virginia University will demonstrate running automobiles on hydrogen fuel made from coal-powered electricity.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2023

West Virginia University took second place and University of Alabama finished third in the judged competition , which was held from 21–26 May 2023 in Orlando, Florida. Year One of EcoCAR is all about generating big ideas and developing a strategy for the remainder of the competition.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2022

Sparkz announced in March it will begin construction in 2022 of a Gigafactory in West Virginia to commercialize their zero-cobalt battery which will initially employ 350 workers and could grow to as many as 3,000. We have lost thousands of mining jobs over the last decade in West Virginia. Earlier post.).

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