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GE Transportation and DonJon Shipbuilding Bidding for $24M Federal Grant for Hybrid Tugboat

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GE Transportation and DonJon Shipbuilding and Repair are bidding on a $24-million federal grant for their Hybrid Harbor Tug Project. The grant is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that awards funding to innovative transportation projects. GoErie.com. Earlier post.)

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Verdezyne Receives Federal Grant to Advance Synthetic Biology Tools

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million grant from the National Institute of Allergy And Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for a period of 1.5 Verdezyne will apply their proprietary computational and bioinformatics programs to create highly diverse gene libraries to further enhance metabolic engineering tools. Verdezyne , Inc.,

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WHYY reports Philadelphia’s Proterra electric bus fleet sidelined due to cracked chassis and other defects

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In a March 2021 email, SEPTA General Manager Leslie Richards said she planned to tell Federal Transit Administration officials, who helped underwrite the initial purchase of Proterra buses with a $2.6 million federal grant, that she had doubts about “the future of electric vehicle procurement.”. “I

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Tesla range lawsuit, electric Minis, Nikola, and biogas: Today's Car News

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Startup heavy truckmaker Nikola won a federal grant to improve fuel cells. And a European project worked out how to get as much range and efficiency from natural-gas engines as from gasoline. Tesla faces a lawsuit over lost range in some older models. Mini may go all-electric with its next generation of models.

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A123 Systems 8K filing says substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern; status of grants and incentives

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A123 Systems has been the recipient of a number of state and federal grants and tax incentives. million grant awarded under the US Department of Energy (DOE) Battery Initiative to support manufacturing expansion of new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facilities in Michigan. million Center of Energy and Excellence grant.

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USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

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—Brian Wilcox, co-founder and chief engineer of Marine BioEnergy. million federal grant to cover the cost of the USC Wrigley Institute study. The good news is the farm system can be assembled from off-the-shelf products without new technology. which has a commercial interest in the research and contributed part of its $2.6-million

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4,400 Chevrolet Volt Owners to be Eligible for Free Home 240V Charging Stations

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The projects are made possible with a grant of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds from the Transportation Electrification Initiative administered by the US Department of Energy (DOE). The program will provide Volt owners with a 240-volt charge station from either ECOtality, Inc. or Coulomb Technologies.

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