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MARCH 27, 2015

To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; Testing was also conducted at the DTNA Detroit engineering facility to demonstrate engine efficiency by achieving 50.2% engine brake thermal efficiency.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $26 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the US’ existing fleet of diesel engines. California Air Resources Board (CARB)-verified retrofit technologies or certified engine configurations.

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MARCH 20, 2023

The EPA is expected to grant California a waiver to ban diesel trucks and a series of other regulations. According to a report from the Washington Post , the EPA will likely grant California a waiver to implement the regulations in the coming weeks. It is unlikely that these new regulations will go without challenge.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

A $70-million endorsement of the company’s customer Red Rock Biofuels, received as a grant from the US Department of Defense to construct a 1,100 bpd biomass-to-liquids plant in Oregon using Velocys technology ( earlier post ). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

In the US, Velocys’ customer Red Rock Biofuels, was just awarded a $70-million grant to construct a biomass-to-liquids (BTL) plant incorporating Velocys Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology to produce mil-spec fuels. The $70-million grant is being awarded under phase 2 of the US Defense Production Act Title III Advanced Drop-in Biofuels project.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Seattle, Washington-based EnerG2 ( earlier post ) recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new manufacturing facility for electric vehicle battery components in Albany, Oregon. million grant and loan package through the State of Washington’s State Energy Program funding. Supported in part by $21.3

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

million grant by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to begin engineering and development on a plant to produce jet fuel. Fulcrum matched this DoD grant with $4.7 million of its own capital to provide funding to complete the engineering and development. In 2013, Fulcrum was awarded a $4.7-million

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The company is poised to begin construction of its first refinery located in Lakeview, Oregon in early 2016. The project is supported by a $70-million grant from the U.S. Flexible to utilize a variety of feedstocks, geographies, and climates, Joule’s processes offer scalability and volume at optimal cost.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Engine room of a Foss hybrid tug. Foss Maritime Company, builder and operator of a hybrid tugboat ( earlier post ), will add a second hybrid tug, a retrofit, to its Southern California fleet with the help of an air quality grant obtained by the Port of Long Beach. Click to enlarge. tons of diesel particulate matter.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

received a $5-million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the development of biojet fuel from woody biomass and forest product residues. The award is a portion of a $40-million grant presented to the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance ( NARA ), a consortium led by Washington State University (WSU).

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MARCH 21, 2009

Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) and the University of Oregon have shown photobiological hydrogen production from one type of cyanobacteria ( Synechocystis sp. Roger Ely, associate professor of biological and ecological engineering at OSU.

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OCTOBER 2, 2009

Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc. signed a contract with the US Department of Energy (DOE) for a grant of exactly $99.8 million to undertake the largest deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure yet in the US. Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 6, 2009

The US Department of Energy’s announcement of a grant for the largest deployment of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure every undertaken has been welcomed with open arms by keen electric car supporter, Nissan. “This is a major step in promoting zero-emission mobility in the United States,&# he said.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

million in grant selections through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced propulsion technologies. These include hydrogen fuel cells, battery electric engines, and related infrastructure investments such as charging stations.

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APRIL 7, 2010

The company signed a memorandum of understanding with Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc. to test and certify eTec’s vehicle charging stations that will be used in the project. Manufacturers work with UL to develop safer products and increase consumer confidence.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Their results, published recently in two papers—one in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering and the other in Biotechnology for Biofuels (open access)—point to a promising future for using poplar coppice for biofuel. Chang Dou, Wilian F. Marcondes, Jessica E.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Among the most articulate and almost certainly the wonkiest is Jesse Jenkins , a professor of engineering at Princeton University, where he heads the ZERO Lab—the Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory, that is. And Oregon is pretty transparent. But those models were entirely proprietary.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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JANUARY 28, 2016

Northwest Natural Gas Company of Portland, Oregon and Carnot Compression LLC based in Scotts Valley, California have formed a consortium to build and test an innovative CNG refueling unit. Carnot will engineer, design and manufacture the prototype CNG refueling unit (HRA/VRA range) in collaboration with NW Natural and the consortium.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Once Tesla is granted a Certificate of Conformity for Model Ys that are set to be produced at Gigafactory Texas, the automaker will be able to deliver the vehicles to customers. The structural battery pack uses engineering similar to an aircraft wing to use negative mass to increase structural integrity and density.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

The power and efficiency of the internal-combustion engine were at the core of the development of the automobile. In 1947 scientists at Bell Labs, which owed its existence to a government-granted monopoly, invented the transistor, the essential ingredient that in time led to the integrated circuit and the microprocessor.

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APRIL 13, 2009

billion is for discretionary infrastructure grants, $1.3 Bids have been roughly 15 to 20% lower on average, and as much as 30% lower in some cases, than engineers anticipated. In Oregon, during February and March 2009, bids have averaged 30% lower than expected. Of that $27.5 billion is for highways and bridges, $8.4

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AUGUST 5, 2009

Lead grant applicant Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, received a $99.8 million, for installation of approximately 2,500 charging stations in each of five markets: Tennessee, Oregon, San Diego, Seattle and the Phoenix/Tucson region.

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APRIL 10, 2010

states (Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and four Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec). Donovan is an engineer and attorney with over thirty-four years of international business experience. Sources: Large electric generators. Coverage: 28% of CO 2 emissions.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Democrats have made widespread electrification a major platform and they’re currently the dominant party in the Senate, likely meaning the “ The Revoking Engine and Vehicle (REV) Requirements Act ” would stall there.

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