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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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the Environment. The Michigan Fuel Forward project will work with a wide range of partners. The Michigan Fuel Forward project will work with a wide range of partners. Clean Fuels Ohio. The Fast Track to Ohio AFV Adoption project will streamline local and state. petroleum reduction strategies. Center for.

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GM Investing $230M in Four Plants for Cruze and Volt Production

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General Motors Company is investing more than $230 million in four GM plants in the greater Flint, Michigan area to support the production of the fuel-efficient 2011 Chevrolet Cruze and Volt extended range electric vehicle. The four manufacturing plants have also made significant progress in reducing their impact on the environment.

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ARPA-E awards $32M to 10 new projects to improve connected and automated vehicle efficiency

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Connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technology utilizes on-board or cloud-based sensors, data and computational capabilities to help a vehicle better process and react to its surrounding environment. The Ohio State University. Currently, CAV technologies predominantly improve upon vehicle safety and add driving convenience.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

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Finally, they believe that during the launch and operation of their business, located in Appalachian Ohio, they will bring economic opportunity to a rural community that has been struggling financially over the last several decades. We can make our facilities custom tailored for a site, corn in Ohio, it might be sorghum in Texas.

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EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

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Furthermore, the Bio-BDO fermentation process operates near ambient pressure and temperature, thus providing a safer working environment. Polymer membranes are used in a variety of purification processes including reverse osmosis water desalination; water ultra-purification; salt recovery, and waste acid recovery.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Successful technologies will significantly increase the confidence that CO 2 placed in geologic formations is being accurately tracked and remains permanently stored, thus protecting human health and the environment. Schlumberger Carbon Services , Columbus, Ohio. Battelle Memorial Institute , Columbus, Ohio.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Ohio State Univ. The project also includes a proprietary process to convert waste biomass into carbon dioxide and hydrogen to feed the bioreactor, allowing butanol production from waste feedstocks. This process will repurpose carbon dioxide for use as a liquid fuel that can be readily used as a high octane gasoline substitute.

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