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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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Overall, the USDA and DOE projects are designed to improve special crops to be grown for biofuels—including selected trees and grasses—by increasing their yield, quality and ability to adapt to extreme environments. Stephen Kresovich, University of South Carolina, Colombia. Bartley, University of Oklahoma, Norman.

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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South Coast Air Quality Management District is replacing 11 on-road drayage trucks (model year 1991-1995), nine school buses with compressed natural gas (CNG), and one school bus with a battery-electric vehicle. Florida and South Carolina. Louis Clean Cities is replacing six school busses. Delaware and Virginia.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Project partners are Oahu Transit Services, Gillig, Hawaiian Electric Company and the Center for Transportation and the Environment. St Louis Metro Transit will receive funds to replace older model diesel buses with battery electric city transit buses in the St Louis region. Bi-State Development Agency (Metro).

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Washington University, St. Extreme Environment- Tolerant Materials via Atomic Scale Design of Interfaces. $19. Enhance our fundamental understanding of defects, defect interactions, and defect dynamics that determine the performance of structural alloys in extreme radiation environments. University of South Carolina.

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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

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Expanding established propulsion systems into a volume manufacturing environment. Manufacturing: Warren, MI and St. Louis, MO; Deployment: 11 partner fleets. South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). Morgantown, WV State of South Carolina. Rolla, MO Warrensburg, MO Linn, MO St.

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