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Highland Electric Transportation raises $253M to accelerate electrification of school fleets

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The financing was led by Vision Ridge Partners with participation by Fontinalis Partners and existing investors. For example, Maryland offers grants for zero-emission school buses. State governments are supporting the switch to electric vehicles as well.

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Biden Administration launching offshore wind offensive

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Port Infrastructure Development Grants support projects that strengthen and modernize port infrastructure, and can support shore-side wind energy projects, such as storage areas, laydown areas, and docking of wind energy vessels to load and move items to offshore wind farms. To date, LPO has provided $1.6

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Aemetis to acquire Edeniq and its cellulosic ethanol technology

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Edeniq, a private company founded in 2008, has raised approximately $100 million from some of the world’s leading venture capital firms, including Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Angeleno Group, The Westly Group, I2BF Global Ventures, and other leading investors, as well as US Department of Energy (DOE) grant funding.

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Electric School Buses: Are the Advantages Real?

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Canary Media stated, “Billions of dollars of federal and state grants and incentives are flowing to U.S. Manufacturer Thomas Built and Highland Fleets fleet services are among those helping school districts finance their own electric fleets. Maryland already leased 326 buses from Highland. emissions annually.”.

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Biofuel Companies and Trade Associations Push for Extension to Investment Tax Credits for Cellulosic Biofuels and The Inclusion of Algae Biofuels

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In the current economic environment, small companies are finding it especially challenging to raise financing for first-of-a-kind commercial-scale facilities. Maryland Biotechnology Center. Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of BIO, the Biotechnology Industry Organization. Signatories to the letter include: 25x’25 Alliance.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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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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Osage Bio Energy: Winter Barley Ethanol as Advanced Biofuel for RFS-2

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In fact, growing barley is better than leaving the field fallow according to the Chesapeake Quarterly (published by the Maryland Sea Grant College, Vol 8, No. Since the land has already been dedicated to growing summer crops, winter barley doesn’t result in any indirect land use changes (ILUC).

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