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DOE awarding $7.4M to 7 projects for medium-and heavy-duty EV and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans

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This project will launch an intensive strategic planning effort to spur the deployment of commercial medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure through the development of an East Coast Commercial ZEV Corridor along the I-95 freight corridor from Georgia to New Jersey. Cummins Inc.:

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BASF to carve out mobile emissions catalysts business, invest up to €4.5B in battery materials and recycling

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With the shift toward electromobility, the automotive industry is currently in the middle of its biggest transformation in history. The new entity will be named BASF Automotive Catalysts and Recycling. The new entity will continue to operate globally and comprise approximately 20 production sites and over 4,000 employees.

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Perspective: Despite Solyndra’s death, the future of solar energy is sunny

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I believe that the loss of industry players Solyndra, Evergreen, and SpectraWatt opens the market for more innovative solar companies to succeed with smarter tactics and mainstream products that fit into existing manufacturing models. New Jersey is second only to California in adoption of solar infrastructure. Resources. [

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Driving Dystopia: New York City Pushes Through Congestion Pricing Scheme

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New Jersey Gov. The state likewise launched a lawsuit against the city this summer, following claims that it disproportionately affected New Jersey residents. The plan is to have everything finished so that New York can begin charging drivers heading south of 60th by May.

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Biden Administration launching offshore wind offensive

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The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is announcing a new priority Wind Energy Area in the New York Bight—an area of shallow waters between Long Island and the New Jersey coast. Access to $3 billion in Debt Capital to Support Offshore Wind Industry through DOE Loan Programs Office.

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Hitachi and Demansys to demo CrystEna Energy Storage System for grid frequency regulation and capacity services

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The capacity services market is an auction through which grid operators secure a sufficient supply of capacity several years into the future from supply and demand-side resources. It also has the ability to provide capacity services and plans to do so from the New Jersey-based demonstration project. Hitachi America, Ltd.,

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Sunoco Idles Eagle Point Refinery; Will Evaluate Feasibility of Using it to Produce Alternative Fuels in the Future

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is indefinitely idling all process units at its Eagle Point refinery located in Westville, New Jersey in an effort to reduce losses in its refining business at a time when a recessionary economy, weak demand for refined products, and increased global refining capacity have created margin pressure on the entire refining industry.