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Plug Power to build green hydrogen plant in Georgia

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Plug Power plans to build a green hydrogen production plant in Camden County, Georgia, to serve customers across the southeastern United States. Plug Power has signed a Purchase Power Agreement with Okefenokee Rural Electric Membership Corporation to source the renewable electricity needed to power the plant.

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UC Davis secures $20M federal grant renewal to lead the National Center for Sustainable Transportation

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The funding was granted as part of the Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Center (UTC) program, which is awarding up to $435 million in grant awards for 34 UTCs. This round of funding marks the second time UC Davis has been able to renew its status as the host of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation.

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Hyundai Motor Group breaks ground on Metaplant America dedicated EV and battery plant

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José Muñoz, president and chief executive officer, Hyundai Motor North America, is photographed at the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America Groundbreaking Ceremony in Savannah, Georgia. The Georgia facility will become an intelligent manufacturing plant. million full electric vehicles annually by 2030.

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Phase 1 of DOE-funded ABBA Integrated Biorefinery project begins; renewable jet, gasoline, diesel and nanocellulose

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Phase 1 of the ABBA Integrated Biorefinery project, to be built at the AVAPCO Thomaston Georgia site, has begun. The project, which will co-produce full replacement renewable jet fuel, gasoline, diesel and Bioplus nanocellulose from woody biomass in an integrated biorefinery at AVAPCO’s site in Thomaston, Georgia, has received a $3.7-million

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British Airways invests in LanzaJet; SAF offtake agreement

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British Airways will power future flights with sustainable aviation fuel produced from sustainably-sourced ethanol, as part of a new partnership with sustainable jet fuel company LanzaJet. The plant in Georgia is due to begin construction this year.

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NREL modeling power requirements for regional air mobility

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How that happens exactly—whether from on-site renewables or grid supplied—is a site-by-site discussion. Using flight demand data from NASA’s contractors at the National Institute of Aerospace and at Georgia Tech, NREL is modeling scenarios that could play out with electrified and regional air transit. —Jordan Cox.

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USDA providing $700M to provide economic relief to more than 100 biofuel producers and 195 facilities

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The funds are being made available through the Biofuel Producer Program, which was created as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). For example: In Iowa, Southwest Renewable Energy LLC is receiving a payment of $3 million. billion gallons as a result of COVID–19.REVP. million gallons of ethanol.