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JUNE 5, 2020

Iowa City Transit. Iowa City Transit will receive funds to purchase new electric buses to replace diesel buses that have reached the end of their useful life, to ensure a state of good repair. The City of Nashua will receive funds to purchase new hybrid electric vans to replace aging vehicles and related charging infrastructure.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

million grant from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) ( earlier post ) to develop high-performance, next-generation permanent magnet materials, with a 2x target increase over the state-of-the art magnetic energy density. Source: Univ. of Delaware. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 26, 2011

Soil quality, water quality, and possibly even farm profits will all benefit by using a perennial cover crop on corn fields that allows for similar yields to traditional farming methods, according to Iowa State University research. And Kentucky bluegrass is out in every lawn in Iowa. Click to enlarge. bu/acre, according to the USDA.).

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JANUARY 26, 2012

The feedstock will consist of approximately 30% agricultural residue, such as wheat straw and corn stover, and 70% woody biomass from a local hybrid poplar farm. The announcement is the second guaranteed loan under the Biorefinery Assistance Program (Sec. 9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill) to be made by USDA this month. Earlier post.).

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Iowa 2008 Oregon Waste 199

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

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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JANUARY 26, 2012

But multiply that number by the number of hybrid cars, let’s say, and you could get savings in the billions of dollars. Or, that could mean getting the same power with a smaller motor. I’m looking for a little bit of increase, maybe 5 percent or 1 percent. The potential here could be huge. —Dionysios Aliprantis.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

The awarded grants will go to projects with lead researchers in 17 states. DOE grant: $7,200,000). DOE grant: $6,949,624). If successfully developed, this transformational new energy storage technology would greatly reduce the cost of hybrid and electric vehicles. DOE grant:$5,349,932). DOE Grant: $4,000,000).

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