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DOE awards $875k Early Career Research Award to UMD professor; advancing alternative fuels research

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University of Maryland Chemistry and Biochemistry Assistant Professor Leah Dodson received a 2023 Early Career Research Award from the US Department of Energy (DOE). The highly competitive five-year grant, awarded through the DOE’s Gas Phase Chemical Physics program, recognizes rising stars in science.

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U. of Minnesota researchers demonstrate new method for direct conversion of heat to electricity

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Because of the low hysteresis of the alloy, a promising area of application of this concept appears to be energy conversion at small ΔT , suggesting a possible route to the conversion of the vast amounts of energy stored on earth at small temperature difference. —Srivastava 2011. note in their paper.

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Lightning Hybrids introducing hydraulic hybrid system on walk-in box truck

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To achieve reduced emissions and fuel economy gains, Lightning Hybrids applies a hydraulic system to the driveline of a vehicle to regenerate braking energy, which is stored and used for the next acceleration. One business that recently integrated a Ford F59 into its fleet is AmeriPride Services Inc.,

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Electric School Buses: Are the Advantages Real?

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Advantages of electric buses include zero tailpipe emissions, the ability to store power in buses for emergency use, inexpensive electric re-fueling, and little or no regular maintenance. Canary Media stated, “Billions of dollars of federal and state grants and incentives are flowing to U.S. So are electric school buses on the horizon?

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Maryland school board approves purchase of 326 electric school buses; Thomas Built e-buses powered by Proterra

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The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) (Maryland) Board of Education approved a contract on Tuesday evening with Highland Electric Transportation, a provider of turnkey electric fleet solutions, to convert the MCPS school bus fleet to all-electric, starting with 326 school buses over the next four years.

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Letting in the Light

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Chasing EVs for 50 years Smith, who grew up on a family farm in Maryland, began working on bicycles when he was a child, and built his own ebike at 14. “I You could buy an LEV, but you could only get it serviced at the store you bought it from. LEV manufacturing and distribution were very disorganized back then. Onward….

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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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