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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $10 million in research grants to spur production of biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products that will lead to the development of sustainable regional systems and help create jobs. Vilsack highlighted the announcement with a visit to Michigan State University, a grant awardee.
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The grant will also enable us to offer 8,500 scholarships to firefighters in remote locations so they can take the Advanced Electric Drive First Responder Safety Training online course. The NAFTC, a program of WestVirginia University, was founded in 1992. Earlier post.).
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded Pennsylvania State University a five-year research grant valued at roughly $10 million to develop biomass supply chains for the production of liquid transportation and aviation biofuels in the Northeast. Earlier post.).
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Officials at The Ohio State University and WestVirginia University have signed a memorandum of understanding creating a shale energy partnership between the two schools, agreeing to work collaboratively to develop a joint program of research in the Appalachian Region’s developing shale energy industry.
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A second, competitive grant program designed to further increase EV charging access in locations throughout the country, including in rural and underserved communities, will be announced later this year. WestVirginia. These corridors will be the backbone of the new national EV charging network. South Carolina. 10,360,855.
Published drive cycles tested—and the results—included: Orange County Bus: Developed by WestVirginia University to replicate suburban transit bus drive cycles, one of two drive cycles used by CARB for hybrid certification. Three published drive cycles were tested, and one specific to a Lightning Hybrids customer.
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Jonathan Macias Current Profession: Grant Manager for County Government and CEO/Founder of Sky Island, LLC How will you add value to the EAA Board? Writing a grant to fund the expansion of 15 Level 2 community chargers within the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico. He has also been the Secretary for the WestVirginia EAA since 2017.
Various tax and grant programs are available in every state except Alaska, Kansas, Kentucky, North Dakota, South Dakota and WestVirginia. Georgia Power offers $500 per Level 2 charger. These are just a few examples.
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Unequal Growth Granted, these global statistics don’t represent even growth throughout all countries. But, at this point, the only states that don’t have incentives to some degree are the Dakotas, Kansas, Kentucky and WestVirginia. Pew has found that growth in the U.S. is slower than in China and Europe.
2 billion for the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant program , which “encourage[s] domestic production and sales of efficient hybrid and advanced diesel vehicles and components of those vehicles”. manufacturing (some of which overlaps with the EV-related aspects – more on that in a moment) appeared all but doomed earlier this summer.
We’re north of 85 percent of those grant dollars being either awarded or well under competition. Battery factories are under construction in Missouri, Georgia and WestVirginia (which will also soon be producing electric school buses ). Our agencies, our cabinet, have been relentlessly focused on execution.
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