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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. FY2017 Low-No projects. Description. Antelope Valley Transit Authority. Broward County.

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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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The City of Tucson will receive funds to purchase electric buses with dedicated charging stations and provide maintenance and first responder training for the new technology. Metro Transit will receive funds for the design and construction of indoor overhead quick chargers as well as a solar power supply and a battery storage system.

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12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

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The exact date depends on when the Large Hadron Collider is set to renew proton-proton collisions after three years of upgrades and maintenance. The Green Hydrogen Boom. Utility company Energias de Portugal (EDP), based in Lisbon, is on track to begin operating a 3-megawatt green hydrogen plant in Brazil by the end of the year.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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vehicle implementation; establish a Minnesota green fleet recognition. responder and vehicle maintenance technician training; develop. on various fuels; and expand the Ohio Green Fleets program and the Ohio. availability of transportation fuels across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: Alec Brooks The AC Propulsion experiment thus became an obscure footnote in the tortuous saga of the green automobile. At the turn of the millennium, nearly 20 percent of the state’s generating capacity was idled for maintenance. After earning a Ph.D.

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EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

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Vermont and Washington, DC are not included in this rule because they do not have fossil fuel-fired power plants. Heat rate improvements result in any changes in equipment, operating procedures or maintenance practices that increase the efficiency of converting fuel energy into electricity by an EGU. billion kWh).

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