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CleanFUEL USA Secures $12.9 Million from US DOE for 100+ Propane Refueling Stations

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million in two stimulus grants to CleanFUEL USA to establish more than 100 liquid propane (autogas) refueling stations in major US cities in coordination with CleanFUEL USA partners, including ConocoPhillips. The first station will be installed in Atlanta followed by Chicago, Houston, Denver and Sacramento.

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

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And then, with transmission complete and the triggering stimulus gone, the system would shut down and return to a sleep or fully powered-off state. In its most common form, it uses an incoming stimulus, at some minimum threshold value, to move and close a mechanical switch, which in turn activates an electronic circuit.

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Pike Research forecasts 37% CAGR for EV charging equipment, with 2.4 million units sold in 2020; wireless charging to show strong growth

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install a charger. Although EVSE sales have been driven by federal stimulus dollars in 2011–2012, these projects are winding down, so sales will shift to non-publicly funded units. Europe will see the most EVSE installations during the forecast period, just slightly higher than in the Asia Pacific region.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

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Last year people were able to get unleveraged tax equity financing to monetize the production tax credits at yields to the tax investor of 6-7%; this year tax equity investors are seeking yields ranging from 10-15% for leveraged tax equity transactions utilizing the investment tax credit that is now available under the Stimulus Bill.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. Smart meters and substations will be integral.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

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stopcrazypp said on March 31st, 2009 at 7:33 pm Rapid charging is so easy you’ll all fall over and laugh about this debate once charge points start to get installed. It’s all too easy… and about 1/1,000,000 th the effort of installing a hydrogen infrastructure from scratch! Earth2Tech EcoTech, EcoTech [.]…