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8 Toyota manufacturing facilities recognized by US EPA for reduction in energy intensity

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana (Princeton); Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas (San Antonio); and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia (Buffalo). Lighting efficiency (Bodine Aluminum, Jackson, TN). Replacement of lighting in several plant areas with energy-efficient fluorescent lights with sensors. Plant example.

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DEED sets records

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Community Partners included Climate Action Reserve , Forth , and Virginia Clean Cities. Members of the Gateway Electric Vehicle Association at the St. Louis DEED event. From established events to first-timers Gateway Electric Vehicle Association ’s (GEVA), participation in the St.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS). Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. West Virginia University Research Corporation. Zero Emission Freight Future. Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition. Delivering Clean Air in Denver: Propane Trucks and Infrastructure in Mail Delivery Application.

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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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The 10 projects are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia: Association Mapping of Cell Wall Synthesis Regulatory Genes and Cell Wall Quality in Switchgrass. Eric Beers, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg. Bartley, University of Oklahoma, Norman.

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US DOE announces 3 consortia for $125M US-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center; solar, second-generation biofuels and buildings

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Louis; Corning Incorporated; General Electric Company; Konarka Technologies, Inc.; The University of Florida will lead the US team that includes University of Missouri; Virginia Tech; Montclair State University; Texas A&M University; Show Me Energy; and Green Technologies. MEMC Corporation; and Solarmer Energy Inc. Thermax Ltd.;

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Discover and develop materials that control the interactions between light, electricity, and heat at the nanoscale for improved solar energy conversion, solid-state lighting, and conversion of heat into electricity. Emerging Materials for Solar Energy Conversion and Solid State Lighting. Washington University, St.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles.