Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

US Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) introduced a bill—the Domestic Energy Promotion Act of 2011— that would extend, through 2016, at descending levels, the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit, or VEETC, which is also known as the blenders’ credit.

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Tax Credit Tax 2016 South Dakota 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2017

Fuel ethanol production capacity in the United States reached 15.5 million barrels per day (b/d), at the beginning of 2017, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) most recent US Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity report. Of the top 13 fuel ethanol-producing states, 12 are located in the Midwest.

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Production Nebraska 2017 Iowa 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2016

CAB-Comm was established in 2010 through a competitive award from the Energy Department’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) to conduct research to enable commercial viability of algae-based biofuels. Earlier post.) To date, there have been 117 publications, 12 patent applications and 316 presentations from CAB-Comm research.

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Commercial San Diego Universal Nebraska 150

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. million for hydrogen fuel cell buses.

Purchase 191

Purchase St. Louis Jacksonville Fleet 191