Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2009

year commercialization grant to apply Velocys’ microchannel reactor technology to hydroprocessing for transportation fuels. The project focuses on hydrocracking to upgrade Fischer-Tropsch fuels and heavy petroleum feedstock for jet and diesel fuel. A collaboration led by Velocys , Inc., Earlier post.). Velocys, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

crop oils and animal fats) to non-ester biofuels or intermediates—with Chevron Lummus Global’s ISOCONVERSION process technology to create drop-in biofuels that will be ready to use at 100% levels in jet and diesel engines, eliminating the need for blending with petroleum-derived fuels. Earlier post.). a CB&I Company.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. Renewable propane. infrastructures (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

The US Department of Energy has issued a $300-million Funding Opportunity Announcement ( DE-PS26-09NT01236-04 ) for applications for cost-shared projects that expand the use of alternative fueled vehicles and advanced technology vehicles. The other areas of interest include: Refueling Infrastructure for alternative fuels.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The state of Texas is now offering rebates on select electric vehicle (EV) purchases including some Tesla models, as made available through a limited-time grant program. The state is accepting applications for grant rebates until March 22, 2024, according to its website, though only 2,000 grants will be awarded.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The utility is participating in a national consortium that recently was awarded a federal stimulus grant to purchase plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and the company is buying more trucks to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) as well. The matching stimulus grant will provide up to $2.5 million for the vehicle conversions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Despite problems with its characteristics (toxicity; handling, storage and delivery requirements; and materials compatibility), methanol attracted a great deal of interest in the 1970s and later as an alternative fuel, partly because it can be produced from a number of raw and renewable resources. —Fan et al. —Fan et al.

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MARCH 28, 2013

STG+ technology converts syngas into drop-in high-octane gasoline and jet fuel with a conversion efficiency of ~35% by mass of syngas into liquid transportation fuels (the highest documented conversion efficiency in the industry) or greater than 70% by mass of natural gas. Primus Green Energy Inc.,

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JANUARY 28, 2012

The new units are anticipated to deliver fuel efficiency over a conventional truck of up to 50% annually, depending upon the use of the truck. The hybrid digger derrick was funded in part by a $4-million award ComEd received in federal economic stimulus funding to expand its alternative-fuel fleet. ComEd received a $1.5

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JUNE 26, 2009

Alternative Fuels Corporation (AFC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of G4G Resources Ltd. The agreement grants AFC exclusive rights to market the Wits conversion technology in the Americas. Both plants are now producing at design capacity and planning is now underway for commercial scale production facilities. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 7, 2016

The purpose of the annual ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship, established in 2014, is to encourage young professors and scholars to pursue research in green energy technology that may promote the development of next-generation vehicles capable of utilizing alternative fuels. Dr. David Go, University of Notre Dame.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Haru Oni pilot project in Magallanes Province takes advantage of the excellent wind conditions in southern Chile to produce climate-neutral fuel with the aid of green wind power. We know exactly what fuel characteristics our engines need in order to operate with minimal impact on the climate. —Porsche CEO Oliver Blume.

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JULY 15, 2015

The ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship aims to encourage young professors and scholars to pursue research in green energy technology that may promote the development of next-generation vehicles capable of utilizing alternative fuels. Reducing CO 2 emissions. 2015 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellows.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The Pennsylvania Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) program has awarded Axion Power International, Inc. The newly announced AFIG grants totalled $6.5 The tankers will collect waste vegetable oil from 750 of Ettline’s customers and deliver it to a processor for conversion to SVO. Middletown Biofuels LLC.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

For now, noted Ed Saxman, Volvo Trucks’ Product Marketing Manager, Alternative Fuels, the engines in the customer fleet test trucks in the US are the same as those currently under test in Europe. Volvo Truck’s DME announcement comes in the context of many years of alternative fuel and driveline development. Selecting DME.

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JANUARY 26, 2015

MMO catalyzes the O 2 -dependent conversion of methane to methanol in methanotrophic bacteria, thereby preventing the emission into the atmosphere of approximately one billion tons of this potent greenhouse gas annually. This work was supported by the NIH grants GM40466 and GM100943 (to J.D.L.) and grant GM096132 (to D.A.P.).

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MAY 11, 2012

These grants are provided through the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Users of New Leaf fuel include the US Navy, and the cities of San Diego, Oceanside and Chula Vista. Earlier post.)

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 4, 2006

Bruno today announced a new $10 million State program to convert vehicles in the State fleet to plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art alternative fuel research laboratory at the Saratoga Technology + Energy Park (STEP).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Alternative fuels must make economic sense, the researchers stress, for biofuels to make a dent in the petroleum-driven market. We have the environmental incentives to produce fuels and chemicals from renewable resources, but right now, they aren’t enough to compete with low oil prices. Chang Dou/University of Washington.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2009

Under the scope the new proposal, according to a senior Obama administration official in a backgrounder on Monday night, if the EPA does grant the waiver allowing California to implement the Pavley greenhouse gas standards for vehicles, the state has agreed to defer to the proposed national standard through model year 2016.

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AUGUST 26, 2011

Synthetic crude oil, similar to conventional crude oil, is created by upgrading bitumen (conversion into lighter hydrocarbons). Even if improved fuel efficiency and broader adoption of alternative fuels reduced overall demand for oil, demand for Canadian heavy crude oil at Gulf Coast refineries would not be substantially affected.

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MAY 7, 2009

Alternative fueled vehicles pilot grant program: $300 million. Fuel cell technologies: $43.4 The largest increase is for Hybrid Electric Systems (+$39M) to accelerate battery and power-electronics R&D and to expand hybrid electric vehicles and PHEV testing and simulation. Biomass and biorefinery systems R&D: $786.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

Significant tax incentives encourage the conversion of trucks and heavy-duty fleets to natural gas vehicles. The bill provides more than $7 billion annually to improve transportation infrastructure and efficiency, including highways and mass transit systems. Investing in clean vehicles. Title IV, Subtitle B, Part II, Subpart B, Section 4111.)

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JULY 22, 2009

Biofuel projects are going to have trouble getting financing from Wall Street this year because all of them have questions about the long term pricing of petroleum; most of them have concerns about the pricing stability of their feedstocks; and many of the cellulosic projects have concerns about the conversion technologies.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

1 $100,000 Grant Moving in the Right Direction? Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol. 2 PIA Meets CARB Move CARB Forward AltCar Expo 2007 Arnold Amped Up? 100K Mile Club Newsletter Vol. htm Advocates of the Th! htm Advocates of the Th!

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JULY 21, 2024

First, it granted Arm Welders an entry into a burgeoning market. Arm Welders supplied the welding guns, while another company handled the complete automation integration in this case. The Vietnam project proved pivotal for two reasons.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

We have to find an alternative fuel source.”Right He proposed a government-funded “cash for conversions” program as a follow-up to the “cash for clunkers” program.Employees at the Santa Cruz County supervisors’ office share a Honda Civic hybrid for driving on the job, said Supervisor John Maynard.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix.

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JULY 28, 2010

The rebates are primarily targeted at medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; of the funding allocated for rebates, not more than 25% is to be used to provide rebates to qualified owners for the purchase of qualified alternative fuel vehicles that have a gross vehicle rating of not more than 8,500 pounds.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

5 million government grant was awarded in the 2020/2021 budget to help set up Adelaide-based manufacturing facilities. General Motor eCrate conversion kits – by late 2021 GM plans to offer battery and motor kits for classic cars, allowing an easy EV conversion. It could kick off with a sleek electric ute. Volkswagen ID.1

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2009

Other provisions of the bill include: A 10-year extension for alternative fuel credits for natural gas used as a vehicle fuel, the purchase of natural gas-fueled vehicle, and the installation of natural gas vehicle refueling property credit. Includes conversions and repowers.

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EV Adoption

AUGUST 8, 2021

And now that the Senate’s version of the Biden Infrastructure Bill is close to passing, a potential estimated $10 billion could fund grants for building out EV charging infrastructure in the US. Following are a few more recent examples I pulled from Twitter conversations. But how many charging “stations” (e.g.,

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MAY 25, 2022

billion will be distributed through a competitive grant program. Once a state’s plan is approved, a state must then use the first part of its funding to build its alternative fuel corridors. Blink Charging is very familiar with installing fast chargers along corridors and was awarded a grant of $12.5 Of these funds, $4.75

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center , “The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ( Public Law 117-169 ) amends the Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit ( IRC 30D ), now known as the Clean Vehicle Credit, and adds a new requirement for final assembly in North America that takes effect on August 16, 2022 ” .

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Under current law, a credit is available for each new qualified fuel cell vehicle, hybrid vehicle, advanced lean burn technology vehicle, and alternative fuel vehicle placed in service by a taxpayer during the taxable year. In general, the credit amount varies based on technology, weight, fuel efficiency, and other factors.

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