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Texas awards SpaceX $17.3M grant to expand Bastrop tech hub

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that SpaceX has received a $17.3 million grant from the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund. The grant will be used to expand SpaceX’s Bastrop complex. We love Texas. Working together with innovative industry leaders like SpaceX, Texas will continue to rank No.

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TCEQ grants air quality permits to Tenaska new-build carbon capturing coal plant in Texas; 85-90% capture

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The Commissioners of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) voted unanimously to grant the air quality permits necessary for the $3.5 billion 600-megawatt (net) Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center under development near Sweetwater, Texas to begin construction. The project has also been awarded a $7.7-million

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NIST awards $7.4M in grants for additive manufacturing research

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The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is awarding grants totaling $7.4 Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is a group of new technologies that build up objects, usually by laying down many thin layers on top of each other.

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USDA invests $26 million in biofuel infrastructure to expand availability of higher-blend renewable fuels in 23 states

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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $26 million to build infrastructure to expand the availability of higher-blend renewable biofuels by 822 million gallons annually in 23 states. million grant to install a pump, safety infrastructure and piping at its fuel distribution facility. In Ohio, United Dairy Farmers Inc.

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CDTI Awarded $960,000 Grant from the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) for NOx-PM Diesel Retrofit System

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CDTI ) has received a diesel emissions reduction technology development grant under the New Technology Research and Development (NTRD) program from the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) totaling $960,971. Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. Yiqun Huang, program director of NTRD at HARC.

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Dow Planning to Build and Operate a Pilot-Scale Algae-to-Ethanol Biorefinery with Algenol Biofuels

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to build and operate a pilot-scale algae-based integrated biorefinery that will produce ethanol, located at Dow’s Freeport, Texas site. Algenol submitted its formal request last week to obtain a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for financial support to successfully conduct the pilot. an 80% reduction from petroleum).

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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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Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. North Central Texas Council of Governments’ North Central Texas Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology. Railroad Commission of TexasTexas Propane Fleet Pilot Program.