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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

Green Car Congress

This process will repurpose carbon dioxide for use as a liquid fuel that can be readily used as a high octane gasoline substitute. The team anticipates at least a twofold productivity improvement over current levels and a cost that can be competitive with gasoline. Medical University of South Carolina. of South Carolina).

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Osage Bio Energy: Winter Barley Ethanol as Advanced Biofuel for RFS-2

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An advanced biofuel has a carbon footprint that is 50% or less of conventional gasoline and OBE plans to start the certification process by Q4 2010. EPA accepted this logic and instead decided to focus on regional and national statistics and trends to make sure virgin land wasn’t being converted to supply biofuel facilities.

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Report: EV factories may be leading utilities to dirtier decisions

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The Georgia Public Service Commission just this week approved utility Georgia Power’s plan to build three new methane and oil-burning plants, as well as to buy energy from sister company Mississippi power, delaying retirement of one of that company’s coal-fired plants, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center.

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Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

Baua Electric

Since originally announcing that, the Biden administration has stepped up with sweeping tariff hikes to Chinese EVs, batteries, steel, and more—including a 100% tariff on EVs, although gasoline vehicles aren’t covered. That said, coal is no longer specifically one of Trump’s crusades in 2024. EV plants Tens of thousands more U.S.