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Ford and Georgia Tech partner on hydraulic hybrid school bus conversion

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The Ford Motor Company Fund and the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering on the US’ first conversion of a traditional school bus to a hydraulic hybrid vehicle that runs on recycled biofuel. Atlanta Public Schools (APS) donated the bus for the project.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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Department of Energy (DOE) released a report suggesting that, in theory, over 300 former and present coal power plants could be converted to nuclear. Such a conversion has never been done, but the report is another sign that the idea is gaining momentum—if with the slow steps of a baby needing decades to learn to walk. “A

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Georgia Tech team develops high-performance intermediate-temperature sold-oxide fuel cell

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A team from Georgia Tech, with colleagues at the university of Kansas, has designed a high-performance solid-oxide fuel cell that operates directly on nearly dry (only ~3.5 Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are potentially the most efficient technology for direct conversion of hydrocarbons to electricity. d , A top-down view of the ARL.

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DOE announces $1.7 billion in grants to convert facilities for EV production and support US auto workers – Charged EVs

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To these ends, the US Department of Energy has established the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program. Eleven at-risk auto manufacturing facilities in eight states—Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland and Virginia—are slated to receive a total of $1.7 billion in funding.

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Virginia Clean Cities reaches 1,000 vehicle conversions to propane

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Virginia Clean Cities announced that 1,000 vehicles have been successfully converted to run on propane autogas through the Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program (SPADP). The vehicle conversions in this program take ordinary vehicles that run on gasoline and upfit them with the bi-fuel Prins VSI propane autogas system.

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Researchers discover new enzyme paradigm for critical reaction in converting lignin to useful products

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Now, an international research team has discovered and characterized a new family of cytochrome P450 enzymes critical to improving the conversion of lignin. Johnson found a cytochrome P450 that converts guaiacol to catechol in a single step. Cytochrome P450s have been studied for decades and have been classed into Families A through M.

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The Biden Administration is Issuing Almost $2 Billion for EV and Related Development

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Facilities in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, and Virginia are on the list. One company, Blue Bird Body Co, will use an $80 million grant to retool a Georgia facility to produce electric buses. General Motors is getting a half-billion dollars to convert a plant in Michigan for EV production.

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