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billion in grant awards today targeted at helping automakers keep 11 troubled manufacturing plants open and to start building EVs there. The grants are part of the “ Domestic Conversion Grant Program ,” intended to direct government support to help convert plants over to electric vehicle manufacturing.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Under the agreement, Cobalt Technologies and American Process will integrate Cobalt’s patent-pending continuous fermentation and distillation technology into American Process’s Alpena Biorefinery , currently under construction in Alpena, Michigan. Greenpower+.

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JUNE 18, 2011

The Michigan Biotechnology Institute (MBI) will use $4.3 The Michigan Biotechnology Institute (MBI) will use $4.3 Sugars can then be easily extracted and converted into fuels and chemicals, replacing oil and natural gas. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). With MSU researchers, for example, MBI helped Cargill Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is awarding 20 grants for FY 2009 in two research areas on natural systems: biosensing and bioactuation (12 awards); and obtaining hydrocarbons from biomass and microorganisms (8 awards). Furthermore, lignin itself is of interest as a feedstock due to its high energy-density. Mountziaris, and W.

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MAY 22, 2014

Researchers at Michigan State University have developed a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) which will allow biodiesel plants to eliminate the creation of hazardous wastes while reducing their dependence on fossil fuel. As a result, 1,3-propanediol was generated as a metabolic sink for electrons not converted into electricity syntrophically.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. The project will convert local landfill gas (LFG), a renewable fuel source, to compressed natural gas and develop five CNG fueling stations throughout the metro-Atlanta area. Total DOE award: $14,994,183.

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DECEMBER 9, 2011

These costs are fully funded, with Valero providing the majority of the financing, and the remainder from awards by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the State of Michigan. In January, Valero invested in Mascoma ( earlier post ).

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

Regen on Demand Braking is standard and helps maximize driving range by converting the kinetic energy of the vehicle’s forward momentum into electricity that’s stored in the battery pack. Every CELESTIQ will be constructed at the General Motors Global Technical Center, in Warren, Michigan.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Converting biomass to renewable fuels via a pyrolysis pathway. The US Department of Energy has selected UOP, a Honeywell company, for negotiation of a $25 million award to build a demonstration unit in Hawaii to convert cellulosic biomass into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels. Source: UOP. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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MAY 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford’s next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market. Earlier post.) The 2.866 million square-foot plant was built in 1957.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Chrysler Group LLC has awarded Chris (Chunting) Mi, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, $3.1 As part of this funding announced in August, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, UM-Dearborn, and Kettering University received $2.5 Earlier post.). —Chris Mi. —Chris Mi.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

The core of the INEOS Bio technology is the patented anaerobic fermentation step, through which naturally occurring bacteria convert syngases into ethanol. million in grant funding for 68 feasibility studies under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) (section 9007 of the 2008 Farm Bill). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 31, 2024

You lose about half of your range in an electric vehicle if you drive it in the middle of winter in Michigan,” says Cyrus Rustomji, cofounder of South 8. The company developed the cold plate under an ARPA-E grant and is now measuring the energy savings of liquid cooling through an ARPA-E program.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The charge stations and installations were paid for with federal stimulus and California Energy Commission grants won by Coulomb. And if you're located in California, the California Energy Commission portion of the grant to Coulomb will pay for installation. ChargePoint America is looking for hosts for charge stations. But for whom?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

In all, the grants are spread across 17 states with 43 per cent of the cash going to small businesses, 35 per cent to educational institutions and 19 per cent to large corporations. They have received a grant of $4,462,162.

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JANUARY 28, 2023

Granted, there are several cities where living without a vehicle is doable, like Utrecht in the Netherlands where in 2019 48 percent of resident trips were done by cycling or London, where nearly two-thirds of all trips taken that same year were are made by walking, cycling or public transportation. For instance, recent U.S.

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OCTOBER 18, 2009

The commitment came as part of a grant under the United States Department of Energy’s Clean Cities program and was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. There are also no torque converter spin losses. Earlier post , earlier post.) Engine “Off” Strategy. Engine operating points (torque vs. rpm).

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JANUARY 26, 2015

A team from the University of Minnesota and Michigan State University has identified the structure of the key intermediate “Q” in the enzyme methane monooxygenase (MMO). Converting methane to liquid methanol makes it easy to transport and a good alternative to petroleum for energy. and grant GM096132 (to D.A.P.).

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AUGUST 11, 2009

The economic stimulus funds have been doled out to programmes in 20 US states, but Michigan, the traditional home of motoring, is the key beneficiary. The biggest individual grants however, were reserved for Johnson Controls and A123Systems.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

will convert three of DTE Energy’s fleet Saturn VUE SUVs to battery electric powertrains. million Michigan homes and businesses. million Michigan homes and businesses. AMP Holding Inc. Earlier post.) DTE Energy is the Detroit-headquartered diversified energy company providing gas and electric services to 2.7

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

I have had memberships in the EAA, Tucson EAA, and West Michigan EV and Plug-in Vehicle Enthusiasts. He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University.

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APRIL 30, 2010

The grants will go to projects in 17 states. Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Engineering E.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

I have had memberships in the EAA, Tucson EAA, and West Michigan EV and Plug-in Vehicle Enthusiasts. He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

DEINOL uses Deinococcus bacteria to break down the complex sugars contained in pre-treated lignocellulosic biomass and then to convert them into ethanol in a single operation, replacing the microorganisms that are traditionally used and a large part of the enzyme treatment that precedes fermentation. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

The awarded grants will go to projects with lead researchers in 17 states. DOE grant: $7,200,000). DOE grant: $6,949,624). DOE grant:$5,349,932). DOE Grant: $4,000,000). DOE grant: $1,999,447). DOE grant: $9,000,000). Earlier post.) Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc.,

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AUGUST 30, 2011

This brings NextCAT’s total grant funding to $1.3 The company’s goal is to commercialize a class of catalysts that enable biodiesel producers to convert cost-effective raw materials such as waste vegetable oil, animal fats and residual corn oil into biodiesel. NextCAT , Inc., Biodiesel grade fuel can be achieved in two steps.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Wolcott’s system uses the same approach, with one crucial difference—his software converts the map data into a three-dimensional picture much like a video game. This work was supported by a grant from Ford Motor Co. Resources.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

John Hart SM ’02, PhD ’06, now a professor at the University of Michigan, describing laboratory tests that demonstrate that nanotubes really can exceed the energy storage potential of steel, appears in the September issue of the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. Another paper by Livermore, Hill, Havel and A. Resources.

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APRIL 22, 2009

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It also appears that auto dealers may be able to convert the credit into a cash-on-the-hood discount for their customers. billion to GM and LG Energy Solution to build battery factories in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. Funding for US Postal Service electrification $3 billion in funding for USPS to convert its fleet to EVs.

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