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New report showcases innovative finance tools to electrify truck, bus fleets; TCE Toolkit

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Broader collaboration among key stakeholders and a new generation of finance solutions will be needed to electrify trucks and buses at scale by 2050, according to a report released today by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), MJ Bradley and Vivid Economics. —“Financing the Transition”. —“Financing the Transition”.

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Pennsylvania awards $3M+ in 33 incentive grants for alternative fuel vehicles

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Pennsylvania has awarded more than $3 million in Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIG) to 33 companies, counties and organizations making the switch to compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), or propane for medium to light-weight fleet vehicles. This year, AFIG grants focused on medium- to light-weight vehicles.

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Report Finds That Urgent Changes in Transport Financing Required to Enable More Sustainable Transportation Globally

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A key change will need to take place in how the costs of transport are internalized, as the wider costs to society arising from road accidents, poor health, social impacts and environmental degradation, often described as the ‘external' costs, are currently excluded from the price that transport users confront.

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EPA launches first $500M funding opportunity for $5B Clean School Bus Program

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The Agency will also launch a grant competition later this year. Awards up to 100% of the cost of the replacement bus and charging or fueling infrastructure are possible, and EPA may award funding for bus replacement and infrastructure through grants, rebates, or contracts. Non-profit school transportation associations.

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Skeleton Technologies receives US patent for nanoporous carbon powder supercapacitor material; higher energy and power densities and lower cost

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The US patent and soon-to-be-granted EU patent gives the company protection for carbide-derived-carbons suitable for energy storage applications. Oliver Ahlberg, a member of Skeleton Technologies’ board, agrees that so far the main barrier for entry for ultracapacitors has been high cost of the devices.

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DOE awards $165M GEODE grant to consortium to accelerate development of geothermal by leveraging oil and gas industry

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The grant will provide $10 million in the first year, which will fund the consortium members, in collaboration with more than 100 partner entities, to develop a roadmap to accelerate the growth and development of geothermal, leveraging expertise, technologies, and methods from the oil and gas industry.

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Sylvatex developing new lower-cost CAM manufacturing process for Li-ion batteries

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The company has also received additional grant financing from the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Energy, and others. SVX recently closed a Series A funding of $8.4 SVX continues to collaborate with battery industry experts and collaborators at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory.

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