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FTA awarding $130M in Low-No grants for zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and facilities

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Alabama A&M University. Alabama A&M University will receive funds to purchase zero-emission electric buses, which will replace diesel buses that have reached the end of their useful life. Iowa City Transit. City of Tucson. Michigan Department of Transportation. 6,393,031.

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ClearFlame Engine Technologies secures $17M in Series A financing

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The company’s engine technology enables low-carbon, renewable fuels such as ethanol to be integrated easily into existing diesel engine platforms, offering a lower-emission, lower-cost solution than diesel fuel. Using soot-free fuels also eliminates the need for a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF).

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ClearFlame Engine Technologies secures $2.5M to advance diesel-free truck demonstration; ethanol-fueled MCCI

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million in additional financing from several investors, including the Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois Corn Growers Associations. ClearFlame Engine Technologies , a growing startup dedicated to the development of clean engine technology ( earlier post ), secured $2.5

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EPA awards $6.6M to universities for black carbon research

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million in grants to eight universities in support of black carbon research. Therefore, reducing black carbon emissions could have a positive effect on the climate quickly. EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program awarded nine grants to support research to study the role and effects of black carbon.

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EPA Awards $3.6M in Grants for Particulate Matter Research

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million in four grants to universities to research the relationship between the chemical composition of particulate matter (PM) and health effects. PM is a complex mixture that consists of direct emissions and reaction products formed in the atmosphere. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.,

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Iowa State Researchers Developing New Thermochemical System for Ethanol Production from Biomass

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Researchers at Iowa State University are developing a new thermochemical system for the coproduction of ethanol and thermal energy, based on a new low-emissions burner and a new catalyst for ethanol production. million grant from the Iowa Power Fund , a state program to advance energy innovation and independence.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. Alabama A&M University. City of Fairfield.

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