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MARCH 2, 2013

The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. tank-to-wheels, TTW). —Draft SEIS.

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JANUARY 8, 2010

The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities and one non-profit research organization. Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.)

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 37 energy research projects for $151 million in funding through the recently formed Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The awarded grants will go to projects with lead researchers in 17 states. Biomass Energy (5 projects). Conventional Energy (1 project).

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JULY 24, 2011

Following the issuance of a Final EIS, the next step is a 90-day review period where interested federal agencies, such as the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, will provide their views on whether issuance of a Presidential Permit would be in the national interest.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $26 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the US’ existing fleet of diesel engines. Grant funds may be used for clean diesel projects that use: EPA-verified retrofit technologies or certified engine configurations.

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JUNE 7, 2011

Once the Department of State issues a Final EIS, interested federal agencies, such as the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, will have 90 days to provide their opinion on whether issuance of a Presidential Permit would be in the national interest.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

The study led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor Adam Liska, funded through a three-year, $500,000-grant from the US Department of Energy, used carbon dioxide measurements taken from 2001 to 2010 to validate a soil carbon model that was built using data from 36 field studies across North America.

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APRIL 21, 2014

Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a major, multi-year study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The uncompressed input data totalled ?3

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Schematic representation of the bottom-up assembly concept to develop high-energy nanocomposite materials for next-generation magnets. Use the bottom-up approach to develop high-energy nanocomposite materials consisting of a uniform and nanoscale mixture of high anisotropy hard (Nd-Fe-B) and high magnetization soft (Fe) magnetic phases.

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AUGUST 18, 2015

Research collaborators include Mike Pollard, John Ohlrogge, Jinjie Liu, Adam Rice, Kathleen McGlew and Vincent Shaw with the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at Michigan State University; and Hyunwoo Park and Tom Clemente at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. million joint US Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy grant.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The first round of projects funded under the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has been announced with 37 energy research projects to benefit from a total of $151million in funding. They have received a grant of $4,462,162.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

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. Project partners are MidAmerican Energy and Proterra.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

Here’s what you need to know about kWh energy rates and EV charging taxes. Understanding kWh Energy Rates To begin, let’s clarify what a kilowatt-hour (kWh) energy rate is and why it matters for electric vehicles. Although much cheaper than putting gasoline into a ICE car, charging an EV is not necessarily free.

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JULY 23, 2009

The US Departments of Energy and Agriculture jointly selected seven projects for awards of up to $6.3 Perennial biomass energy crops such as switchgrass have significant net energy advantages because annual planting each spring is not required and they can be grown on marginal cropland. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, $390,000.

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JUNE 14, 2021

For example, the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association has done precisely this for rural towns in New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska. Utility companies can offer flexible utility rates for at-home charging during the night, when energy demand is also lower.

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JULY 23, 2009

The grants come from the US Departments of Energy and Agriculture under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006. Finally, the University of Nebraska, in Lincoln, has been awarded $390,000 to enhance the ability of sweet sorghum to utilise nitrogen and increase its potential as a cost-effective bioenergy crop.

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