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GE Transportation and DonJon Shipbuilding Bidding for $24M Federal Grant for Hybrid Tugboat

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GE Transportation and DonJon Shipbuilding and Repair are bidding on a $24-million federal grant for their Hybrid Harbor Tug Project. The grant is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that awards funding to innovative transportation projects. GoErie.com.

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UC Davis secures $20M federal grant renewal to lead the National Center for Sustainable Transportation

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The funding was granted as part of the Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Center (UTC) program, which is awarding up to $435 million in grant awards for 34 UTCs. Earlier post.)

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US Airports Switching To Electric Buses With Help From Federal Grants

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Airports around the US are transitioning to electric buses as part of their effort to lower carbon emissions from their operations.

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Sea-Tac Airport launches major ground support equipment electrification project

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The $31-million project is funded in large part through federal grants. The US Department of Energy provided $5 million through a grant with the Western Washington Clean Cities Coalition. million came from a Federal Aviation Administration grant. An additional $3.5

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Saft begins deliveries of first lithium-ion batteries produced by new Jacksonville plant

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million federal grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). —Dan Miller, Jacksonville operations manager. The 235,000-square-foot facility, which will employ 300 people once completely invested, was partly financed by a $95.5

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USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

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which has a commercial interest in the research and contributed part of its $2.6-million million federal grant to cover the cost of the USC Wrigley Institute study. The research was supported by ARPA-E, US Department of Energy Award Number DE-AR0000689 and by Marine BioEnergy, Inc., Navarrete, Diane Y. Reed, David W.

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4,400 Chevrolet Volt Owners to be Eligible for Free Home 240V Charging Stations

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To encourage consumer purchases of electric vehicles, federal grants and other funds have been awarded to install more than 15,000 home charge stations.

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