Gas-Electric and Grant

Phillips 66 receives $3M grant to advance reversible solid oxide fuel cell technology

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JANUARY 22, 2021

Phillips 66 has received a $3-million grant from the U.S. Phillips 66 will collaborate with the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of a low-cost and highly efficient RSOFC system for hydrogen and electricity generation. Earlier post.)

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Grant Fuel Georgia Hydrogen

US EPA awards $9.6M in DERA grants to reduce harmful diesel emissions in California

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

million in Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) grants to public and private partners in California. The 2018 DERA grants awarded to California will fund the following projects: California Air Resources Board (CARB) received $435,149 to replace 5 heavy-duty school buses with all-electric alternatives throughout California.

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Grant Los Angeles Diesel California

California Energy Commission approves $8M grant for H2 fueling station at Port of Long Beach

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The California Energy Commission approved an $8-million grant to Equilon Enterprises—a fully owned subsidiary of Shell Oil—to develop a high-capacity hydrogen fueling station to service and promote the expansion of zero-emission fuel cell electric Class 8 drayage trucks at the Port of Long Beach.

Long Beach

Long Beach Grant California Fuel

Fusion Fuel receives approval for €10M grant to develop HEVO-Industria project

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AUGUST 23, 2022

Fusion Fuel will receive an estimated €10-million grant as part of Component 14 (C-14) of the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan to develop its 6.6MW HEVO-Industria green hydrogen project in Sines, Portugal. C-14 is focused on accelerating the energy transition by supporting the production of hydrogen and other renewable gases.

Fusion

Fusion Grant Portugal Fuel

OptiFuel finalizing $2.6M DOE grant to demonstrate RNG hybrid line-haul locomotive

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JULY 24, 2020

million US Department of Energy (DOE) grant to demonstrate a pre-production Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) hybrid 4,300 hp line-haul locomotive. This new program, partially funded with the DOE grant, will allow pre-production testing at AAR’s Transportation Technology Center, Inc. g/bhp-hr of PM.

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Grant Hybrid Ozone EPA

CleanSpark, Inc. and ReJoule awarded $2.9M second-life EV battery grant with support from Ford

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JULY 10, 2020

million grant to CleanSpark, Inc., The grant is slated to be deployed over the next 30 months. CleanSpark expects to receive approximately $470,000 of the grant funding for its microgrid design and mVSO software services and follow-on deployment of its mPulse software and controls.

Grant

Grant Ford Batteries Battery

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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APRIL 26, 2022

million grant from the US Department of Energy to design and engineer an integrated carbon dioxide capture and conversion plant co-located at Nutrien’s Kennewick Fertilizer Operations plant in Kennewick, Wash. Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million

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Conversion Grant Waste CO2

Anaheim Transportation Network receives $5M to further all-electric transit operation; partners with AMPLY Power

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MARCH 1, 2021

The Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) was awarded a $5-million grant to advance its effort to become California’s first all-electric transit operator. ATN transports more than 9.5

Transportation

Transportation All-Electric Power Powered

Wärtsilä and Grieg to build green ammonia-fueled tanker

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä and Grieg Edge, the innovation hub of Norwegian shipping group Grieg Star, are jointly running a project to launch an ammonia-fueled tanker producing no greenhouse gas emissions by 2024. million) grant. Pilot-E, the Norwegian funding scheme, will support the project with a NOK 46.3-million million (€4.4-million)

Green

Green Fuel Norway Building

European HYFLEXPOWER project to demo first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine

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JUNE 1, 2020

A consortium comprising Engie Solutions, Siemens Gas and Power, Centrax, Arttic, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and four European universities is implementing the HYFLEXPOWER project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation (Grant Agreement 884229). million, of which €10.5

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Gas Power Powered

BNSF and Wabtec commence battery-electric locomotive pilot test in California

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JANUARY 5, 2021

BNSF Railway Company and Wabtec began testing battery-electric locomotive technology in revenue service between Barstow and Stockton, California. The battery-powered locomotive ( FLXdrive ) will be situated in a consist between two Tier 4 locomotives, creating a battery-electric hybrid consist.

California

California Batteries Battery Electric

Toyota moves closer to production with next-generation fuel cell technology for heavy-duty trucks; new Mirai system

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Toyota’s next generation fuel cell electric technology is now powering a new set of Class 8 heavy-duty trucks. Designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a wide variety of OEM truck makers, the new fuel cell electric system in the latest prototypes has been adapted to a Kenworth T680 chassis. Port fleet rollout.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Kenworth Long Beach Toyota

Researchers develop large-scale, economical method to extract hydrogen from oil sands and oil fields

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AUGUST 20, 2019

This can be used to power hydrogen-powered vehicles, which are already marketed in some countries, as well as to generate electricity. Thermolysis, gas reforming and water-gas shift have been used in commercial industrial processes to generate hydrogen for more than 100 years. —Grant Strem, CEO of Proton Technologies.

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Oil-Sands Oil Hydrogen Venezuela

USDOT FTA announces $182M in Low-No grants for transit vehicles & facilities nationwide

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JUNE 29, 2021

The project selections were approved as part of the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and supporting equipment and facilities. By retrofitting the garage to service electric buses, the agency will also lower pollution in the surrounding community.

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Grant Kansas City Vehicles Chicago

California making $450M available in TIRCP Cycle 4 grants for rail and bus projects

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

The state of California will make available $450 million in grants to help fund rail and bus investments made by public agencies under the California Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program ( TIRCP ). The 2020 TIRCP grant cycle will program projects starting with the 2020?21 billion in funding to 56 projects throughout the state.

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Grant California Available 2020

Bosch to receive €160.7M in funding to support scale-up of solid-oxide fuel cell system production

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JULY 13, 2023

Bosch will receive a grant of €160.7 The heart of the system is the SOFC stack, where chemical energy is converted into electrical energy. This hotbox is combined with an air and gas supply system, an electronic control unit, and an exhaust system to form an SOFC unit. A hotbox will contain several stacks.

Fuel

Fuel Production Hydrogen Germany

Zepp.solutions secures €2M grant to build fuel cell systems factory

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AUGUST 30, 2023

million grant from the European Just Transition Fund (JTF) for the development of a fuel cell systems factory. These fuel cell modules transform hydrogen gas into usable high-voltage electric power to drive vehicles, vessels or other heavy machinery.

Grant

Grant Fuel Building Hydrogen

EPA announces $1B in grants for electric school buses and heavy-duty vehicles

Electrek

APRIL 24, 2024

Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) announced nearly $1 billion in grants to replace gas heavy-duty vehicles and school buses with electric vehicles.

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Grant EPA Vehicles Gas-Electric

California Energy Commission to award up to $29.9M to hydrogen refueling infrastructure projects

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NOVEMBER 24, 2013

The solicitation has five separate funding categories: O&M Support Grants Competition. O&M Support Grants is a first-come, first-served grant solicitation. Applicants/projects meeting the minimum eligibility criteria for operation and maintenance support grants will be recommended for funding. Mobile Refueler Competition.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen California Energy Grant

California Energy Commission approves $46.6M for hydrogen refueling and $2.8M for EV charging projects

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2014

The California Energy Commission gave final approval for nearly $50 million in grant awards for hydrogen refueling and electric charging construction projects recommended for funding in notices of proposed awards published in April and May. million hydrogen, battery electric, and plug-in electric vehicles on the roadway by 2025.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen San Diego California Energy

Massachusetts awarding $15.5M to alternative fuel vehicles and projects; $1.8M for 8 electric school buses

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JANUARY 3, 2014

In December, the Patrick Administration awarded grants and announced new investments in three programs to support alternative fuel vehicles and related infrastructure across Massachusetts, including the launch of an electric school bus pilot. million in grants for eight electric school buses with vehicle-to-grid capability.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Alternative Fuels Fuel Grant

Sea-Tac Airport launches major ground support equipment electrification project

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MARCH 19, 2014

The Port of Seattle, along with Alaska Airlines, Western Washington Clean Cities and US Representative Adam Smith unveiled a new project providing nearly 600 electric charging stations throughout the airport for ground support equipment (GSE) such as baggage tugs, bag ramps and pushback vehicles. to provide charging stations at all gates.

Alaska

Alaska Seattle Federal Grant Grant

Eaton to develop affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles; liquid piston technology

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JULY 20, 2012

Eaton Corporation will develop an affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles, utilizing existing natural gas sources in the home and innovative compressor technology. million grant from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) MOVE project. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

Eaton

Eaton Affordable Gas Milwaukee

San José International deploys 10 Proterra electric buses in airport fleet

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MAY 7, 2019

Mineta San José International Airport’s (SJC) has deployed a fleet of 10 Proterra battery-electric buses that will transport passengers and their luggage between SJC’s parking lots, rental car center, and terminals. The electric bus fleet is anticipated to reduce ozone emissions by 1.1

International

International Fleet Indianapolis Ozone

Shell starts up Europe’s largest PEM green hydrogen electrolyzer; 10MW, expansion to 100 MW

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JULY 3, 2021

A plant for liquefied renewable natural gas (bio-LNG) is also in development. The Rheinland electrolyzer will use renewable electricity to produce up to 1,300 tonnes of green hydrogen a year. The consortium for Refhyne II has been invited to prepare the associated grant agreement.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Green Spain Germany

Wabtec’s battery-electric locomotive lowered full train fuel consumption by more than 11% in BNSF California pilot

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MAY 18, 2021

The FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive is a defining moment for freight rail and will accelerate the industry toward low- to zero-emission locomotives. illion grant from the California Air Resource Board (CARB) awarded to Wabtec, BNSF and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.

California

California Fuel Batteries Battery

CRI awarded €1.8M EU grant to scale CO2-to-methanol technology

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APRIL 11, 2019

million) grant under the EU Horizon 2020 Research Programme to increase the scale of its CO 2 -to-methanol technology, marketed under the trademark Emissions-to-Liquids (ETL). Compression: Reaction gas is prepared by mixing H 2 and CO 2. Carbon Recycling International has been awarded a €1.8-million million (US$2.0-million)

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Grant CO2 Iceland Waste

Orange County orders 10 New Flyer hydrogen fuel cell buses

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2018

The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) has awarded New Flyer a contract for 10 Xcelsior hydrogen fuel cell electric, forty-foot, heavy-duty transit buses (10 equivalent units). OCTA and New Flyer are partners in the Fuel Cell Electric Bus Commercialization Consortium ( FCEBCC ) project.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Fuel California Environment

EDI partners with Greenkraft for parallel-series multi-mode Class-4 CNG-PHEV truck; CEC funding

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JUNE 30, 2014

EDI), a producer of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and continuously variable transmission (CVT) solutions ( earlier post ), is partnering with Greenkraft , CALSTART, and the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop a Class-4 vehicle that combines the benefits of compressed natural gas (CNG) and PHEV technology.

PHEV

PHEV Plug-in Gas-Electric Gas

Union Pacific Railroad to purchase 20 battery-electric locomotives for testing in yard operations

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2022

Union Pacific Railroad plans to purchase 20 battery-electric locomotives for testing in yard operations. The combined purchases and upgrades to yard infrastructure are expected to exceed $100 million, representing the largest investment in battery-electric technology by a US Class I railroad.

Purchase

Purchase Los Angeles Batteries Battery

EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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JULY 13, 2022

Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. The EU is investing more than €1.8

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Cleaning Clean Bulgaria Poland

Atlanta’s MARTA orders 6 Xcelsior CHARGE 40-foot electric buses from New Flyer

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

Order marks MARTA’s first electric bus purchase from New Flyer, joins over 40 North American agencies with active zero-emission bus programs supported by New Flyer. The purchase is supported by federal funding from the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Low or No Emission (Low-No) Grant Program. New Flyer of America Inc.

Atlanta

Atlanta Charging Smart Charger North America

SW/TCH Maritime funds the construction of hydrogen fuel cell e-ferry

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JUNE 13, 2019

The 84-passenger e-ferry is currently under construction at the Bay Ship & Yacht shipyard in Alameda, CA using private funding from SW/TCH and a $3-million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) through the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District), the administrator of the grant.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Fuel San Francisco New York City

Suburban Propane Partners taking 39% stake in DME producer Oberon Fuels; rDME/propane blends

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

a nationwide distributor of propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity, is purchasing a 39% stake in Oberon Fuels, a San Diego, CA-based development-stage producer of low-carbon, renewable dimethyl ether (rDME) transportation fuel. Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.,

Fuel

Fuel San Diego United States Carbon

Port of Los Angeles rolls out $82.5M hydrogen fuel cell electric freight demonstration; Toyota fuel cell technology

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JUNE 14, 2021

The Port of Los Angeles and its partners rolled out five new hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) and introduced two hydrogen fueling stations. The Port’s technology development partners are Toyota Motor North America, which designed and built the powertrain’s fuel cell electric power supply system; Kenworth Truck Co.,

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Hydrogen Fuel Kenworth

Santa Clara VTA partners with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to charge 34 electric buses with solar-powered microgrid

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JANUARY 28, 2022

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will install an innovative clean energy microgrid and EV fleet charging system with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to help power the agency’s transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet, following a grant that was awarded for the project by the California Energy Commission this week.

Solar

Solar Power Powered Charging

FuelCell Energy receives contract for two 2.8MW direct fuel cell power plants from utility

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APRIL 30, 2014

UIL Holdings Corporation is a diversified energy delivery company serving more than 700,000 electric and natural gas utility customers in 66 communities across two states, with combined total assets of more than $4 billion. The plants are expected to be operational in early 2015. The site will also host an array of solar panels.

Connecticut

Connecticut Power Powered Fuel

KIST team develops membrane reactor system to produce pure H2 from ammonia with high productivity

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Steam is adopted as a sweep gas, presenting efficient H 2 recovery (>91%) while replacing conventionally utilized noble carrier gases that require additional gas separation processes. Hydrogen gas, however, cannot be transported in large amounts due to the limitations in the amount that can be stored per unit volume.

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Production Hydrogen Gas-Electric Low Cost

European power-to-methane company Electrochaea opens California subsidiary

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Electrochaea employs a patented biocatalyst (BioCat) to convert low-cost and stranded electricity and CO 2 into pipeline-grade renewable gas. This gas can be directly injected into the existing natural gas grid or used immediately. In August, Electrochaea announced it was receiving an EU grant of €2.5

California

California Companies Power Powered

California makes first investments in $100M energy research & development program; also biogas and H2

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

The California Energy Commission approved its first $10 million to fund Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) research and development (R&D) projects during its monthly business meeting today. Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

California

California San Diego Energy Solar

USDA closes on $105M loan guarantee to Fulcrum for biorefinery converting municipal waste to renewable jet fuel; first USDA loan for biojet

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Fulcrum will gasify 147,000 tons of municipal solid waste to produce synthesis gas which it then will catalytically convert to synthetic paraffinic kerosene/jet fuel via a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process. A venturi scrubber captures and removes any entrained particulate, and the syngas is further cooled in a packed gas cooler scrubber.

Waste

Waste Convert Renewable Fuel

There’s Only One Kind Of “Just” Transition I Want To See

Creative Greenius

JULY 11, 2022

That’s granting the workers who pocketed great salaries and benefits, while filling our air and water with toxic waste, a free pass from taking any responsibility for their actions. Oil, gas and coal workers have all known for more than a dozen years that their work was helping to destroy people’s health and well being.

Coal

Coal Oil Cleaning Clean

MBTA orders five 60' electric buses from New Flyer

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JANUARY 8, 2019

(NFI), the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer in North America, announced that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has awarded New Flyer a new contract for five sixty-foot (10 equivalent units) New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE heavy-duty, battery-electric zero-emission buses.

Boston

Boston Massachusetts 2002 North America

Vulcan Energy granted research permit in Italy for potential integrated geothermal energy/lithium production site

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JANUARY 24, 2022

Vulcan Energy Resources Limited, the company aiming to become the world’s first integrated lithium and renewable energy producer with a net zero carbon footprint ( earlier post ), has been granted research permit in Italy for the Cesano area located 20 km NNW of Rome.

Italy

Italy Grant Energy Production

Phillips 66 receives $3M grant to advance reversible solid oxide fuel cell technology

US EPA awards $9.6M in DERA grants to reduce harmful diesel emissions in California

California Energy Commission approves $8M grant for H2 fueling station at Port of Long Beach

Fusion Fuel receives approval for €10M grant to develop HEVO-Industria project

OptiFuel finalizing $2.6M DOE grant to demonstrate RNG hybrid line-haul locomotive

CleanSpark, Inc. and ReJoule awarded $2.9M second-life EV battery grant with support from Ford

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

Anaheim Transportation Network receives $5M to further all-electric transit operation; partners with AMPLY Power

Wärtsilä and Grieg to build green ammonia-fueled tanker

European HYFLEXPOWER project to demo first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine

BNSF and Wabtec commence battery-electric locomotive pilot test in California

Toyota moves closer to production with next-generation fuel cell technology for heavy-duty trucks; new Mirai system

Researchers develop large-scale, economical method to extract hydrogen from oil sands and oil fields

USDOT FTA announces $182M in Low-No grants for transit vehicles & facilities nationwide

California making $450M available in TIRCP Cycle 4 grants for rail and bus projects

Bosch to receive €160.7M in funding to support scale-up of solid-oxide fuel cell system production

Zepp.solutions secures €2M grant to build fuel cell systems factory

EPA announces $1B in grants for electric school buses and heavy-duty vehicles

California Energy Commission to award up to $29.9M to hydrogen refueling infrastructure projects

California Energy Commission approves $46.6M for hydrogen refueling and $2.8M for EV charging projects

Massachusetts awarding $15.5M to alternative fuel vehicles and projects; $1.8M for 8 electric school buses

Sea-Tac Airport launches major ground support equipment electrification project

Eaton to develop affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles; liquid piston technology

San José International deploys 10 Proterra electric buses in airport fleet

Shell starts up Europe’s largest PEM green hydrogen electrolyzer; 10MW, expansion to 100 MW

Wabtec’s battery-electric locomotive lowered full train fuel consumption by more than 11% in BNSF California pilot

CRI awarded €1.8M EU grant to scale CO2-to-methanol technology

Orange County orders 10 New Flyer hydrogen fuel cell buses

EDI partners with Greenkraft for parallel-series multi-mode Class-4 CNG-PHEV truck; CEC funding

Union Pacific Railroad to purchase 20 battery-electric locomotives for testing in yard operations

EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

Atlanta’s MARTA orders 6 Xcelsior CHARGE 40-foot electric buses from New Flyer

SW/TCH Maritime funds the construction of hydrogen fuel cell e-ferry

Suburban Propane Partners taking 39% stake in DME producer Oberon Fuels; rDME/propane blends

Port of Los Angeles rolls out $82.5M hydrogen fuel cell electric freight demonstration; Toyota fuel cell technology

Santa Clara VTA partners with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to charge 34 electric buses with solar-powered microgrid

FuelCell Energy receives contract for two 2.8MW direct fuel cell power plants from utility

KIST team develops membrane reactor system to produce pure H2 from ammonia with high productivity

European power-to-methane company Electrochaea opens California subsidiary

California makes first investments in $100M energy research & development program; also biogas and H2

USDA closes on $105M loan guarantee to Fulcrum for biorefinery converting municipal waste to renewable jet fuel; first USDA loan for biojet

There’s Only One Kind Of “Just” Transition I Want To See

MBTA orders five 60' electric buses from New Flyer

Vulcan Energy granted research permit in Italy for potential integrated geothermal energy/lithium production site

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