Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will work with Idaho National Laboratory to demonstrate a system that uses a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. It builds on a project launched last year to demonstrate how hydrogen production facilities could be installed at operating nuclear power plants. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

As the electric vehicle (EV) market continues to expand throughout the state, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) announced it will fund the installation of up to 38 additional fast charging stations in Greater Minnesota, extending the existing EV highway corridor network by more than 2,500 miles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2013

and Minneapolis-based Aviation Foundation of America, Inc. The only modification made to the engine, a Lycoming IO-360-A1 D6, was the installation of new pistons to increase the compression ratio from 8.50:1 It is also a much cleaner burning fuel, reducing smog pollutants by 90% and reducing CO 2 emissions by 30%.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

The electric buses will replace CTA’s oldest diesel buses and reduce greenhouse gases in communities that have experienced air pollution and other environmental health hazards, improving public health and quality of life. By retrofitting the garage to service electric buses, the agency will also lower pollution in the surrounding community.

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Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 10, 2006

Turn on the Electric Road By DAVID MORRIS Published: October 8, 2006 Minneapolis LAST summer, New York State took a page from California’s playbook, using state policy to jump-start a 21st century automobile industry.

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