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

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. Juneau, the Capital City of Alaska, has a clean, renewable source of energy, local hydropower.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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responder and vehicle maintenance technician training; develop. compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinder tracking system and Renewable. availability of transportation fuels across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The Southeast Regional Alternative Fuels Market Initiatives Program, which. 725,703.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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IEEE Senior Member Christopher Root Director, Division VII Vermont Electric Power Company and Shana Louiselle Root has been in the electric utility industry for more than 40 years and is an expert in power system operations, engineering, and emergency response.

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12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

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The exact date depends on when the Large Hadron Collider is set to renew proton-proton collisions after three years of upgrades and maintenance. Highview Power has said it plans to build a similar plant in Vermont, although it has not specified a timeline yet. FASER will. Carbon-Neutral Cryptocurrency?

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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Promote and demonstrate plug‐in electric vehicles through showcases in a variety of venues throughout New England: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont. Plug In America. Grid Modernization for Electric Vehicles (Area of Interest 2). Description. Federal funding. Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. Description.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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In 1997, Willett Kempton , a professor at the University of Delaware, and Steve Letendre , a professor at Green Mountain College, in Vermont, began publishing a series of journal articles that imagined the bidirectional EV as a resource for electricity utilities. Moreover, deregulation disincentivized the construction of new power plants.

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont are adopting the same rules. Volvo and Pilot Company are partnering, as are Daimler Truck North America , NextEra Energy Resources and Blackrock Renewable Power. However, private enterprises are investing in public charging for trucks.