Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2021

Minnesota has officially become the first Midwestern state to adopt California's stricter emissions standards, as well as a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate requiring the highest-volume automakers to sell electric cars. As previously discussed by lawmakers, the new rules go into effect January 1, 2024, for 2025 models.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2021

Minnesota’s mandate of EVs could change the equation around “compliance car” plug-ins that automakers only sell in some of the U.S. New Biden administration vehicle efficiency rules are on the way. And we look at 2022 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid gas mileage. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 27, 2021

Courtesy of the Office of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. Paul, MN] — Today, Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan celebrated clean car standards taking effect in Minnesota. July 26, St.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2023

meters (333 feet) of high-grade nickel-copper mineralization at the Tamarack Nickel Project in Minnesota, grading 1.94% Ni; 1.84% Cu; 0.35 The drill hole was part of Talon’s approved annual drill program with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (an approval process that includes input from proximate tribal sovereign governments).

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Minnesota State community college has created a new curriculum to teach students how to service and repair an electric car.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 11, 2021

And Minnesota is looking like the first in the Midwest to adopt California’s EV mandate. The Porsche Macan is going electric, although that doesn’t mean the gas version is going away. Subaru’s first electric vehicle for the U.S. has a name. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 7, 2021

By Simon Mui The proposal to adopt a Clean Cars Minnesota program was given a greenlight today. An Administrative Law Judge ruled — as part of her report issued today — that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) could move forward based on the extensive, deliberative, and open process and […].

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Beneficial Electrification League (BEL), a Minnesota-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing understanding on the benefits of electrification through education, announced a new initiative to accelerate the deployment of electric school buses (ESBs) in electric cooperative service territories throughout the country.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 15, 2021

On Friday, a Minnesota administrative law judge ruled the state can proceed with finalizing new clean car standards that will give Minnesotans more control over air quality improvements and progress toward the state’s greenhouse gas reduction goals, as well […]. Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists.

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Electrek

MAY 24, 2023

Minnesota’s new law includes an EV rebate of $2,500 for a new car and $600 for a used one, with no income caps, among other EV incentives. more… The post Minnesota just passed a law that’s going to ramp up EV adoption appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2015

Scientists at Rice University and the University of Minnesota have identified , through a large-scale, multi-step computational screening process, promising zeolite structures for two energy-related applications: the purification of ?ethanol Deem is co-author of the new study led by University of Minnesota chemist Ilja Siepmann.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2015

—Ilja Siepmann, a University of Minnesota chemistry professor and director of the DOE-funded Nanoporous Materials Genome Center. Siepmann, University of Minnesota. Earlier post.). Using Mira, we are able to use our computer simulations to compress decades of research in the lab into a total of about a day’s worth of computing.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2020

Xcel services customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Utility holding company Xcel Energy wants 1.5 million electric vehicles in its service areas by 2030. If realized, EVs would make up 20% of all vehicles on the road in those areas—more than 30 times the number today.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2016

In this discovery made by the Utah and Minnesota team, the interface between STO and NTO can be at the very least as conductive as gallium nitride and likely will be much more in the future. Their findings were published in an open access paper in the journal, APL Materials, from the American Institute of Physics.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

Other Midwestern states that produced more than one billion gallons were Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana, and South Dakota. In 2018, Iowa produced 4.21 billion gallons of fuel ethanol—26% of the 16 billion gallons produced in the United States—according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Minnesota’s largest utility, Xcel Energy , is expanding its Sherco Solar project in the state, and that’s going to make it one of the US’s largest solar farms. more… The post This huge Minnesota solar farm is about to get super-sized appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

For the test, a Ballard FCmove-HD fuel cell was paired with a Chart liquid onboard hydrogen (HLH2) vehicle fuel system (functionally identical to the one displayed at ACT Expo on 1 September 2021); this testing was conducted at Chart’s hydrogen test facility in Minnesota.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 10, 2024

continued] The post Zooming in on Electric Vehicles: How Duluth, Minnesota, Is Preparing for the EV Future appeared first on CleanTechnica. Improving reliable, equitable, and widespread.

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Innovation News Network

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Innovation News Network spoke to Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources to learn more about helium mining in Minnesota. The post The potential of helium production in Minnesota appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 7, 2021

Minnesota's solution? A new bill circulating through the Minnesota legislature calls for an "electric fuel" tax for EVs. The gas tax remains one of the main funding sources for road infrastructure, which has led to cries that electric-car drivers aren't paying their fare share of road maintenance costs. Consider electricity a fuel.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In conjunction with the States of North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Montana, Bakken Energy is working on the design of the Heartland Hydrogen Hub, a regional clean hydrogen hub recently announced by North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum. and Schneider National Carriers Inc.,

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The Minnesota State Senate just passed a 100% clean energy bill on February 2, and it’s on its way to Governor Tim Walz’s (D-MN) desk for signing. more… The post Minnesota just passed a 100% clean energy bill – here’s what’s in it appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2019

The deaths caused per bushel in western corn belt states such as Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska tend to be lower than in eastern corn belt states such as Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. —lead researcher Jason Hill, associate professor at the University of Minnesota (UMN) College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.

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Innovation News Network

JUNE 25, 2024

Pulsar Helium has announced positive results from its Topaz helium project in Minnesota, positioning it among the top-tier helium projects. The post Pulsar’s rookie year roars with major Minnesota helium find appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Volvo Trucks North America is working with the University of Minnesota (UMN) to conduct extreme weather testing for its Class 8 VNR Electric model to analyze the impact of ambient temperature on a truck’s battery life.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The Accelerating Alternatives for Minnesota Drivers project will provide safety and technical assistance and training related to Plug-in Vehicle (PEV) and natural gas fueling infrastructure; establish the Minnesota Natural Gas. vehicle implementation; establish a Minnesota green fleet recognition. Project lead. Description.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Articulated Dump Truck (ADT) Electrification - GHG Reductions and Commercialization of New Technology in Construction Vehicles Fleet. Fully Electric Powered, Hydraulic Assisted, Compact Track Loader. AOI 5: Natural Gas Engine Enabling Technologies.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): A big clean energy project will go forward in Minnesota without impacting an ancient site. more… The post EGEB: Minnesota wins by compromising over a wind and solar farm and a historic site appeared first on Electrek. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2012

Eaton will collaborate with the University of Minnesota on thermodynamic analysis and modeling to enable the efficient transfer of heat in the compression process. The refueling system will use liquid to act as a piston to compress natural gas. earlier post.)

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Minnesota governor Tim Walz (D-MN) today signed a 100% clean energy bill into law after the State Senate passed it on February 2. more… The post Minnesota just passed a 100% clean energy bill – here’s what’s in it appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2014

According to the Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC), Minnesota continues to lead the nation, with 336 E85 retail locations. In 2007, the earliest year for which state-level data are available, the majority of E85 stations were located in five states: Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2014

Highwater Ethanol, which is retrofitting its corn ethanol plant in Lamberton, Minnesota in partnership with Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC (the joint venture between DuPont and BP for the production of bio-isobutanol, earlier post ) began operation of the Butamax corn oil separation system as Phase 1 of the Butamax partnership in mid-April.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2023

Headquartered in Ann Arbor, the center sits near the heart of the US auto industry and represents Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, as well as Michigan. The new additions are Northwestern University, the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 9, 2023

Minnesota electrical utility Xcel Energy aims to build a large EV charging network financed by rate hikes, potentially including for customers who don't own an EV.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

A team of researchers from the US NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers based at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has demonstrated the use of a dual cellular–heterogeneous catalytic strategy to produce olefins from glucose. Wang et al. —Paul Dauenhauer, co-author.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2014

Private investors, including West Central, provided capital enabling the company to grow, both organically and through acquisitions in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, New Jersey and Texas.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Dubbed the Midwest Hydrogen Coalition, the group of participating states includes Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, according to a release. Seven Midwestern states have signed a memorandum of understanding to coordinate hydrogen production, potentially providing a fuel supply for fuel-cell semi trucks.

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