Friday, April 21, 2006

[Ethanol] GM Helps Michigan Develop 20 E85 Gas Stations Even though research shows that many owners of flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs), which total 1.5 million on the roads today, do not know that their vehicles are capable of using E85, there is progress in making the public aware through projects such as this collaboration between GM, the state of Michigan, Meijer and CleanFUEL USA. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com, 4/20/06] 11:22:44 AM Google It!    [Clean energy] Ten Start-ups Vie for Clean Tech Energy Prizes Ten start-up companies have made a compelling case to energy venture capitalists, CEOs, and industry experts that they have the right stuff to build new clean energy tech companies -- helping to create one of the fastest growing industry clusters in Massachusetts. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com, 4/20/06] 11:18:18 AM Google It!    [Renewable energy] Big Oil Not Ready for Biodiesel, Willits, CA is Greener Than Ever In this week's edition of "Inside Renewable Energy," Joel Glatz, who founded Frontier Energy of Maine four years ago, talks about the challenges and rewards of being in the biodiesel and bioheat business. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com] 11:13:25 AM Google It!    [Grants] Incremental Cost of Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFV) Applications due June 8, 2006. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies (OFCVT), is seeking applications for projects covering a range of commercial technology deployment and educational activities under the Clean Cities Transportation Sector Petroleum Reduction Technologies Program. Area of Interest 2: Incremental Cost of Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFV) (DE-PS26-06NT42770-02) This area of interest is for projects to support the incremental cost of new original equipment manufactured (OEM) highway-certified alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and/or California Air Resources Board (CARB) emissions compliant conversions of new and/or used conventional fuel vehicles (i.e., vehicles originally designed to operate using diesel or gasoline that are being retrofitted to operate on alternative fuels) that will result in large conventional fuel displacement. 11:10:13 AM Google It!

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