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Buses services around England are set to receive £90 million in funding to make them greener and easier to to use, Transport Minister Norman Baker announced today. £50 million will go to a ‘Better Bus Areas’ fund initiative which will see bus operators working in partnership with local authorities to increase passenger numbers. Successful bids [...]

ECOtality North America has picked up a significant funding boost from the US Department of Energy to conduct its Advanced Vehicle Testing and Evaluation project. It has received a $26.4million contract for a five-year term to conduct vehicle evaluations with the Department of Energy’s Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity.   The aim of the project is [...]

The California Energy Commission has introduced its latest Investment Plan in a bid to change the types of vehicles that Californians drive. The Investment Plan is part of the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Programme and sets aside $100million in state funds to leverage funding and investments. Over the next seven [...]

California’s electric vehicle rebate programme is to return after the US state approved more funding. Between $17 million and $21 million will be available to fund tax rebates for buyers of zero-emission or plug-in hybrid cars.  The original Clean Vehicle Rebate Project ran out of cash last month, as applications flooded in. In an attempt [...]

The UK is to gain its first privately funded network of electric vehicle (EV) recharging points, with a staggering 4,000 to be installed by the end of 2012. Starting in September, leading EV charging infrastructure supplier Chargemaster Plc will launch its ‘Polar’ project, with charging points initially appearing in around 100 towns and cities across [...]

The Technology Strategy Board has awarded nearly £500,000 for feasibility studies into the recycling and reuse of batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles. Six companies will share the research fund-Axeon, Energy Cost Advisors Ltd, LiFeBATT Ltd, Narec, OXIS Energy Ltd and Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) – who will carry out seven studies between them. The [...]

Fourteen British companies are to share £1 million in government support to carry out feasibility studies into the development of low carbon vehicles. The funding, supplied by the government-backed Technology Strategy Board, will support fifteen vehicle-centric studies that challenge current conventions about low carbon vehicles, explore new boundaries or adapt novel technologies to an entirely [...]

Clean tech firm, Intelligent Energy has successfully raised around £7 million pounds to fund the commercialisation plans of its hydrogen and fuel cell technology. The company today announces that it has completed the round of fundraising from existing and new institutional shareholders. This investment, achieved through a placement at £1.70 per share, enables Intelligent Energy [...]

A new fuel cell technology  which could cut the cost of  hydrogen-fuelled cars has been selected for a £1million investment by the Carbon Trust as part of its Polymer Fuel Cell Challenge. Developed by Runcorn-based small business, ACAL Energy, the new technology a offers a radical solution is potentially simpler and lower cost than conventional [...]

Tuesday 1 February 2011. The Green Piece Column. Read the news today in almost any part of the world and one theme is continuing to dominate the headlines – the economy. When the crisis was at its deepest one of the solutions outlined was that there should be a firm focus on a greener economy [...]