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EVI launches 500 electric medium-duty truck deployment initiative in California

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MARCH 29, 2012

Electric Vehicles International is launching a new initiative to deploy 500 fully electric return-to-base medium-duty delivery trucks in California. ( Earlier post.). With the partnership and support of agencies such as the California Energy Commission, the California Air Resources Board, South Coast Air Quality Management District, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, and the Sacramento Air Quality Management District, EVI and UPS will jumpstart implementation of California Govern

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Nissan’s one-motor two-clutch hybrid system wins the Contribution Prize of Ichimura Prizes in Industry

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MARCH 29, 2012

Nissan Motor won the Contribution Prize of the Ichimura Prizes in Industry hosted by the New Technology Development Foundation for the development of the one-motor two-clutch parallel full-hybrid system. ( Earlier post.). The Ichimura Prizes in Industry, which is in its 44 th year, is given annually to an excellent technology developer or an excellent group of technology developers who contributed to or achieved development in the industrial field.

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CODA abandoning plan to build Li-ion battery factory in Columbus, Ohio

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MARCH 29, 2012

The Columbus Dispatch reported that Coda Automotive is abandoning plans to build a Li-ion battery factory in Columbus. The company has been waiting for the US Department of Energy (DOE) to act on its $500-million loan application to help pay for construction. Since Coda applied for the loan, the Department of Energy has come under fire for its loan to Solyndra, a maker of solar panels that later went bankrupt, and for aid to other electric car companies.

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FMC Technologies signs $1.5B agreement with Petrobras for supply of pre-salt deepwater subsea tree equipment

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MARCH 29, 2012

FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed a four-year agreement with Petrobras for the supply of pre-salt subsea equipment. The total award would result in approximately $1.5 billion in revenue to FMC Technologies if all of the subsea equipment included in the agreement is ordered. The initial call-off has an approximate value of $900 million in revenue to FMC and includes 78 subsea trees.

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NSF to award up to $17.9M for research in catalysis and bio-catalysis, bio-engineering, and process and reaction engineering

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MARCH 29, 2012

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued three separate solicitations for up to a combined $17.9 million in awards for research projects in Catalysis and Bio-Catalysis ($4.8 million, 16 awards); Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering ($8.2 million, 34 awards); and Process and Reaction Engineering ($4.9 million, 47 awards). Catalysis and Bio-Catalysis ( PD-13-1401 ).

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NOAA: global combined land and sea temperatures 22nd warmest on record for February, 17th warmest for Dec-Feb period

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MARCH 29, 2012

While the contiguous United States just experienced the fourth warmest winter on record, the globe experienced its 22 nd warmest February since record keeping began in 1880, according to the latest State of the Climate report from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for the December–February period was 0.74°F (0.41°C) above the 20 th century average of 53.8°F (12.1°C), making it the 17 th warmest such period since records began in

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UK House of Commons Transport Select Committee undertaking inquiry into low carbon vehicles

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MARCH 29, 2012

The UK House of Commons Transport Select Committee is inquiring into the potential for plug-in vehicles to contribute to decarbonizing transport and Government action to facilitate this. In its announcement, the Committee noted that more than 90% of the UK’s domestic transport emissions come from road transport. The Government says that it expects to see tens of thousands of plug-in vehicles on the roads by 2015 as part of its Plug-In Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy.

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Transportation Carbon Vehicles Plug-in

BOEM releases for comment draft EIS on G&G survey activities to develop energy resources in Mid- and South Atlantic

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MARCH 29, 2012

The US Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released for public comment the draft Atlantic Geological and Geophysical (G&G) Activities Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). The PEIS describes and evaluates the potential environmental impacts of G&G survey activities in Federal waters of the Mid- and South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and adjacent State waters for three program areas (oil and gas, renewable energy, and marine minerals

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Oil-Sands Energy Jacksonville Oil

Saturna Green Systems partners with evolve Motorcycles to equip electric bikes with digital dashboard and connected wireless services

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MARCH 29, 2012

Components of the Saturna system. Click to enlarge. Under a new partnership, New York-based evolve motorcycles will incorporate Saturna Green Systems’ wireless Communications Platform on its electric scooters and motorcycles. Saturna Green Systems Inc. is a developer of automotive wireless technology developer and provider of GPS location-based services (LBS).

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Motorcycles Connect Connected Green

JAPAN-GTL process demonstration test project completed successfully

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MARCH 29, 2012

The partners conducting the 6-year JAPAN-GTL Demonstration Test Project announced that the project achieved all of the associated R&D goals and successfully established a JAPAN-GTL process as an applicable technology to commercial plants. ( Earlier post.). INPEX Corporation, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd, Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd, Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd, and Chiyoda Corporation established the Nippon GTL Technology Research Association in October 2

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Mascoma and Lallemand Ethanol Technology enter commercial agreement with Pacific Ethanol for drop-in MGT yeast product

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MARCH 29, 2012

Mascoma Corporation, developer of a consolidated bioprocessing platform (CBP) for renewable fuels, and Lallemand Ethanol Technology, a leading supplier of fermentation ingredients to fuel ethanol producers, have entered into a commercial agreement with Pacific Ethanol Columbia, LLC, the owner of the ethanol production facility located in Boardman, Oregon and operated by Pacific Ethanol, Inc., a leading marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States.

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EVs represented 0.25% of vehicle registrations in France in February; diesels gain 4 points of share

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MARCH 29, 2012

Challenge Bibendum. Electric vehicles represented 0.25% (406 registrations) of the vehicle market in France in February. 290 Bolloré BlueCars were registered in February, almost double the January figure, representing 71.4% of the electric vehicle registrations. The Renault Fluence was well behind with 28 registrations, followed by the Mia (27 units), the Nissan Leaf (24 units), the Citroën C-Zéro (21 units) and Peugeot iOn (15 units).

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BSEE approves Shell Beaufort Sea oil spill response plan

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MARCH 29, 2012

The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has approved Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc.’s Oil Spill Response Plan (OSRP) for Alaska’s Beaufort Sea. This decision follows the bureau’s review of the plan and consultations with federal and state partner agencies involved in Arctic oil spill response. Shell has proposed drilling up to four shallow water exploration wells in the Beaufort Sea this summer, beginning on 1 July.

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Oil Mexico 2012 Water

DaniMer Scientific and Myriant form strategic alliance; bio-succinic acid for production of bio-based polymers

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MARCH 29, 2012

DaniMer Scientific and Myriant have formed a strategic alliance focused on delivering innovative, cost-effective bio-based materials to the marketplace. As part of the alliance, DaniMer will utilize Myriant’s bio-succinic acid for the production of high-performance, bio-based polymers used to make a broad range of products. According to a 2011 report by Pike Research, “green chemistry” will reach a market opportunity of approximately $98 billion by 2020.

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Thu.Mar 29, 2012

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EVI launches 500 electric medium-duty truck deployment initiative in California

Nissan’s one-motor two-clutch hybrid system wins the Contribution Prize of Ichimura Prizes in Industry

CODA abandoning plan to build Li-ion battery factory in Columbus, Ohio

FMC Technologies signs $1.5B agreement with Petrobras for supply of pre-salt deepwater subsea tree equipment

NSF to award up to $17.9M for research in catalysis and bio-catalysis, bio-engineering, and process and reaction engineering

NOAA: global combined land and sea temperatures 22nd warmest on record for February, 17th warmest for Dec-Feb period

UK House of Commons Transport Select Committee undertaking inquiry into low carbon vehicles

BOEM releases for comment draft EIS on G&G survey activities to develop energy resources in Mid- and South Atlantic

Saturna Green Systems partners with evolve Motorcycles to equip electric bikes with digital dashboard and connected wireless services

JAPAN-GTL process demonstration test project completed successfully

Mascoma and Lallemand Ethanol Technology enter commercial agreement with Pacific Ethanol for drop-in MGT yeast product

EVs represented 0.25% of vehicle registrations in France in February; diesels gain 4 points of share

BSEE approves Shell Beaufort Sea oil spill response plan

DaniMer Scientific and Myriant form strategic alliance; bio-succinic acid for production of bio-based polymers

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