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Tokyo Electric Power Licenses Aker Wade to Build Level III Fast Chargers

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Since 2006 it has tested more than 300 battery powered cars in the greater Tokyo area. Under TEPCO’s scheme, only the communication protocol and the connector are standard; the main circuits and component designs are dependent upon the EVSE (electric vehicle supply equipment) makers.

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Sonangol, Maersk Oil and partners strike oil with their first deepwater pre-salt well offshore Angola

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The result may be a further step towards our goal of building up a significant business in Angola. In November 2006, it acquired a 50% interest and operatorship of Blocks 8 and 23 with Svenska Petroleum Exploration (30%) and Sonangol (20%). —Lars Nydahl Jorgensen, Head of Exploration at Maersk Oil.

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Algenol Partners With Valero Services on Algae to Ethanol

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is a privately owned company founded in 2006. It recently made a series of announcements including the award of a $25 million grant from the Department of Energy as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to build a facility in concert with its partner on the project, The Dow Chemical Company. Algenol Biofuels Inc.

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Toyota highlights its eco-factory

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Furthermore, the building even helps clean up the local environment as 22,000m of the assembly plant is covered in photocatalytic paint that reacts to sunlight and helps to break down harmful substances such as nitrogen oxides. It aims to eventually cut this amount down to zero.

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