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Neste Oil awarded first RSPO-RED certificate for NExBTL renewable diesel production

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The certificate covers the production of NExBTL renewable diesel at Neste Oil’s refineries in Porvoo, Rotterdam, and Singapore. The RSPO’s new RSPO-RED overall certification system calculates greenhouse gas emissions released over the entire life cycle of a product, in line with the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED).

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Alaska Airlines to buy sustainable biofuel from Hawai`i BioEnergy

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Founded in 2006, Hawai`i BioEnergy is a consortium of three of Hawai`i’s largest landowners and three venture capital companies who plan to use locally grown feedstocks to produce biofuels. Alaska Airlines and Hawai`i BioEnergy LLC signed an agreement for the carrier to purchase sustainable biofuel for its aircraft. Hawaiian Electric Co.

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China, Two Chinese Firms to Buy Delphis Brakes and Suspension Businesses

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The deal gives Delphi, which is struggling to emerge from bankruptcy protection, much-needed capital and allows them to exit businesses they are no longer interested in keeping.

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GM enters commercial agreement with and invests in Powermat, a personal device inductive charging company

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General Motors and Powermat, a provider of wireless charging technology for mobile personal devices, announced a commercial agreement that will eliminate the need for charging cords for personal electronic devices in many future Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac products beginning mid-2012. We first developed the Volt concept car in 2006.

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Volkswagen and Suzuki to Establish Strategic Partnership; VW to Take 19.9% Stake in Suzuki, Suzuki to Invest in VW

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The two companies said that they complement each other in terms of product portfolio, global distribution and manufacturing capacities. In 2006, that began to unwind, with GM reducing its holding to 3%. The companies plan a joint approach to the growing worldwide demand for more environmentally friendly vehicles.

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Daimler expanding activity in China with 2B investment in JV with BAIC

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In the light of this enormous growth potential, we are resolutely switching to attack mode with the local production of our new compacts. Current production capacities of about 80,000 units for the C-Class and the E-Class long version will be further expanded in line with market demand. Dieter Zetsche.

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The Real Story of Pixar

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Pixar's story doesn't even start with the creation of Lucasfilm's Computer Graphics Group, which developed the Pixar Image Computer, the company's first product. Steve, who had just been ousted from Apple , proposed that he buy us from Lucasfilm and run us as his next company. Note that Jobs did not buy Pixar. And he agreed.

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