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UOP/Solazyme Neat Renewable Diesel from Algae Oil Powers Vehicle at United Nations Climate Change Conference

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Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has organized a “ Driving the Future ” showcase during the COP 15 climate conference that begins today. UOP launched its Renewable Energy & Chemicals business in late 2006.

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BMW Group pushes low-emission transport logistics; joins Getting to Zero Coalition

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Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25) in Madrid and as part of the Group’s commitment to further reduce carbon emissions along the entire value chain, the BMW Group has joined the “ Getting to Zero Coalition ”. The objective of this initiative is to use zero-emission cargo vessels from 2030.

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Honda R&D Americas opens new advanced design studio in downtown Los Angeles

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It includes a conference room fashioned from a shipping container, and a louvered projection wall showcasing both new and classic Honda product designs and technology. Honda R&D established Advanced Design Studio in 2006, in Pasadena, Calif.

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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From 2006 to 2008, Lane was Chief Procurement Officer and SVP, Supply Chain, at Motorola. From 2008 until her retirement in 2014, she served as Vice President of Operations at Apple, where she oversaw the launch of the iPad and manufacturing of the Mac desktop and accessories product lines.

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The James Webb Space Telescope was a Career-Defining Project for Janet Barth

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Congress and launched in 2001. Barth (left) and Moira Stanton at the 1997 RADiation and its Effects on Components and Systems Conference, held in Cannes, France. Mather won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries supporting the Big Bang model. It received US $2 billion from the U.S.

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India Sugar Industry Commits to 1B Liters Ethanol

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But commitment of one billion litres has come from sugar the industry,” Apurba Chandra, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, told reporters on the sidelines of a conference here.

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Infiniti introducing production-ready variable compression ratio engine at Paris Motor Show

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2006) Click to enlarge. In a 2006 paper, the engineering team applied the multiple-link VCR mechanism to a turbocharged engine to investigate its effect on engine performance. Infiniti will present more information on the VC-T engine at Mondial de l’Automobile on September 29 during its press conference. Hiyoshi et al.

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