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Global Bioenergies obtains €4.4M loan to complete financing of demo plant, begins construction

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million) loan from a consortium of four French banks—BNP Paribas, Société Genéralé, CIC and Bpifrance—to complete the financing of its demo plant. This new financing will cover the purchase of a complete fermentation unit, comprising an inoculation fermenter, a propagation fermenter, and a 5,000L production fermenter.

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IHS Markit: global commercial vehicle production to drop 22% in 2020 in wake of COVID-19

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IHS Markit is forecasting that global commercial vehicle production (GVW 4-8) volumes in 2020 compared to 2019 will be down 22% (more than 650,000 units) to 2.6 Most commercial vehicle factories in mainland China have returned to production. million units, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. decline in global real GDP in 2020.

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Stellantis/UAW Deal Spills Tea on Future Product

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One of the most common refrains from automaker PR departments is “we cannot comment on future product.” A document detailing a slew of finer points about the agreement has been posted to the Web, diving into deep detail about everything from finances to product plans. Gotta keep up with the Joneses, I guess.

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Opposed-piston engine company Achates Power raises $35.2M in Series C Financing; new industry advisory board

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million in Series C financing. The Series C financing follows a $19-million Series B round in 2009 and brings the total raised by Achates Power to nearly $90 million since its 2004 founding. Achates Power, Inc., Earlier post.).

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Coskata Inc. completes first close of Series D financing round

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a developer of technology for the production of advanced biofuels and biochemicals from biomass and waste materials, announced a first close of its Series D round of financing. The company has been operating a demonstration-scale integrated biorefinery in Madison, Pennsylvania since 2009. Coskata Inc.,

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Ultracap-maker Skeleton Technologies closes additional €29M, bringing D round to €70.4M

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Ultracapacitor developer and manufacturer Skeleton Technologies closed a further €29 million in its Series D financing. The total financing in Round D now amounts to €70.4 From its foundation in 2009, Skeleton has grown from 4 to close to 200 people working for the company.

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Report Finds That Urgent Changes in Transport Financing Required to Enable More Sustainable Transportation Globally

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Yet current transport patterns, based primarily on private motorised vehicles, generates many social, environmental and economic costs, accounting for more than half of global liquid fossil fuel consumption and nearly a quarter of the world's energy related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (IEA, 2009).