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TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

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The project is supported by the Bavarian Research Foundation since 2015. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) Tanzania. The objective was to conceive a vehicle that precisely meets the requirements of the rural population in sub-Saharan countries.

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Benthic sets new water depth drilling record of 2,776 meters

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miles) was set on a Statoil project in Tanzania, and was beaten with two deployments to 2,776 meters (9,108 feet) a few weeks later on the Anadarko project off the coast of Mozambique. The company now operates three PROD systems throughout the world and is currently constructing the fourth system for delivery in late 2015.

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Researchers castigate planning bodies for ill-conceived Jatropha programs

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million ha (49,421 square miles) are expected to be planted by 2015—are “ anything but encouraging ”, according to Promode Kant from the Institute of Green Economy in India and Shuirong Wu of the Chinese Academy of Forestry. The results of massive plantings of Jatropha worldwide for use as a biofuel feedstock—some 12.8

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