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Raízen breaks ground on Iogen cellulosic ethanol facility in Brazil

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We believe Iogen has the most robust, well proven, and competitive technology platform in the cellulosic ethanol business and, after this first facility is complete, we plan to combine Iogen’s cellulosic ethanol with seven more of our sugar cane production operations. —Vasco Dias, CEO of Raízen. million MWh of electricity annually.

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Save $510 on the WORX Aventon e-bike at $1,190, plus Earth Day EV sales from Lectric and Rad Power

Baua Electric

This e-bike is the culmination of WORX’s partnership with Aventon, coming equipped with a 350W motor that is powered by two 8.0Ah Power Share batteries that can be interchanged and used by any lifestyle, power tool, and outdoor power equipment products from the Power Share line. 1,199) FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. .

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

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Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. Cleaner power—and energy sourcing—is a more pressing concern.

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

Step away from them screens for a few hours and get your creative juices flowing! Invest in sustainable products. Remove single use plastic products from your cleaning routine and swap to to a cleaner way of cleaning with Ocean Saver Products. Upcycle and recycling projects. Cotton covers just 2.4%

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Lithium, nickel metal hydrides and even advanced lead acid products are now capable of great energy storage and have strong recycle lives. Currently, battery costs are one of the main barriers, but these barriers are declining as usage and production increase while new technologies and materials continue to push down costs.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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China and India recently announced plans to reduce the carbon intensity, or the amount of carbon-dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product, of their economies over the next decade. Each SABMF has a production capacity of 5 MGY and utilizes feedstock from acreage adjacent to the facility. Donovan is CEO of Renergie, Inc.,

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By abstracting devices to use electricity as their fuel, we can concentrate on advancing clean electricity production techniques and have the benefits shared by everything. like i said in the first place, for me, this makes me think of one step in the right direction and makes me think of a greener cleaner future. Is this the Zune HD?