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Mitsubishi signs MoU with the City of Vancouver For i MiEV Testing

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) subsidiary Mitsubishi Motors Sales of Canada (MMSCAN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of British Colombia, the City of Vancouver, power company BC Hydro, and Mitsubishi Canada Limited for feasibility testing of the i MiEV electric vehicle.

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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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The current fleet of natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) units has an average capacity factor of 41%, relative to a design capacity factor of up to 85%. The overbuilding of natural gas combined cycle plants starting in the mid-1990s presents a significant opportunity for near term reductions in CO2 emissions from the power sector.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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RIMPAC and Green Fleet demo. Held every two years by Commander, US Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), Rim of the Pacific ( RIMPAC ) is a multinational maritime exercise that takes place in and around the Hawaiian Islands. We see it as a great enabler to allow us to revitalize the chemical industry and the renewable fuel industry in the US.

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