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Eaton signs long-term agreement with Argentine bus manufacturer TATSA to design and supply hybrid systems

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Eaton Corporation has signed a long-term agreement to design and supply Argentine bus manufacturer Tecnología Avanzada en Transporte S. TATSA), a company wholly owned by Consorcio Metropolitano de Transporte S.A., with a hybrid electric power system for use in buses in Argentina and throughout South America.

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11 more GM facilities worldwide go landfill-free; total up to 122

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Colmotores Assembly (Colombia). Colmotores Assembly in Colombia launched awareness campaigns that engaged employees in reducing waste and sorting it correctly. Localizing the supply chain strengthens the business case and reduces overall carbon footprint. GM’s new landfill-free facilities include: CAMI Assembly (Canada).

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Petrobras Biocombustível To Invest US$2.4B in Biodiesel and Ethanol Production

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Abroad, meanwhile, an ethanol production unit is under analysis for Colombia. Overall output is estimated at 3 million liters (approximately 793 thousand gallons US) of E3 per month, to be supplied to independent gas stations. The Nansei Sekiyu refinery, in Okinawa, will supply the gasoline for the project.

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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 study found that there are significant global supplies of conventional gas. A global “liquid” market in natural gas in which supply sources are diverse and gas prices are transparent, set by supply and demand with price differences based on transportation costs, is desirable for US consumers.

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

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Fats and greases and inedible oils are opportunity feedstocks, but the US supply of fats and greases is probably on the order of less than 10 million barrels, closer to 1-2 million barrels on an annual basis. Honeywell’s UOP Renewable Energy and Chemicals business unit. That’s a big sum.

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Shell and Sumitomo Corporation invest in LO3 Energy to develop blockchain-based community energy platform

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Shell Ventures and Sumitomo Corporation Group have invested in LO3 Energy to support the global development of its blockchain-based community energy networks. LO3 says that its system can democratize the energy industry, allowing people to both consume and produce electricity at their home and business.