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Anellotech raises another $7M; biomass to aromatics

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Catalytic fast pyrolysis company Anellotech has received an equity investment of $7 million from a new, strategic investor. The new, multinational corporate investor joins existing partners, Axens, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), Johnson Matthey, and other industry leaders. Anellotech’s proprietary thermal catalytic biomass conversion technology (Bio-TCat) cost-competitively produces building-block aromatics, including paraxylene and benzene, from non-food biomass.

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Chevy Bolt At CES, 2016 Toyota Prius Driven, EV Cord-Cutting: The Week In Reverse (Video)

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GM's all-electric car Bolts to Vegas, we drive the new Prius and a plug-in hybrid Audi SUV, and look at EV cord-cutting. This is The Week In Reverse, for Friday, November 20, 2015, right here at Green Car Reports. We’re counting down the weeks until we get more details about the production version of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt—the.

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Renault running mini-trial of smart-charging system in Germany with ZOE EVs

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In Germany, Renault has run tests on an innovative smart-charging system with The Mobility House (TMH). TMH technology automates electric vehicle charging schedules to coincide with periods when electricity costs less. Eleven ZOE-owner Renault employees in Germany tested the system at their homes. Once plugged in to a special charge station at the ZOE owner’s home, the car communicates its electricity needs via a Renault Global Data Center to TMH, which schedules vehicle charging on the basis of

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Volkswagen submits recall plan for 2-liter diesel cars to California Air Resources Board; ARB to respond

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The Volkswagen Group of America (VW) submitted a recall plan to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) on Friday, responding to the violations described in ARB’s 18 September 2015 letter to VW concerning illegal defeat devices in 2-liter diesel-powered vehicles, model years 2009-2015. ( Earlier post.). The submission of the plan triggers a review by ARB of up to 20 business days of all elements of the plan.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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