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Hydro-Québec grants an exploitation license and partners with Nouveau Monde Graphite to develop materials for Li-ion batteries

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The success of this small-scale process will lead NMG to eventually build an anode material fabrication plant with a capacity of up to 100,000 tonnes per year. NMG’s financing. NMG’s Demonstration plant as a production capacity of 2000 tonnes of concentrated flake graphite for a two-year period.

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Avantium raises 30M to advance YXY technology for green chemicals and fuels; new bio-based polymer PEF

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Avantium, which spun off from Shell in 2000 to develop furan-based biofuels and biomaterials ( earlier post ), has raised €30 million (US$43.9 million) to advance its YXY technology, which converts carbohydrates into furanic building blocks for making renewable materials and fuels.

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Saab Automobile enters agreement with Hawtai Motor Group on strategic partnership

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in financing ( earlier post ), conditionally secures medium-term funding and includes financing in the form of subscription agreements in the amount of €150 million (US$222 million) as well as a strategic alliance for China including joint ventures on manufacturing, technology and distribution. Spyker Cars N.V.

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GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

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Although Nigeria has reduced flare gas emissions by 28% from 2000 levels, the country’s oil industry still wastes 15bcm of natural gas every year. Expand access to financing. Various forms of credit enhancement, including partial risk guarantees, are one option to support investment while policy reforms are underway.

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ADB draft report says 3B Asians could become affluent by 2050; significant challenges

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Asia accounted for about 20% of the world’s energy consumption in 2000, 27% in 2007, and is expected to rise above 40% by 2050. The draft report compares the potential outcomes for Asia under two competing scenarios: the Asian Century and the Middle Income Trap. Energy consumption. Public-private sector partnerships.

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In 1961, the First Robot Arm Punched In

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(the parent company of Consolidated Controls), to finance the development of Devol’s invention. They decided initially to build the mechanical arm with five degrees of freedom. The first Kawasaki-Unimate 2000 was completed in 1969 and cost 12 million yen per unit. The Henry Ford Similar to the U.S.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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awarded him its prestigious Ho-Am Prize in 1993 for “building a solid foundation for Korea’s semiconductor industry.” The elder Kim had helped build the company’s first spinning factory, and his engineering savvy and consequent renown impressed his son. “He Since 2000, the country has been a major importer of South Korean chips.