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SolarEdge, Kokam open 2GWh cell plant in South Korea

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SolarEdge Technologies and SolarEdge’s subsidiary, Kokam Limited Company, a provider of lithium-ion batteries and integrated energy storage solutions, announced the opening of “Sella 2”, a two gigawatt-hour (GWh) battery cell manufacturing facility.

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Algenol Partners With Valero Services on Algae to Ethanol

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a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, have entered a joint development agreement to explore combining Algenol’s Direct to Ethanol technology with Valero’s expertise in technology and infrastructure for production and distribution of transportation fuels and chemicals. is a privately owned company founded in 2006.

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Major spill from the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline in Arkansas

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Principal producers of Wabasca include Cenovus Energy and Canadian Natural Resources. In 2006, its reversal was completed, and in 2009, ExxonMobil completed a project that increased its capacity by 50% (about 30,000 barrels per day). Operational enhancements, such as new leak detection technology, were also incorporated.

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China BAK to Supply Li-ion Batteries for Electric Bus Project in China

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In December 2008, China’s Ministry of Science and Technology selected China BAK’s “Electric Vehicles Lithium-phosphate Power Battery Industrialization Project” as a key project of the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863 Program), with associated funding. Xiangqian Li, CEO of China BAK. Earlier post.).

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American Le Mans Series Introduces Green Dream Team

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ALMS believes the announcement is the first of its kind in sports addressing the concerns of the global warming, the environment and reducing dependence on foreign fuels and energy sources. The drivers comprising the Green Dream Team represent five distinct voices of varying initiatives in a movement that began in 2006.

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Biofuels research awarded millions in funding

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The grants come from the US Departments of Energy and Agriculture under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006. Michigan Technological University has been awarded $900,000 for a systems biology approach to elucidate regulation of root development in populus. -

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Smith Electric trucks go stateside

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Darren Kell, CEO of The Tanfield Group Plc, which owns Smith Electric Vehicles, said: “The electric vehicle technology delivered to these customers today can readily be delivered to fleets in every major town and city in North America. Newton was launched in the UK by Smith Electric Vehicles in 2006.