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Tesla Giga Berlin targets 5k cars per week by Q1 2023

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At Sunday’s event , the company talked to local employees about Giga Berlin’s water usage and the factory’s environmental and water protection protocols. It also provided information on the factory’s road and rail infrastructure, forest conversion, battery cell production, and training/studies at Giga Berlin.

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Petrobras ready to launch renewable diesel production upon regulatory approval

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Petrobras has a technology patented since 2006 for the co-processing of vegetable oils using the process called HBIO ( Earlier post.) The H-BIO process features a very high conversion yield—at least 95% v/v to diesel—without residue generation and a small propane production as a by-product.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. The investment consists of an initial investment and additional purchases of CRI equity over a 3-year period. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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On the way there, I made a pit stop at a gas station to buy a bottle of champagne as a gift, hoping to start out a conversation with a stranger on the right foot. One of our 2006 Prius’ pack needed servicing and it only cost a few hundred dollars to fix 7 modules and change the bus bars connecting the modules by a hybrid shop.

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BP renews commitment to MITEI with second $25M pledge

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Launched in 2006 with BP as the inaugural founding member, the MITEI conducts multidisciplinary research aimed at tackling complex energy challenges such as increasing energy supply, improving efficiency, and addressing environmental impacts of energy consumption. —Ellen Williams, BP’s Chief Scientist.

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Chevron Lummus Global joins ARA ReadiJet Alternative Fuel Initiative to develop 100% drop-in diesel, and jet kero biofuels

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The cost-efficient CH PROCESS uses water to reduce hydrogen consumption, catalyst consumption, and carbon footprint compared to other alternative fuel conversion processes. ARA’s ReadiJet Alternative Fuel effort began in 2006 in response to a US military requirement for technologies that could convert renewable oils to jet fuel.

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Circa Group providing bio-based solvent Cyrene to UK EV battery recycling project

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Established in 2006, Circa Group converts waste biomass into bio-based chemicals with its proprietary Furacell process at its prototype plant in Tasmania—a joint venture with Norske Skog. One use of LGE is conversion into the alternative bio-solvent dihydrolevoglucosenone (Cyrene). straw, bagasse, sawdust).

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