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Solazyme announces successful commissioning of integrated renewable oil production biorefinery in Peoria, Illinois

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Solazyme has been running routine fermentations at commercial scale since 2007 and began running fermentation operations at the Peoria facility in Q4 2011. Solazyme has been operating at semi-commercial scale through contract manufacturers since 2007. Solazyme, Inc. Solazyme uses heterotrophic microalgae—i.e., Solazyme, Inc.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. This was around the same period that AT&T, still smarting from misadventures like the EO Personal Communicator , spun off Bell Labs as Lucent Technologies.

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DOE to invest $30M to further H2 and fuel cell technology as industry continues strong growth

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Fiscal year 2017 funding will also be targeted at the development of low-cost, high-strength precursors for carbon fibers that can be used in vehicular hydrogen storage vessels. For example, more than 36,000 emergency responders and code officials have been reached through on-line and in-person trainings.

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GeeRemit App Moves Money and Saves It Too

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EUREKA MOMENT After a 2007 visit to the Elmina Slave Castle , a former slave-trading depot in Ghana, Johnson had what she calls a “eureka moment.” The issue with a money-transfer protocol is that it needs to be fast and low-cost. The app would then suggest the person set aside money.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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billion in 2004 to $117 billion 2007 with the first three quarters of 2008 averaging 29% higher than 2007. The sponsor is the person who is responsible for the overall execution and has the greatest risk/reward. It is not how can we get low cost capital to take more risk. chance of default.

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Daimler creates subsidiary for innovative mobility services; targeting €100M revenue within next 24 months

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Since 2007 GottaPark has been working to make parking in cities easier. Carsharing for company vehicle fleets helps both the respective firms and their employees because it increases fleet capacity utilization and enables employees to also privately use available cars from the pool at a relatively low cost in the evening or on weekends.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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Busicom had hired Intel to develop a set of custom chips for a low-cost calculator and had sent three engineers to Santa Clara to work on the chip designs. Editor’s note: Hoff retired from Teklicon in 2007. From 12 Chips to One Microprocessor One group of customers with whom Hoff made contact were from Busicom Corp.,

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