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OCTOBER 17, 2009

in 2008 to reach 27.4 By 2008, coal production represented a third of fossil energy production. Mtoe per day in 2008, representing 39% of fossil energy production and slightly above the level in 2006, the next-highest production year. million barrels per day (Mbpd) in 2008, up from 1.0 in 2008 to reach 7.6

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JULY 3, 2012

Located in Toronto and incorporated in 2008, Pond Biofuels develops technology to produce alternative fuels using algae grown with industrial emissions. In addition to this investment, $2 million in private-sector funding has been leveraged from a group of accredited angel investors belonging to SG Biomaterial Investments.

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Companies Canada Alternative Fuels 2008 284

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In 2018, Rio Tinto announced a new technology partnership with Alcoa, with support from Apple and the governments of Canada and Quebec, to further develop ELYSIS carbon-free aluminium smelting technology. Rio Tinto introduced its first climate change target in 2008 and beat its most recent target.

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MARCH 24, 2009

and Petro-Canada have agreed to merge. Upon completion of the transaction, the combined entity will operate corporately and trade under the Suncor name, while maintaining the brand presence of Petro-Canada in refined products. 2008 Upstream Operating Statistics. Suncor Petro-Canada. Production, net before royalties.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Environment Canada released draft regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles beginning with the 2011 model year. Canada and the US are working towards a common North American approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by introducing aligned and progressively tighter regulatory requirements over the 2011-2016 model years.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Nippon Steel has conducted technological development to reduce CO 2 emissions by injecting hydrogen into blast furnaces since 2008.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has awarded C$5.5 Early in 2008 SBI formed a joint venture with Xylitol Canada with the goal of researching and co-developing a proprietary technology to produce xylitol using co-product streams from the production of cellulosic ethanol.

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JUNE 25, 2009

and Shell Canada Energy have jointly filed a patent application for the recovery of bitumen from oil sands. In April 2008, Sonic acquired Northern Oil Research Technologies Inc. Sonic Technology Solutions Inc. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 27, 2009

The Government of Canada will invest up to C$8.4 million (US$8 million) in the Pound-Maker ethanol facility in Saskatchewan, Canada’s first integrated feedlot/fuel ethanol facility. Production in 2007-2008 was 13,053,346 litres (3.4 A 10,000-head feedlot and a 10 million-liter ethanol plant was constructed in 1991.

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MARCH 18, 2011

Mercedes-Benz will set up its own production of fuel cell stacks in Canada. In February 2008, the Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC) in Burnaby, east of Vancouver, was founded as a joint venture between Daimler (50.1%), Ford (30%) and Ballard (19.9%).

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MARCH 29, 2024

Events will occur across 39 states, including Hawaii, with additional events in Canada. This year’s initiative features 172 events spanning 39 states and Canada. LOS ANGELES, CA – Drive Electric Earth Month (DEEM), an annual campaign to increase education and awareness about electric vehicles (EVs), kicks off Monday, April 1, 2024.

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MAY 4, 2018

By 2028, we anticipate having over 700 hydrogen stations across the USA and Canada. In 2006, the brewer joined the US Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay Transport program; since 2008, it has reduced its total energy use in US breweries by more than 30%. —Trevor Milton, CEO of Nikola Motor Company.

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JULY 29, 2011

Canada is awarding C$10M (US$10.5 million) from Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s (SDTC) SD Tech Fund to a consortium led by N-Solv Corp. In making the award, SDTC noted that Canada has some 170 billion barrels of recoverable crude oil stored in the oil sands. Source: N-Solv. Click to enlarge. and Hatch Ltd.

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Oil-Sands Canada Water Oil 199

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Rio Tinto has reduced its emissions footprint by more than 30% since 2008. In 2018, Rio Tinto announced a pioneering new technology partnership with Alcoa, with support from Apple and the governments of Canada and Québec, to further develop carbon-free aluminium smelting technology—an industry first.

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China Climate Change Carbon 2018 170

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NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Shell marked the official opening of the Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Alberta, Canada, and the start of commercial operations there. The governments of Alberta and Canada contributed C$745 million and C$120 million respectively to Quest. Support from the local community was essential to building Quest, Shell noted.

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Oil-Sands Oil Commercial Carbon 150

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JULY 25, 2017

Canada-based Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. Shinzoom is one of the anode material suppliers for E-buses used in Beijing Olympic 2008, Shanghai World Expo 2010 and Shenzhen Universiade 2011 held in China. NMG) has signed a non-binding letter of intent with China-based Hunan Zhongke Shinzoom Co. Hunan Zhongke Shinzoom Co.,

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

The collaborative testing will take place under the auspices of a Statement of Intent for Cooperation in Methane Hydrates signed in 2008 and extended in 2011 by DOE and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.

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Alaska Japan Production 2008 210

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The researchers used new data from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite spanning 2010 to 2012, and data from NASA’s ICESat satellite from 2003 to 2008 to estimate the volume of sea ice in the Arctic. They found that from 2003 to 2008, autumn volumes of ice averaged. 2003 to 2008 was 16,300 cu. until 2008.

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APRIL 20, 2013

Crude oil imports from the top five foreign suppliers to the United States—which in 2012 were Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Venezuela, and Iraq, in that order—accounted for almost 72% of total US net crude oil imports, the highest proportion since 1997, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi Arabia Oil Iraq Venezuela 262

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APRIL 18, 2014

In addition, the State Department, which is ultimately responsible for determining whether or not to award the Presidential Permit that would allow the pipeline to cross the US-Canada border, will review and “appropriately consider” the approximately 2.5 The Keystone XL pipeline project was first proposed in 2008.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

The new CEO of Forge Hydrocarbons is Tim Haig, the entrepreneur who started BIOX, Canada’s biggest and most successful renewable fuel plant, based on a then-breakthrough technology he acquired and commercialized from the University of Toronto. He ran that company for 12 years. Maher, Kathlyn M. Kirkwood, Murray R. Gray, and David C.

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Commercial Universal Canada 2004 230

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

The one-million mark was reached after eight years and seven months since the system was first launched in Japan in May 2008. EyeSight-equipped Subaru models are currently sold in Japan, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and China, and will continue to be rolled out to other global markets.

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APRIL 27, 2011

The Brazil plant, contracted from CompactGTL in 2008, demonstrates a fully integrated small-scale GTL facility, at 200,000 scf/d capacity, incorporating: Gas pre-treatment. was awarded the EPC contract for the balance of plant and the GTL demonstration plant was constructed at Zeton’s facility in Burlington, Canada.

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Brazil 2008 Canada Waste 186

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Worldwide energy consumption will grow by 53% between 2008 and 2035 with much of the increase driven by strong economic growth in the developing nations, especially China and India, according to the reference case in the newly released International Energy Outlook 2011 (IEO2011) from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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APRIL 18, 2012

Arctic sea ice extent during the month was below average but was the largest extent since 2008 and one of the largest March extents of the past decade, according to NOAA. C), tying with 1988 and 1990 as the 14 th warmest March on record and coolest since 2008. Earlier post.). The margin of error is ±0.23 °F (0.13 °C).

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JUNE 18, 2015

The work will begin in June of 2016 when the support from 3M and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) ends. (3M The Dahn Group studies of the reasons for the failure of Li-ion cells began in 2008 and now represent the largest focus area for the group. I’m so thankful for 3M Canada and NSERC’s support over the years.

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JUNE 7, 2011

A fleet of 14 standard Mercedes-Benz trucks and buses in Germany have used 100% NExBTL since mid-2008 and have driven over 1 million kilometers to date. Other trials have also been carried out in Canada and Germany. NExBTL renewable diesel is currently used in buses in Greater Helsinki and by a number of oil companies.

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Finland Renewable Diesel Fleet 186

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JULY 15, 2010

Ballard has been the exclusive fuel cell stack supplier for Plug Power’s GenDrive product line since 2008. Customers include Walmart Canada, United Natural Foods, Inc., GenDrive is a power alternative to lead-acid batteries in electric material handling vehicles. Sysco Houston, FedEx Freight, Wegmans, and Whole Foods.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The United US, Canada, and Australia are making progress, but nonetheless continue to lag behind. Even though the United States has just 25% of the total population of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, in 2008 it alone accounted for just above 40% of the 10.3 trillion pkm in 2008.

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APRIL 3, 2019

concluded in a 2008 paper published in Science that the emissions associated with ethanol production and combustion exceeded the emissions associated with producing and combusting an energy-equivalent quantity of gasoline. Lewandrowski et al. Background. Quantifying the GHG profile of corn ethanol has been contentious since Searchinger et al.

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MARCH 29, 2012

C), making it the 17 th warmest such period since records began in 1880 and coolest December–February since 2008. Other highlights of the report include: The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for February 2012 was the 22 nd warmest in the 133-year period of record and coolest since 2008, at 54.57°F

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

From 2000 to 2008, distillate exports were less than 10% of distillate product supplied in all but two months. From 2010 to mid-2011, they have averaged close to 4%, reaching a high in December 2010 of 5.8%. Distillate exports, which include diesel fuels and fuel oils, represent a more significant share of total available product.

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APRIL 2, 2009

Total E&P Canada Ltd., As a consequence of the transaction, NLP will be jointly owned by Total Canada and SinoCanada, with 50% each. Total Canada acquired the remaining 60% interest when it purchased Synenco Energy Inc. A 2008 estimate of contingent resources of the Northern Lights Project published by Synenco was 1.08

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JULY 23, 2010

2008, 54% in 2006 and 65% in 2005); in 2007, the industry growth rate was. slight decrease compared to 2008 due to the reorganization of the sector, EBB said. biodiesel via non-EU destinations (mainly Canada) and. imports allegedly originating from Canada reached. 50 000 tonnes between March 2008 and March 2009.

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MARCH 2, 2012

A team from the United States, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom, led by Son Nghiem of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Nghiem’s team used the topography of mountain ranges in Alaska and Canada as a “ruler” to measure the altitude at which the explosions took place. produced the study.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

The 1,000-mile/1,607-km pipeline will run from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, to Superior, Wisconsin. The 36-inch Alberta Clipper Pipeline will carry up to 450,000 barrels of oil sands crude per day—with ultimate capacity of up to 800,000 bpd available—from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Canada to refineries in the US.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2012

Any new land allocation decisions made on the basis of the Final PEIS would replace the land allocation decisions made in 2008 that proposed making up to 2 million acres of public lands available for commercial oil shale leasing in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming and 431,000 acres available for oil sands leasing in Utah. Background.

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