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Global Bioenergies obtains €4.4M loan to complete financing of demo plant, begins construction

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million) loan from a consortium of four French banks—BNP Paribas, Société Genéralé, CIC and Bpifrance—to complete the financing of its demo plant. This unique installation has been specifically designed for the production of gaseous hydrocarbons. The demo plant’s financing is also supported by a €5.7-million

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Ballard participating in H2PORTS project to demo hydrogen as alternative fuel in European ports; FCmove-HD

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Momentum was reflected in the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) announcement last year of a strategy to reduce GHG emissions from ships—including a 50% reduction in GHGs by 2050, compared to 2008 levels, and complete elimination of GHGs as soon as possible in this century.

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California Energy Commission awards $5M to sugar beet ethanol biorefinery demo

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The California Energy Commission has awarded $4,998,399 to Mendota Bioenergy, LLC to support the design, construction and operation of an advanced biorefinery demonstration plant in the Mendota area (Fresno County), where sugar beets will be used to create advanced biofuel ethanol.

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Codha Wirelss and Autotalks partnering on connected vehicles

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The demo showcases interoperability between the Cohda MK5 platform and the Autotalks PANGAEA platform on a variety of safety applications. Autotalks, founded in 2008, is a V2X-chipset market pioneer and leader providing OEMs, Tier 1 and Tier 2 customers with V2X solutions.

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SpaceX’s first NASA astronauts to receive Space Medal of Honor for Dragon test flight

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31, Demo-2 astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for bravery from @VP Kamala Harris. He was selected as a NASA astronaut candidate in 2000 and flew two Space Shuttle missions in 2008 and 2010. SpaceX) Behnken and Hurley were assigned to Dragon Demo-2 in 2018.

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Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) Awards C$5.5M for Cellulosic Ethanol and Xylitol Demo Plant

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million to SunOpta BioProcess Inc (SBI) and its partners to assist in designing, building and operating an integrated cellulosic ethanol plant and co-located xylitol production facility to be located in the Greater Toronto area. Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has awarded C$5.5 SBI is an 86% owned subsidiary of SunOpta Inc.

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iCub Is Growing Up

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It’s a little weird to think that iCub , the first version of which was released in 2008, is now a full-on teenager—after all, the robot was originally designed after a three year old child, and it hasn’t grown all that much.

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