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JUNE 25, 2009

Renault has entered two new EV partnerships: one with Arval, a BNP Paribas subsidiary; the other with ALD Automotive, a global provider of financing and vehicle fleet management services. Arval will work with Renault by setting up specific new leasing offers adapted to the electric vehicles.

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JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Billion in 2008).

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JULY 25, 2009

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will grant financing of up to €300 million (US$426 million) to Valeo for its current research projects aiming to reduce the fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions of cars and improve active safety. In 2008 the EIB signed loans totaling €57.6 Tags: Europe Financing Policy Vehicle Manufacturers.

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AUGUST 1, 2008

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. Electrically powered vehicles are going to provide tremendous benefit and excitement for the customer, while also hastening the move to a more diverse choice of energy alternatives,” said Jon Lauckner, GM vice president of Global Programs.

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MARCH 8, 2009

In a deal brokered by the city’s newly commissioned Citizens Environmental Task Force, Exxon/Mobil, owners of the Exxon/Mobil Refinery in the City of Torrance agreed today to fund a bond that will make low cost financing of solar energy systems for home and apartment owners. Task Force Funding.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Investor support for climate action as expressed in such a statement has more than doubled since November 2008, when 150 investors with $9 trillion in assets under management first came together to urge government leaders to act on climate change. —2011 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change.

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MAY 10, 2011

Ranges of global technical potentials of renewable energy sources derived from studies analyzed in SRREN report. 77% is up from just under 13% of the total primary energy supply of around 490 Exajoules in 2008. Developing countries host more than 50% of current global renewable energy capacity. Source: SRREN. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 19, 2010

Almost one-quarter of global electricity could be generated from nuclear power by 2050, making a major contribution to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Nuclear Energy Technology Roadmap, published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). Technology Roadmap: Nuclear Energy.

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JULY 5, 2011

It is rapidly expanding energy use, mainly driven by fossil fuels, that explains why humanity is on the verge of breaching planetary sustainability boundaries through global warming, biodiversity loss, and disturbance of the nitrogen-cycle balance and other measures of the sustainability of the earth’s ecosystem.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

JetBlue will offset carbon dioxide emissions from jet fuel for all domestic JetBlue flights beginning in July 2020, making it the first major US airline to take this measurable step toward reducing its contribution to global warming. Since 2008, JetBlue has already offset more than 2.6 These projects are also permanent and ongoing.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

by 2008-2012, as compared to 1990. The basic physical inertia of the global climate system means that ignoring scientific warnings will lead to unprecedented, costly and potentially unmanageable consequences.” Financing Emissions Reductions. Financing Emissions Reductions. European Commission. energy sources.”

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Recently, BAIC Group has been listed (position 336) in the Fortune Global 500. Earlier this year, BAIC was ranked second on KPMG’s Global Auto Executive Survey 2013, a ranking of the top automotive companies that are expected to gain market share in the future. BMBS); Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance Ltd. million vehicles in 2012.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

A report released by the World Economic Forum during its annual meeting in Davos warns that to have a chance of limiting the average increase in global temperatures to 2°C, a level which an increasing number of experts already considers unsafe, at least US$515 billion per year will need to be invested in clean energy globally between now and 2030.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

million financing with Third Eye Capital Corporation. The original $130-million construction and commissioning of the plant was completed in November 2008 by Cilion, Inc. is a global vertically integrated biofuels company based in Cupertino, California. AE Biofuels , Inc.’s AE Keyes), closed a $4.5 AE Biofuels, Inc.

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MAY 6, 2016

Edeniq, a private company founded in 2008, has raised approximately $100 million from some of the world’s leading venture capital firms, including Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Angeleno Group, The Westly Group, I2BF Global Ventures, and other leading investors, as well as US Department of Energy (DOE) grant funding.

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MAY 22, 2013

This program was signed into law by President Bush in 2008 and then awarded under the Obama administration in the years that followed. The Department first offered loans to Tesla and other auto manufacturers in June 2009, when car companies couldn’t get other financing and many people questioned whether the industry would survive.

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Gostin, an active IEEE volunteer, has served on the IEEE Future Directions Committee , on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society , and as vice president of finance for the IEEE Sensors Council , among many other IEEE roles.

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JANUARY 17, 2015

However, the report notes, renewable energy price improvements are not universal, and costs range widely according to resources and the availability of financing. These technologies will become more cost-competitive in future, especially where low-cost financing is available. of Cape Wind output; National Grid had agreed to buy 50%.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The concept is being developed on a generic communication platform to make the technology globally applicable. The project concept was first initiated by Viktoria Institute in November 2008 in a meeting with. Any unintended interruption of charging process is directly reported to the driver’s mobile phone. Göteborg Energi.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

This will significantly improve our level of global CO 2 emissions. La Poste has targeted a 30% CO 2 reduction target per household served between 2008 and 2018. —Jean-François Courtoy, Industrial Director at La Poste in Franche Comté.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

of global and 17% of European reserves. However, the National Development Plan for Oil Shale Use for 2008-15 calls for reducing annual extraction while preserving the country’s strong energy security. Estonia has more than 4 billion tonnes of estimated reserves—just over 1.1% In 2012, Estonia mined 15.86 million tonnes.

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APRIL 21, 2011

Other state DOTs also are researching alternative financing methods to supplement or replace a gas tax. We are researching alternative financing methods today that could be used 10 or 20 years from now when the number of fuel efficient and hybrid cars increase and no longer produce enough revenue from a gas tax to build and repair roads.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

In spring the Chancellor presents the annual Budget statement, which includes a detailed assessment of the state of the economy and the nation’s finances. This year’s PBR follows the first contraction in the global economy for 60 years. As also announced in the 2008 Budget, the 20 pence per liter (US$1.21

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JANUARY 24, 2012

In light of its joint venture with DSM, POET said it will not utilize the loan guarantee it was awarded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) on 23 September 2011 to finance Project LIBERTY. In November, 2008, the company started operating a cellulosic bio-ethanol pilot plant at its research center in Scotland, South Dakota.

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MARCH 26, 2009

In 2008, the Bosch Group achieved sales of some € 45 billion (US$61 billion). But by pursuing climate protection more earnestly and rigorously than before, he felt it could profit in terms of finance and trust. This ecological globalization works to our benefit ,” the Bosch CEO said. billion) in 2008. billion (US$5.3

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MARCH 25, 2009

Green Car Congress had the opportunity recently to have a discussion with Mark Donaghy, the Global Marketing Manager for Valence Technology, Inc., Two global fulfillment centers—one in Rotterdam and one in Dallas—can ship product to customers within 72 hours. Click to enlarge. a provider of lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

Global rating agency Fitch Ratings expects the financial profiles of US automakers and parts suppliers to remain resilient in a downside scenario characterized by sluggish global economic growth and weaker-than-expected North American light-duty vehicle demand. Continued global. to be seen throughout the US auto sector.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

Ramanathan and Jessica Seddon Wallack, director of the Center for Development Finance at the Institute for Financial Management and Research in Chennai, India. Ramanathan said that these mitigation measures could serve to hedge against the full effects of global warming caused by greenhouse gases. Wallack and Ramanathan.

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JUNE 29, 2011

This would boost China’s share of global premium compact sales to more than 20% from the current 12% and make it the largest market for premium compacts worldwide. In spring 2008, the C-Class joined local production as the second model. In addition, Daimler and BYD maintain the joint venture Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. Specifically, they would focus on emissions reductions as well as financing, with negotiations for the two issues separated from one another. [ That is what matters, and that matters to the whole world ” [ 7 ].

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Parry co-chaired the IPCC working group on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation between 2002 and 2008. Parry and colleagues warn that this underestimate of the cost of adaptation threatens to weaken the outcome of UNFCCC negotiations, which are due to culminate in Copenhagen in December with a global deal aimed at tackling climate change.

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DECEMBER 2, 2008

As we move into the final month of the year 2008 I keep looking up at my rooftop longingly. The County’s Treasure Tax Collector has already provided an assessment of the viability of the County implementing a program under AB 811.

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JUNE 1, 2009

Reduce GM’s total number of assembly, powertrain and stamping facilities in the US from 47 in 2008 to 34 by the end of 2010 and 33 by 2012. The Chevy Cruze, GM’s new global compact car. Under the plan, GM will sell substantially all of its global assets to the New GM. Earlier post.) viability plan submission. The Chevy Volt.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. The majority of global shipbuilding happens in South Korea, Japan, and China. At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization , the U.N. The European Union plans to begin charging shippers for carbon emissions this year.

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APRIL 3, 2009

The SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) International Biofuels Project, has published the full proceedings of its Rapid Assessment workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies, 22-25 September 2008. SCOPE is part of the International Council for Science. In 2007/08, 0.9%

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MAY 27, 2009

In 2008, Valero Energy CEO Bill Kless had said that using corn to produce ethanol will make food so expensive in poor countries that it will cause more misery than global warming. Financing challenges. All of this makes for a very difficult time to get financing for a new facility. Earlier post.). million dollars.

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APRIL 28, 2009

AFP Some 21m electric bicycles were sold in China in 2008, according to Frank Jamerson, author of Electric Bikes Worldwide Reports. Our mission is to prepare students for top careers in finance. Moreover, making an electric bicycle uses far less energy than making an electric car. The figure has doubled since 2005.

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