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Report: Nissan On Track with Nickel Manganese Cobalt Li-ion Cell for Deployment in 2015

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The new battery can store about twice as much electricity as batteries with positive electrodes made only from manganese. In another partnership deal announced earlier this year, 3M entered into a strategic relationship and an agreement with China-based Amperex Technologies Ltd. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.). (ATL)

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Petrobras To Take Pioneering FPSO to US Sector of Gulf of Mexico

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The vessel is capable of processing nearly 80,000 barrels of oil and 500,000 cubic meters of gas per day and can store nearly 500,000 barrels of oil. The vessel started being converted into an FPSO at the Cosco Shipyard, in Nantong, China, in March 2008. Tags: Brief. stakes, respectively.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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Founded in 1989, and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Valence has facilities in Nevada, China and Northern Ireland. Valence currently has two manufacturing facilities in China, both wholly-owned; each facility is 50,000 square feet and located next to each other. a provider of lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs. Mark Donaghy.

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BG Group sanctions US$15B coal seam gas to LNG project; first such

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First LNG exports are planned to commence from 2014, underpinned by agreements in Chile, China, Japan and Singapore for the purchase of up to 9.5 In early 2008, we announced our first investment in Australia. In this form it can be transported and stored. Tags: Australia Coal LNG Natural Gas. mtpa of LNG.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr., July, 2008 : The Australian government published the Garnaut Report, a comprehensive study of the effects of climate change on the country’s economy ( earlier post ).

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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AFP Some 21m electric bicycles were sold in China in 2008, according to Frank Jamerson, author of Electric Bikes Worldwide Reports. But some advanced new bicycles can store energy when they brake, meaning they can go many times further, and some advanced new batteries can charge up in a fraction of the time.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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This process accumulates a certain amount of latent (stored) energy. 2008) Hydrous Ethanol for Gasoline Blending: New Science Promises Cost and Energy Savings , 17 th International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels, 13-16 October 2008, Tiayuan, China. Tags: Ethanol Perspective Policy. Brewster, S.C., Brewster, S.C.,