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Government of Canada to buy Trans Mountain Pipeline System and Expansion Project for C$4.5B, resume planing and construction

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The parties expect to close the transaction late in the third quarter or early in the fourth quarter of 2018, subject to KML shareholder and applicable regulatory approvals. The Trans Mountain Expansion Project was originally proposed as a way to deliver more Canadian oil resources to international markets. Background.

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AKASOL entering N. American market with new battery production facility for commercial vehicles

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Opening dedicated operations in North America comes in response to specific demand for the firm’s high energy battery modules from major international manufacturers and will allow AKASOL to pursue ambitious growth plans for the region. The new facility will generate considerable investment and create more than 200 jobs in the next five years.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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To improve his chances, he worked as an intern for two of them. They put together documentation on how the minigrid worked, created a budget, and applied for a grant from the IEEE Foundation. “I The grant provided the seed money to launch their startup that year: Green Village Electricity Projects of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

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in 2018 and 42.4% Here’s a quick timeline of the key incentives based on information from the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association : The key benefit for EV owners remains the green tax deals on buying (no purchase or import tax), leasing (no VAT on leased EVs) and owning EVs (no road tax, reduced company car tax).

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Tesla’s biggest investor: it’s a family business masquerading as a public company

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The Indonesian-born Chinese American businessman is better known for founding SHI International Corp, a large private IT company that made him a billionaire. In 2018, Elon left OpenAi officially to “ avoid a conflict of interest as Tesla is increasingly working on artificial intelligence “.

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Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile

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That announcement came about three weeks after a panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 body shortly after takeoff, terrifying passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight and forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing at the Portland International Airport in Oregon. Almost immediately, the F.A.A. grounded some Max 9s. Even before the Jan.

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Australia Goes All-in on Green Hydrogen

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Building every electrolyzer promised for 2030 would provide only about one-sixth of the green hydrogen required to meet climate targets, according to figures from the International Energy Agency in Paris. Ark’s first move was to access more renewable power in Australia by buying into a 923-MW wind farm that’s expected to spin up in 2024.

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