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A Novel IEEE Workshop Showcases Jamaica’s Engineering Community

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The section held a first-of-its-kind workshop in January at the University of Technology in Kingston. IEEE Senior Member Fawzi Behmann and staff from the IEEE Communications Society promoted the workshop to section and society chapter members. The event attracted more than 200 participants.

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California ARB hosting public workshop to discuss reducing in-use emissions from HD diesel

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) staff will host a public workshop on 11 February to discuss ideas and strategies to reduce in-use emissions from heavy-duty diesel vehicles operating in the State of California. The workshop will be held at the Cal/EPA Headquarters Building in. Sacramento, California. Background.

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DOE proposes $99M for Energy Frontier Research Centers in FY 2018

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US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced a proposed $99 million in Fiscal Year 2018 funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate transformative scientific advances for the most challenging topics in materials sciences, chemical sciences, geosciences, and biosciences. ( DE-FOA-0001810 ). catalysis science.

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California ARB to hold public workshop on new GHG and emissions standards for heavy-duty engines and vehicles

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) will hold a public workshop on 11 March to discuss proposals for several regulations and regulation amendments related to on-road heavy-duty vehicles. ARB intends that this workshop, to be held in Sacramento, be the only one prior to Board consideration of these proposals in October of 2013.

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California ARB developing Clean Miles Standard for ridesharing companies

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On 22 February, CARB is holding a public workshop to disclose its plans for developing the Clean Miles Standard. As directed in Senate Bill 1014 (SB 1014, 2018), emission reductions will be measured on a grams-CO 2 -per-passenger-mile-traveled (gCO 2 /PMT) basis.

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Hydro supplying ASI-certified sustainable aluminum for Audi e-tron battery housing

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The ASI already awarded Audi a certificate for the sustainable assembly of these aluminum components in October 2018. Certification by the ASI is the result of various workshops in which Audi and Hydro exchanged their expertise on effective measures for CO 2 reduction. Audi e-tron Production at the CO 2 -neutral plant of Audi Brussels.

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Renault Group inaugurates new production line for electric motors at Cléon plant

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Renault Group has invested €620 million since 2018 at the Cléon site to industrialize the group’s motors for 100% electric and hybrid vehicles. The Renault Group inaugurated the new “ePT-160kW” electric motor production line at its plant in Cléon.

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