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Cargill to Invest $112M in Co-generation and Soy Biodiesel Plants in Argentina

Green Car Congress

Cargill will invest a total of US$112 million in an 18 MW co-generation plant and a soybean biodiesel production plant with a processing capacity of 240,000 tons per year in Argentina.

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New Volkswagen MQ281 manual gearbox shaves up to 5g CO2/km

Green Car Congress

The MQ281 has a torque spectrum of 200 to 340 N·m, which means it completely or partially supersedes the current Volkswagen gearbox designs with the internal designations MQ250 and MQ350 respectively. This enabled us to design a completely new oil conduction system. The MQ281 is based on a 2.5 —Helmut Göbbels.

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Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

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High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in production, according to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program for the website Vital Signs Online.

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Toyota digs for Lithium

Revenge of the Electric Car

Toyota Tsusho Corp, a trading house and key Toyota supplier that Toyota owns 22 percent of, just announced that it would be jointly developing a new lithium project in Argentina with the Australian-listed Orocobre Ltd. For more information read: Toyota in Argentine Lithium Deal for Hybrid Car Push. By Eriko Amaha for Reuters. By Eriko Amaha.

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USDA Long-Term Projections See Ongoing But Slower Growth in Corn Use for Ethanol

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The projections do not represent a USDA forecast, but a conditional, long-run scenario based on specific assumptions about farm policy, the weather, the economy and international developments. Less than half this volume is assumed to be from domestic first-use vegetable oils, partly due to the equalization of the biodiesel tax credit ($1.00

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Lithium manufacturers warn international provides won’t meet EV call for

Baua Electric

This past, Puddle Sources become the actual lithium corporate to announce a venture extend, pushing again first manufacturing from its Kachi lithium venture in Argentina through 3 years. Nonetheless, it expects international lithium call for to exceed provide through 500,000 metric heaps in 2030.

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Are biofuels the answer for green cars? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

It predicts 35 per cent growth in the US; 30 per cent growth in Brazil; and substantial increases in areas including the Asia-Pacific region, France, Germany and Argentina. Increased use of biofuels would require water irrigation in many parts of the world; while water is also needed for boiling and cooling in refineries.