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Global companies form below50 to scale up low-carbon sustainable fuels; Audi in from automotive sector

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A key outcome of the Low Carbon Technology Partnerships initiative ( LCTPi ), below50 is intended to grow a global corporate market for sustainable low-carbon transport fuels (LCTFs). Any company which produces, uses and/or invests in fuels that are at least 50% less carbon intensive than conventional fossil fuels can join below50.

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ASML’s threat to leave uncovers deeper concerns in Netherlands Inc – ET Auto

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A threat by the Netherlands’ largest company ASML to quit the country if it cannot grow there has laid bare wider corporate concerns that the nation’s business climate is deteriorating. state of Arizona, and BE Semiconductor Industries in Vietnam. .” “You’d need two hands to count them.”

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Yulex opens guayule Seed & Genetics Center; renewable source of natural rubber

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Yulex Corporation, an agricultural biomaterials company, has opened a Seed & Genetics Center focused on plant breeding, molecular genetics and development of agronomic best practices to support the global cultivation of sustainable guayule plantations for medical, consumer, industrial and bioenergy applications.

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Cooper Tire begins testing tires made with guayule component; consortium progress on genomics, agronomics

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Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has completed tire builds using rubber derived from guayule plants and new guayule related materials. PanAridus replaced Yulex Corporation on the grant team, assuming Yulex’s responsibilities as the primary manufacturer of the guayule material.

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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General Electric Company. will partner with GE Global Research, EPRI, Southern Company, American Electric Power and FirstEnergy to design and test a high temperature nickel-based superalloy thick-walled header for cycling and flexible plant operation in new and existing plants. Siemens Corporation. The Ohio State University.

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Heliostat Consortium announces 7 projects to receive combined $3.5M in funding; DOE launches Heliostat Prize

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HELIOCOMM: A Resilient Wireless Heliostats Communication System: This components-and-controls project by the University of New Mexico will model a resilient wireless communication system based on the principles of integrated access and backhaul (IAB) technology, entropy-based routing, dynamic spectrum management, and interference mitigation.

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Report: Uber to invest $500M in global mapping project

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Our efforts are similar to what other companies including Apple and TomTom are already doing around the world. In August 2015, Uber signed a partnership with the University of Arizona focused on research and development in the optics space for mapping and safety. Last year we put mapping cars on the road in the United States.

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