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Report: Brazil Could Produce 8B Liters of Biofuel from Bagasse by 2020

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A new report from Novozymes describes how Brazil could produce up to 8 billion liters (2.1 billion gallons US) of biofuel from sugarcane residues (bagasse) by 2020, representing additional export revenue for Brazil of up to US$4 billion. By 2020, Brazil could produce 4.6-8.2 billion liters of biofuel from bagasse. million (US$2.3

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Brazilian biofuels with LUC may have much higher non-GHG emissions than conventional gasoline and diesel

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Comparisons of life-cycle emissions from LUC phase for (a) sugar cane ethanol and (b) soybean biodiesel. Expansion in Brazil presents unique opportunities for both liquid fuel and electricity production. Credit: ACS, Tsao et al. Click to enlarge. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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BYD launches lower-priced version of its Tesla Model 3 rival electric sedan, starting at $25K

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In comparison, the Tesla Model 3 starts at 245,900 yuan ($34,100). BYD Dolphin Mini (Seagull) launch in Brazil (Source: BYD) Caresoft, which analyzes every part of a vehicle to look for inefficiencies for its clients, said the Seagull was simple and efficiently built. Meanwhile, the quality and reliability were better than expected.

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Renault Group sells 2.23 million vehicles in 2023, India now 13th in Top 15 markets | Autocar Professional

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In 2023, the development outside Europe was mainly driven by Brazil, Turkey and Morocco. It’s the same with the Spain + Canary Islands combination and Brazil, which have traded places in the past two years. While home market France retains its No. 4, switching positions with Turkey.

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Bosch overview of global diesel markets; optimistic about US, China

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By comparison, in the European Union, the average number of vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants is approximately 500. Brazil: no diesel in passenger cars. Brazil has banned the sale and use of diesel passenger cars. In general, because of the import restrictions and taxes, vehicles are very expensive in Brazil.

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An Undersea Cable Could Fill In the Gaps on Fiber-Optic Maps

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For comparison, Google’s Durant , from Virginia to France, has a record-holding capacity of 250 terabits per second.) And on the other side, there’s cables linking Cameroon and Angola with the cable hub that is Fortaleza in Brazil. After SAEx was first announced in 2011, that was the initial plan: connect South Africa to Brazil.

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Geely exports more than 100,000 vehicles in 2012; 164% year-on-year growth

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The EC7 series alone sold more than 30,000 units, an increase of more than 500% in year-on-year comparison with 2011 export figures. In addition, plans for new production facilities in Ethiopia and Brazil are well under way.

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