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BP forming 50:50 biofuels JV with Bunge in Brazil; growing existing biofuels business >50%

Green Car Congress

BP will combine its Brazilian biofuels and biopower businesses with that of Bunge to create a world-scale, highly-efficient producer of sugarcane ethanol in Brazil: BP Bunge Bioenergia. Brazil is the world’s second-largest and most integrated market for ethanol as a transportation fuel with demand forecast to grow rapidly.

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Electric Vehicles, Solar Energy & Wind Energy — My Trip To Brazil

CleanTechnica EVs

Last week, I spent some time visiting my wife’s family in Recife (northern Brazil). While there, I spent some time checking out where they are on the path to electrifying transportation and greening their electrical grid.

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BYD building factory in Brazil for electric buses and battery packs

Green Car Congress

BYD will build its first factory in Brazil in the city of Campinas (in the São Paulo region of Brazil). Maximum capacity in the first year of operation (starting in 2015) will be 1,000 electric buses as well as all of their batteries, said BYD Brazil’s General Manager Tyler Li.

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BP Biofuels to invest $350M to expand sugarcane ethanol production in Brazil

Green Car Congress

BP Biofuels plans to invest $350 million to expand the ethanol processing capacity of Tropical, one of its sugarcane processing ventures in Brazil. The mill will also be able to export approximately 340 GWh of electric energy to the Brazilian national grid.

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Elon Musk shares thoughts on Tesla Sweden’s conflict with IF Metall union

Teslarati

Musk discussed a number of topics during his X Spaces session with Tangen , such as Tesla’s potential entry into India and X’s current challenges in Brazil. As per Musk, he remains optimistic about Tesla Sweden’s future. I think the storm has passed on that front. I see it as an impossibility to complete this.

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Novozymes in Two New Research Partnerships in Brazil; Biogas from Bagasse and Polypropylene from Sugarcane

Green Car Congress

Novozymes, an international enzymes and microorganisms company, has entered two new research partnerships in Brazil. The biogas can be used to produce electricity for sugarcane ethanol production facilities, and surplus electricity can be sold to the market through the electric grid.

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With only days before initial testing, the Formula E grid is finalized

Teslarati

Formula E has finalized its grid of participating teams, including three new participating automakers. Not only is Formula E coming to a couple of new locations, including Portland, Oregon, Mexico City, Mexico, and Sao Palo, Brazil, but the race structure has been altered. Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.

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