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Varmlandsmetanol wants to build €350M biomethanol plant in Estonia

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Estonian media reports that Swedish bioenergy company Varmlandsmetanol AB is interested in building a €350-million (US $412 million) biomethanol plant in Estonia. We have the technology, we have the material to build the plant, but legislation does not allow for it yet.

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Electric bicycles: Hero & Yamaha JV, Proposed US tax credit for electric bicycles 

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Electric bicycles: Hero & Yamaha JV, Proposed US tax credit for electric bicycles . Ampler Bikes an Estonia, Northern Europe company that manufactures and sells light e-bikes has closed a €7.4m A proposed US tax credit for new electric bicycle purchases bumped backed up to a full 30%. billion with 15 million bikes a year.

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Jordan signs $2B oil shale investment agreement with Saudi company

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The Saudi company will use the Russian Oil Shale Technology ( UTT3000 ) which has proved its success internationally in developing oil shale since 1950 in Estonia, which is currently producing around 10 thousand barrels a day of shale oil. The cost of the project including the shale oil upgrading facilities is estimated to be $4 billion.

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EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

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Understanding is most advanced in evaluating the health impacts of the major regional air pollutants, and builds on previous peer-reviewed analysis such as that undertaken to inform the CAFE Programme. The analysis builds on existing policy tools and methods, such as the methods developed under the EU’s Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) program.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. Estonia / 177 / 182 / 24. EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. Greece / 161 / 165 / 17. Finland / 163 / 165 / 22. Germany / 165 / 169 / 19. Cyprus / 166 / 170 / 20.

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