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Honda targeting resumption of production in Thailand by end of March 2012

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Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., HATC), the Honda automobile production subsidiary in Thailand, which experienced damage from the major flooding in the country last year, reports that it expects to resume production by the end of March 2012. The production is expected to be normalized at all production operations by April.

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Toyota launches Biodiversity & Sustainability Learning Center to complement Biotope project in Thailand

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Toyota has launched the Toyota Biodiversity and Sustainability Learning Center “Cheewa Panavet” at the Toyota Ban Pho Plant in Thailand. The following year, Toyota embarked on the Toyota Biotope Project—the first of its kind in Thailand—to create a habitat of living organisms, born out of manmade efforts, around the plant.

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Toyota develops electrolyzer using Mirai technology; deploying at DENSO plant

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Toyota has developed new electrolysis equipment to produce hydrogen from electrolyzing water using the fuel cell (FC) stack and other technology from the Mirai. It has also promoted transporting activities, such as the development and manufacturing of FC trucks for hydrogen transportation.

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Ford cuts global water use 8.5% per vehicle from 2011 to 2012; total usage down 62% since 2000

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Ford has reduced the average amount of water used to make each of its vehicles by 8.5% Since 2000, Ford has reduced the amount of water used around the world from 64 million cubic meters to 24 million cubic meters—a reduction of about 10.6 billion gallons, or about 62%. billion gallons, or about 62%.

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Tesla asks Mexico to solidify infrastructure to prepare for Gigafactory

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Tesla wants energy, water, road, and rail infrastructure built in preparation for its massive Gigafactory in Mexico, and it is requesting the government to solidify these things before it begins construction. However, Mexico is the latest region to receive official word from the company that it would build a production plant.

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Dow and BASF receive Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for HPPO Technology

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No by-products are produced besides water. In addition, PO plants using the HPPO technology require up to 25% less capital to build than conventional technologies, as they have reduced infrastructure, a smaller physical footprint and simpler raw materials integration.

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Five Canadian and developing country teams awarded total of C$12.5M to study climate change adaptation

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Their projects and respective team leads are: Coastal Cities at Risk: Building Adaptive Capacity for Managing Climate Change in Coastal Megacities. Anond Snidvongs, Chulalongkorn University and Southeast Asia START Regional Research Center, Thailand; Gordon McBean, University of Western Ontario, Canada.