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44 Irizar electric buses for Burgas, Bulgaria

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Irizar reports that 44 Irizar ie electric buses are headed to Burgas, Bulgaria. It is the first electromobility project in that city—the fourth largest in the country—and one of the largest in Bulgaria to date. The delivery of the first units is expected to be made in September 2021.

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Stara Zagora orders 33 Irizar electric buses

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Irizar e-mobility has been awarded a new order for 33 electric buses for the city of Stara Zagora, in the center of Bulgaria. They are the first 12 meter Irizar ie bus model electric buses to be included in the fleet of the city’s municipal operator.

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Clariant announces 4th license deal for sunliquid technology; first Bulgarian cellulosic ethanol project

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Specialty chemical company Clariant and Eta Bio, a company of the Pavlovi family, running a leading business in the agricultural sector in Bulgaria, have signed a license agreement for Clariant’s sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology. The agreement marks the fourth signed license deal for Clariant’s sunliquid technology.

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Ford Pro and Deutsche Post DHL Group collaborate on electrification of last-mile delivery; > 2,000 electric vans by end of 2023

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Ford Pro has already handed over its first E-Transits under the agreement, joining Deutsche Post DHL Group’s electric fleet used for last mile deliveries in several countries worldwide (Bulgaria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands and UK).

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Europe’s Euro 7 emission limits face pushback from 8 international locations

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. “We oppose any new exhaust emission rules (including new testing requirements or new emission limits) for cars and vans,” the international locations mentioned within the paper, which used to be signed via France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

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EU Launches 37M Next-Generation Integrated Biorefinery Project

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Dubbed EUROBIOREF (European multilevel integrated biorefinery design for sustainable biomass processing), the project aims to improve cost efficiency by 30%, cut energy use by 30% and reduce feedstock consumption by 10%. Work has begun on a new EU-funded project to improve the performance of Europe’s biorefineries.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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Well-designed policies to manage demand for transport can reduce transport volumes. —Professor Jacqueline McGlade, EEA Executive Director. This would improve the transport efficiency of the economy and decouple transport growth from economic growth. TERM reports have been published since 2000.