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Israeli company reports successful stage 1 testing of solar CO2-to-fuels technology

Green Car Congress

Israel-based NewCO2Fuels (NCF), a subsidiary of GreenEarth Energy Limited in Australia, reported completion of stage 1 testing of its proof-of-concept system for the conversion of CO 2 into fuels using solar energy. NewCO2Fuels was founded in 2011 to commercialize a technology developed by Prof.

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Electric bus market and trends 

Electric Vehicles India

Transport sector is responsible for 23% of CO2 emissions. The transport sector is responsible for approximately 23 % of total energy-related CO2 emissions in the world. BYD received Israel’s largest electric bus order. For the Chinese bus manufacturer, this electric bus order is the largest from to date Israel.

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Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

Green Car Congress

Other actions included: In April 2009, Nissan introduced the Nissan ECO Series (NECO Series), which qualify for tax breaks under Japan’s new preferential tax scheme for environment-friendly vehicles. in the United States; and Israel, Portugal, Monaco, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Ireland, China, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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Nissan signs electric car alliance with Europcar

Green Cars News

Europcar Groupe has already implemented numerous environmental initiatives within the scope of a Green charter certified by Bureau Veritas in June 2008, including a recent announcement to display CO2 data for all its vehicle rentals.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

Slovenia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Ireland, India, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom all have 2030 deadlines. Successful schemes should be designed to capture CO2, fuel economy, NOx and safety benefits. This includes Norway and South Korea, by 2025. In 2020, 70 per cent of new vehicle sales in Norway were EV.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010. Email Neal. Find out " What is Cleantech? SZ (1) 6753.T

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. Analysts are sanguine about this kind of thing becoming more common — someday.

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