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Cartagena orders 147 Scania Euro 6 natural gas buses

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The Colombian city of Cartagena has ordered 147 Scania Euro 6 gas buses for its new transport system as part of Scania’s largest deal to date on Euro 6 gas technology in South America. Various companies have been chosen to operate the new BRT, including Sotramac and Transambiental.

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China’s CNOOC to acquire Canada-based Nexen for $15.1B; offshore oil and gas, oil sands, and shale gas

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CNOOC Limited—China’s largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas and one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the world—is acquiring all of the Common Shares of Canada-based energy company Nexen Inc. billion cash. The price represents a premium of.

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UOP Renewable Jet Fuel blend powers first renewable jet commercial flight in Columbia

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UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that a blend with its Green Jet Fuel powered the first commercial flight in Colombia operating with renewable jet fuel. A LAN Airbus A320 aircraft traveled with 174 passengers from Bogotá El Dorado International Airport to Santiago de Cali, Colombia.

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11 more GM facilities worldwide go landfill-free; total up to 122

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Colmotores Assembly (Colombia). This is comparable to the greenhouse gas benefit of 15 million tree seedlings grown for 10 years. Colmotores Assembly in Colombia launched awareness campaigns that engaged employees in reducing waste and sorting it correctly. GM’s new landfill-free facilities include: CAMI Assembly (Canada).

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Enel enters public transit electrification market in US; partners with MassCEC for electric bus fleet

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Enel is a multinational power company and a leading integrated player in the global power, gas and renewables markets. Enel operates in the US and Canada through two companies: Enel Green Power North America and Enel X North America. The company operates around 80 plants with a managed capacity of approximately 5.8

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Enel acquires eMotorWerks to provide grid balancing solutions and tap into US e-mobility market

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Enel has installed around 5,000 charging stations in Italy, Spain, Romania, Greece, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. Enel is a multinational power company and a leading integrated player in the global, power, gas and renewables markets. eMotorWerks has deployed more than 25,000 smart-grid enabled charging stations to date.

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Volvo Begins Trials of Hybrid Buses in Brazil and Mexico

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The company has secured orders for about 150 hybrid buses in Europe. In South America, test driving is being conducted in cooperation with the Clinton Climate Initiative organization, which focuses on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Earlier post.)

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