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Balqon Expands Distribution of Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles into Colombia

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Balqon Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of zero emissions heavy-duty electric vehicles for Class 7 and Class 8 applications ( earlier post ), has entered into a Dealer Agreement with Industrias IVOR, a leading distributor of heavy equipment and material handling equipment, including heavy-duty trucks, in Colombia.

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Eaton signs long-term agreement with Argentine bus manufacturer TATSA to design and supply hybrid systems

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Eaton Corporation has signed a long-term agreement to design and supply Argentine bus manufacturer Tecnología Avanzada en Transporte S. TATSA), a company wholly owned by Consorcio Metropolitano de Transporte S.A., with a hybrid electric power system for use in buses in Argentina and throughout South America.

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Petrobras Biocombustível To Invest US$2.4B in Biodiesel and Ethanol Production

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Abroad, meanwhile, an ethanol production unit is under analysis for Colombia. The construction of the plant, which began in October 2008, is part of the Sodegaura Project, designed by BJE in partnership with the Japanese Ministry of the Environment to introduce E3 in the Japanese market. Petrobras holds 87.5%

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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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The current fleet of natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) units has an average capacity factor of 41%, relative to a design capacity factor of up to 85%. Programs should be designed to optimize gas resources and ensure that they are produced in environmentally sound ways. Power generation.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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Military personnel from Colombia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Republic of Philippines, Thailand, Tonga and the United Kingdom will also participate. The Great Green Fleet demo, part of RIMPAC 2012, is designed to show that the Navy can operate with a reduced reliance on conventional petroleum.

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