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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. As a member of the Argentine commercial vehicle industry, TATSA is engaged in an expansion process in both domestic and international markets.

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

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billion liters (502 million gallons US) in 2013, aimed at the foreign market, and 1.8 billion liters (476 million liters US) to be distributed in the domestic market. Abroad, meanwhile, an ethanol production unit is under analysis for Colombia. For the ethanol segment, the goal is to reach, in partnerships, the production of 1.9

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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%. There are currently three regional gas markets—North America, Europe and Asia—which have very little integration and which rely on completely different pricing structures.

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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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