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Johnson Controls acquires 90% ownership of Columbian battery supplier MAC

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Working together, the two companies have expanded their footprint, increasing their exports from Colombia, mainly to the countries in the Andean Region. In addition to manufacturing batteries, recycling operations in Yumbo, Colombia will continue to serve as a key resource in providing a stable supply chain for operations in the region.

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

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The grants will support the development of public transportation electrification in the Commonwealth and coincide with the company’s entrance into public transit electrification in the US with the launch of a portfolio of turnkey services, including e-bus infrastructure planning, procurement, energy supply and management, and software.

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

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Colmotores Assembly (Colombia). Colmotores Assembly in Colombia launched awareness campaigns that engaged employees in reducing waste and sorting it correctly. All of these facilities treat their waste as resources out of place and employ a number of methods to give them a second or third life. Joinville Engine (Brazil).

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USDA study finds GHG from corn-based ethanol ~39% to 43% lower than from gasoline; reduction of >70% possible by 2022

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The authors argued that using billions of kilograms of US corn to produce ethanol reduces supplies of, and increases prices for, corn and other commodities in domestic and world food and feed markets. Quantifying the GHG profile of corn ethanol has been contentious since Searchinger et al. This work is timely as many countries (e.g.

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Global Bioenergy Partnership publishes report on 24 sustainability indicators for bioenergy: electricity, heat and transport

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The report represents the first global, government-level consensus on sustainability indicators for bioenergy and is intended as a resource in helping countries assess and develop sustainable production and use of bioenergy for electricity, heat and transport. Harvest levels of wood resources. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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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 study found that there are significant global supplies of conventional gas. Some of the study’s other key findings: The United States has a significant natural gas resource base, enough to equal about 92 years’ worth at present domestic consumption rates. —Ernest Moniz.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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Supply chain issues and delivery delays also disrupt EV sales in some regions, making it harder for consumers to take receive their new EVs. In addition, there have been worldwide supply chain issues for battery materials, as Russia supplies 20% of the world’s high purity nickel. What about the rest of the world?