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California ARB fines Ford $2.96 million for sales of non-compliant On-Board Diagnostic systems in California

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million, $740,000 will go to the California Pollution Control Financing Authority (CPCFA), which provides financial assistance to projects aimed at reducing pollution and waste and encouraging the use of renewable energy.

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Transphorm introduces first qualified 600V Gallium Nitride product and demonstrates 99+% efficient DC-DC boost converter

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These products are now qualified and available for sale through the Transphorm web site to approved customers. To demonstrate the performance advantage of the GaN-based technology, Transphorm will showcase at the APEC exhibition a EZ-GaN-based, DC-to-DC Boost Converter running at more than 99% efficiency.

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INFRA and Greenway to partner on GTL plants

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GIE has developed and patented a transportable, scalable and economic converter for synthesis gas generation needed to feed an F-T reactor called the G-Reformer. There are worldwide initiatives underway to reduce the amount of flared and vented gases which waste valuable natural resources and contribute to CO 2 emissions.

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Québec awarding US$4.6M to advanced biofuel project carried out jointly by BioÉnergie La Tuque, Neste, and the Council of the Atikamekw Nation

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million) to a non-profit organization Bioénergie La Tuque (BELT) under a program called Technoclimat from Transition Énergétique Québec (TEQ) for a project to develop and demonstrate the potential of producing advanced biofuels from locally-sourced forestry waste in La Tuque, Quebec, Canada.

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Transphorm introduces 600V Gallium Nitride on Silicon products at PCIM 2012

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The following Transphorm products are now available for sale as evaluation samples through the Transphorm website to approved customers: TPS30xxPK series – 600 V, 2-4-6 A, GaN diode in the industry standard TO-220 package. TPH3006PS- 600V, 180 mohm GaN transistor in the industry standard TO-220 package.

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Brightmark Energy closes $260M in financing for first US commercial-scale waste-plastics-to-fuel plant; ULSD and naphtha

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Brightmark Energy , a San Francisco-based waste and energy development company, closed a $260-million financing package for the construction of the US’ first commercial-scale plastics-to-fuel plant, which will be located in Ashley, Indiana.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

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In some areas where wind and hydropower is wasted at night, the rate can be as low as 2-3 cents per kWh. They are converting up to 40 15-passenger Mercedes commercial vans into PHEVs, with some vehicles using NiMH and others advanced lithium-ion batteries, plus diesel and gasoline engines. Thats 20-25 cents a gallon.

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