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Nissan to Build Li-ion Battery Plants for EVs in the UK and Portugal

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The governments of the UK and Portugal have offered to extend financial assistance and other support to ensure that Nissan locates the proposed plants within their respective countries. The two plants are scheduled to supply the advanced lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles to be produced by the Renault-Nissan Alliance.

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Daimler begins deliveries of electric FUSO eCanter; UPS first commercial customer; NGO fleets

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Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), part of Daimler Trucks, celebrated the global launch of the FUSO eCanter ( earlier post ) in New York City. The FUSO eCanter benefits from extensive experience of customer trials conducted in Portugal and Germany with the pre-series vehicles between 2014 and 2017. Seven-Eleven Co.,

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Major power and gas company E.ON splitting in two; focusing on renewables, spinning off conventional power generation

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will place a particular emphasis on expanding its wind business in Europe and in other selected target markets. We are convinced that it’s necessary to respond to dramatically altered global energy markets, technical innovation, and more diverse customer expectations with a bold new beginning. For this purpose E.ON billion (US$0.62

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Daimler to begin production and sales of Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid in Europe

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Daimler will begin production of Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid in Europe and launch it in major western European markets beginning in the third quarter of this year, with other countries to follow in succession. This will make the Canter Eco Hybrid the first series-produced truck of its class to be manufactured in Europe (in Tramagal, Portugal).

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

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Studies for the project developed in partnership with Portuguese company Galp Energia, which calls for the annual production of 330,000 cubic meters (330 million liters, 87 million gallons US) of vegetable oil in Brazil and 320,000 cubic meters (320 million liters, 85 million gallons US) of biodiesel in Portugal, will be continued.

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Nissan, Pima Association of Governments and ECOtality to Partner on EVs and EV Charging Infrastructure for Tucson Area

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Nissan will introduce EVs in the United States in 2010 and will mass market EVs globally two years later. Through physical infrastructure deployments and streamlined installation processes, the Tucson region will be an attractive launch market not just for Nissan’s electric vehicle, but all grid-connected vehicles.” Earlier post.).

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

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Fats and greases and inedible oils are opportunity feedstocks, but the US supply of fats and greases is probably on the order of less than 10 million barrels, closer to 1-2 million barrels on an annual basis. UOP also has licensed plants in Italy and Portugal to use the EcoFining technology. That’s a big sum. Earlier post.)

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