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Iran-Khodro to Unveil Hybrid Bus

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Iran’s largest car and truck-manufacturing company, Iran-Khodro, will unveil what it calls the Middle-East’s first hybrid bus. “The hybrid system designed in this project was installed on one of Iran-Khodro Diesel Co. IKD) city buses.

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Iran Heavy Diesel Engine Mfg. Co. Developing V-12 Natural Gas/Diesel Engine

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Iran Heavy Diesel Engine Mfg. DESA) is designing a V-12 engine that will run on a blend of 80% natural gas and 20% diesel. DESA was established four years ago to design, develop and manufacture medium-duty diesel engines for automotive, industrial and power generation applications.

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WNA: global nuclear generation nears record high in 2019

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Construction started on five reactors in 2019, two in China and one each in Iran, Russia and the UK. The construction of a new design need not result in a long construction time. Median construction time for reactors starting up in 2019 was 117 months. This is above the average achieved since 2001.

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Borgward expanding to the Middle East; westwards from China

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Borgward will systematically continue to globalize its activities by entering the markets of Middle Eastern countries such as Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Iran. In this region, we expect especially strong momentum to come from Iran. As announced, we will boost growth further and open up new markets.

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NASA’s New Earth Space Mission maps methane ‘super-emitters’

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The team also identified a methane plume south of Tehran, Iran, at least 3 miles (4.8 Scientists estimate flow rates of about 40,300 pounds (18,300 kilograms) per hour at the Permian site, 111,000 pounds (50,400 kilograms) per hour in total for the Turkmenistan sources, and 18,700 pounds (8,500 kilograms) per hour at the Iran site.

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Iranian team proposes intelligent control strategy for hybrids using fuzzy driving cycle identification agent

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Researchers at the University of Tehran (Iran), with colleagues at Isfahan University of Technology and Iran University of Science and Technology, are proposing a new intelligent control strategy for the energy management of hybrid powertrains based on the driving cycle type. 9 1169-1188 doi: 10.1177/0954407014556116.

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SEC slaps Total with cease-and-desist order, $153M disgorgement payment for bribes to Iranian official

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Total made these payments at the direction of the Iranian Official to intermediaries through a consulting and services agreement and subsequent amendments, entered into with an intermediary designated by the Iranian Official (“Intermediary One”).

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