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JULY 25, 2009

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will grant financing of up to €300 million (US$426 million) to Valeo for its current research projects aiming to reduce the fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions of cars and improve active safety. Leoni – the development and production of automotive cables and harnesses. billion were in France.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

million) grant from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), the JIVE 2 project will deploy 152 fuel cell electric buses across 14 European cities throughout France, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK. Coordinated by Element Energy , and supported by a €25-million (US$31.2-million)

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JULY 16, 2010

The European Investment Bank and PSA Peugeot Citroën signed a €200-million (US$259-million) loan agreement to finance the carmaker’s program to develop plug-in hybrid vehicles. Five hundred PSA Peugeot Citroën employees are working on the project, which will be developed entirely in France, at the Velizy Technical Centre.

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JULY 29, 2010

Gevo’s production process. The production of isobutanol from cellulosic biomass is the subject of a previously announced $1.8 The grant supports the ongoing development of a cellulosic biocatalyst that Gevo exclusively licensed from Cargill. without the typical expression co-products. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

billion) in France-based PSA Peugeot Citroën as part of a €3-billion (US$4.13-billion) Reinforcing PSA Peugeot Citroën’s competitive positioning in Europe, in particular through accelerating PSA Peugeot Citroën’s development via the financing of a program of strategic investments and strengthening its balance sheet and liquidity.

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JULY 7, 2011

Earlier this year, the company announced it had received financing from France’s Total—which earlier had funded research on the technology at MIT ( earlier post )—and from a personal investment by Bill Gates. Patents for all liquid metal battery inventions were licensed from MIT.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Emerging markets’ previous trends on carbon emissions reductions linked to growth and productivity have stalled, and their total emissions grew by 7.4%. By contrast, the UK, France and Germany achieved record levels of annual carbon emissions intensity reductions, but were helped on by milder winters. —PwC report.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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APRIL 22, 2009

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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APRIL 21, 2009

Grants of between £2,000 and £5,000 will be available toordinary motorists to encourage them to buy electric or otherultra-low-carbon cars. The grants will not be available until 2011 and the detail of how they will beallocated and which cars will qualify has still to be worked out. Car buyers were less enthusiastic.

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