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Neste launches Neste MY Renewable Diesel made 100% from waste and residues in Finland; initial customers

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Neste recently launched a renewable diesel made entirely from waste and residues under the brand name Neste MY Renewable Diesel at select service stations in the Helsinki region today, 9 January 2017. The campaign encouraged people to bring the waste fat from their roast ham to be used as raw material for renewable diesel.

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This small curbside EV charger can deliver 200 miles of range in 13 minutes

Baua Electric

Photo: Gravity Google-backed Gravity’s new curbside DC fast charger is no bigger than a Level 2 charger, but it’s 30 times faster. If cities install slow, outdated chargers at the curb, they’re wasting people’s time and blocking the ability to fully utilize the latent potential in parked EV batteries.” So is people’s time.

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Neste to begin selling 100% renewable diesel in Finland

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The majority of the renewable raw materials the company uses to refine the product, consists of waste and residues. Neste’s proprietary NEXBTL technology makes it possible to produce top-quality renewable diesel and other renewable products out of waste and residue materials and vegetable oils.

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Chip Fabs Go Green

Cars That Think

But it also includes some fabless companies such as AMD, Google, and Microsoft. Intel's goal is to have the new site powered 100 percent by renewable electricity and to achieve net positive water use and send no waste to landfill, Intel said when first announcing the project. Intel recently broke ground on new advanced fabs in Ohio.

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Transphorm closes $25 Million in Series D funding

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a private investment fund managed by Soros Fund Management LLC, and existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, Foundation Capital and Lux Capital. GaN (gallium nitride) power electronics provider Transphorm Inc. This brings the total capital raised from all rounds to $63 million.

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GaN company Transphorm raises $35M; Japanese firms lead round; business alliance for commercialization

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Today’s strategic financing, coupled with the earlier investments, enables scaling of this disruptive technology and helps eliminate energy waste in multiple markets from servers to solar panels, from HVACs to hybrids. GaN (Gallium nitride) power conversion company Transphorm Inc. —Umesh Mishra, CEO of Transphorm.

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VW CEO Diess criticizes hydrogen cars for the climate: ‘Please listen to the science!’

Teslarati

Diess said (via Google Translate): “The hydrogen car is proven NOT to be the solution. Sham debates are a waste of time. @ArminLaschet @OlafScholz @andreasscheuer @ABaerbock [link]. Herbert Diess (@Herbert_Diess) May 18, 2021. Electrification has established itself in traffic. Please listen to the science!”

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