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GE Capital, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips form $300M JV to fund emerging energy technology

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The joint venture’s initial investments are in: Alta Devices, Santa Clara, CA, improving the production economics of advanced materials for high-efficiency, low-cost solar energy. This new venture will serve as an additional platform for ConocoPhillips’ equity investments.

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US Lifted The Crude Oil Export Ban, And Exports Went Down

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Dutch media outlets reported in January that a tanker from Houston had reached Rotterdam port, but this remains just a drop in the global export bucket. WTI is also expected to be exported to Israel , where Swiss commodities house Trafigura will ship some 700,000 barrels. oil, according to a Reuters source. crude from Cushing.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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Philippi Family by CalCars and Maker Faire Team, May 2007 (Houston, TX), contact philippi at houston.rr.com Nilar, Inc. Motors Ltd, Toyota Prius by ETVM team, January 2009 (Herzliya, Israel), info@etvmotors.com Nikki and Kate Gordon-Bloomfield, 2004 Prius, by Self, February 2009 (Bristol, England). or s.peeraer@spinnovation.com.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. Posts | Profile Senior Contributors Felicity Barringer , San Francisco; Clifford Krauss , Houston; Micheline Maynard , Detroit; Jad Mouawad , New York; Matthew L.

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