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Singapore Airlines & CAAS partner on “Green Package” flights; biofuels, optimized operations and fuel-efficient A350-950

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Singapore Airlines (SIA), in partnership with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore ( CAAS ), has started operating a series of 12 “green package” flights over a three-month period on its non-stop San Francisco-Singapore route.

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UN delegates reach agreement on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters

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Already being referred to as the “High Seas Treaty”, the legal framework would place 30% of the world’s oceans into protected areas, put more money into marine conservation, and covers access to and use of marine genetic resources. Delegations will reconvene later to adopt the text formally.

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Pricol revs up e-cockpit development, showcases prototypes to automakers | Autocar Professional

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Coimbatore-based Pricol Limited, a leading supplier of dashboards to the Indian automotive industry, is making headway in the development of e-cockpits and is showcasing prototypes and proof-of-concept (POC) e-cockpits to car and commercial vehicle manufacturers, and discussions for potential adoption are ongoing.

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In getaway battle, he discovered a trail, point of view, and occupation at Toyota in Canada

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Nearest graduating from the College of Waterloo in Ontario with a bachelor of technologies, in 1990 Tien was supervisor of intermodal services and products for the Canadian Pacific Railway, now referred to as CPKC. Working with them through the years, I started to like the Toyota culture,” he advised Car Information Canada from Singapore. “So

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VW of America boosting research in US for electric mobility and sustainable transportation

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Opened in 2020, Volkswagen’s Innovation Hub is located at the University of Tennessee Research Park at Cherokee Farm in Knoxville, in a region referred to as ‘the Materials Valley’ due to the concentration of research facilities. This includes the ORNL, of which VWGoA has also established research collaborations.

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Turboden to supply a 10 MW heat recovery ORC unit for Arvedi steel plant in Italy

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Turboden , a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), leader in Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbogenerators for distributed power generation employing renewable sources and waste heat, has signed an order with Acciaieria Arvedi for a 10 MW waste heat recovery ORC unit to be installed at the Arvedi Steel plant in Cremona, Italy.

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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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Based on visual interpretation of high-resolution (30 m) satellite images, a new study in the journal Global Change Biology: Bioenergy determined that industrial plantations covered over 3.1 When peat swamps are drained for agriculture, the peat begins to decompose, and is an enormous source of carbon emissions. —Miettinen et al.

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