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Statoil Launches E5 Blend in Norway

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Statoil has become the first company in Norway to offer 5% bioethanol to general consumers. Initially, Statoil stations in Southern and Eastern Norway will market the new blend. In 2009, Statoil launched diesel with 7% biodiesel throughout Norway. Tags: Brief.

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Volvo Receives Order for Twelve 7700 Hybrid Buses in Norway

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The operator company Nettbuss has ordered 12 hybrid buses from Volvo Buses for service in Norway, thereby becoming the first company in the Nordic region to implement the hybrid technology commercially. Nettbuss has ordered ten Volvo 7700 Hybrid buses for use in Trondheim and two Volvo 7700 Hybrid buses for use in Arendal in southern Norway.

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Norway Launches 4-Year Wood Gasification Research Project

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Norway has launched a four-year, 25-million kroner (US$4-million) wood gasification research project led by SINTEF, the largest independent research organization in Scandinavia. Tags: Brief. The project will enable us to perform technoeconomic studies of both solutions. Lars Sørum.

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Bio Architecture Lab and Statoil Partner to Commercialize Macroalgae-to-Ethanol Process in Norway

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Under terms of the agreement, Statoil will fund BAL’s research and development and demonstration projects, and if successful, will also fund the commercialization of BAL’s technology in Norway and elsewhere in Europe. Tags: Algae Algal Fuels Fuels Synthetic Biology. Earlier post.)

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Tata says Norway first; Th!nk says tata to Norway?

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Tata says Norway first for electric Indica, later this year, as Th!nk nk ponders leaving Norway for lack of gov't support. Tags: think global indica think city tata motors. What's up with that?

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Mazda Builds First RX-8 Hydrogen RE for Norway

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Mazda plans to commence leasing of Norwegian specification RX-8 Hydrogen RE models in Norway in summer 2009. The HyNor project ( earlier post ) aims to enable hydrogen vehicles to travel along a 580-kilometer (360-mile) stretch of highway by establishing a chain of hydrogen stations between Stavanger and Oslo in Norway.

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Electric car agitation in Norway

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In Norway, the effort to find a means to get financing so Th!nk elbil norway electricaid.org norstart think city oslo. Tags: ev parade elbil.no nk can fulfill existing orders for thousands of vehicles took to the streets on Tuesday. An answer should be forthcoming shortly.

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