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AUGUST 17, 2010

However, only the eternal optimist could put a positive spin on Spain’s electric car sales results. Admittedly Spain has managed to sell 16 times as many electric cars as last year [.]. Tags: Electric cars The Green Piece incentive investment Sales Spain.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

Unibail-Rodamco and Renault will offer the public exclusive test-drives of the carmaker’s new electric vehicles across numerous dates from 2010 to 2012 in France and Spain. 100% of the Group’s shopping centers in France and Spain will be equipped with charging stations by the end of 2012 (22 centers in France and 14 centers in Spain).

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MAY 9, 2009

Having already established an electric vehicle testing programme in Austria, Think will continue its European expansion in Spain where it will deliver 550 City electric vehicles. According to Richard Canny, CEO of Think, Spain is an important market. NK electric vehicle testing programme Spain Think.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

in Spain, which recorded the steepest decrease across the EU. From January to October, the UK (+4.8%) and Spain (+9.4%) saw their markets expand, while France (-1.4%), Italy (-7.0%) and Germany (-26.8%) performed less well than over the same period last year. Tags: Brief. in France, to -20.0% in Germany, -22.2% year-on-year.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Though Renault may be a French manufacturer, it can boast a number of roots in Spain where it already produces the Megane Hatchback, the Megane Estate, the Modus and the Grand Modus. The company also hopes to produce its future electric vehicle in Spain as close as possible to the sales market in order to simplify logistics.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

The Autonomous Government of Andalusia and Renault Spain signed a protocol of intentions that aims to promote the development of electric vehicles in the Andalusian region. Renault factories in Spain have been awarded two new models and an engine for 2011-2013, including the car derived from the Twizy Z.E. Tags: Brief.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Costing 40 billion yen [US$466 million] or so, their factory will likely be one of the largest electric-vehicle lithium ion battery plants in Europe and is to be built in Spain or Austria. The lithium ion batteries will likely be used for a new electric vehicle that French firm PSA Peugeot Citroen Group plans to produce in Spain.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

Researchers from France and Spain have shown a highly efficient biocatalytic process for biodiesel synthesis in the ionic liquid 1-methyl-3-octadecylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide. Tags: Brief. Piamtongkam, R., and Vaultier, M. 2010) One-Phase Ionic Liquid Reaction Medium for Biocatalytic Production of Biodiesel.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Avis will offer its customers the chance to experience driving an electric vehicle for hire in the following countries: France, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Portugal. Tags: Brief. Avis customers will be able to hire Renault Fluence ZE and Renault Kangoo Express ZE in 7 countries from the end of 2011.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and PSA Peugeot Citroën have signed an agreement to start the technical development of an electric version of Peugeot Partner and Citroën Berlingo LCVs built at the PSA Vigo plant in Spain. Tags: Brief.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

The Renault–Nissan Alliance and the city of Barcelona, Spain signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote the development of electric mobility in the Catalan capital. The Alliance has a strong industrial presence in Spain. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.). The Valladolid engine plant recycles a 100% of its industrial waste.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Spain-based battery manufacturer Cegasa Group has started developing its first prototypes of lithium-ion batteries for electric cars. Tags: Brief. Cegasa has been manufacturing batteries for more than 75 years. Cegasa is currently making progress in the research and development stage of its first Li-ion prototypes.

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MAY 17, 2010

By contrast, markets expanded in France (+1.9%), the UK (+11.5%), Belgium (+20.3%) and Spain (+39.3%). in Spain and +59.1% in Spain and +59.1% Tags: Brief. Four months into the year, a total of 4,809,647 new passenger cars were registered in the EU*, or 4.8% more than in the same period last year. in Austria to +12.9%

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MAY 7, 2009

based in Madrid, Spain. Renovalia has built the largest photovoltaic farm in the world in Ciudad Real, Spain, with total installed power of 49.7 Tags: Brief. Cyclone Power Technologies , the developer and manufacturer of external combustion engines ( earlier post ), has signed a license agreement with Renovalia Energy, S.A.,

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The thirteen countries involved in the agreement are Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Tags: Brief. The project will focus on driver behaviour and the operational side of running a fleet of zero-emission battery-powered cars.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

AIC —Automotive Intelligence Center—in Bilbao, Spain is launching “AIC Next”, the objective of which is to analyze the future of the automotive sector in a different way. Tags: Brief. The public/private foundation was founded in 2006.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

Customer deliveries are taking place across Europe in selected key EV markets such as The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, France, Austria, Switzerland and now Finland. Tags: Brief.

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MARCH 1, 2010

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Mayor of Madrid (Spain) announced last week during an informative breakfast meeting in Madrid that the City Council of Madrid is preparing a regulation that will prevent the purchase of new taxis and urban buses running on diesel. Tags: Brief. NGVA Europe.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Results were cushioned for similar reasons in Italy (-0.2%), the UK (-6.4%) and Spain (-17.9%). fewer in Spain and 20.6% in Spain, 17.0% Tags: Diesel Engines Europe Sales. Only Austria (+8.8%), France (+10.7%) and Germany (+23.2%) posted growth compared to 2008, with results lifted by scrapping incentives.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

By around February, the number of teams participating is expected to be whittled down to four, and formal bidding could begin as early as the summer.Seven teams are expected to participate in the pre-bidding process, hailing from such countries as Germany, France, Spain, South Korea and China. Tags: Brief. Nippon Signal Co.;

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OCTOBER 2, 2009

Only Spain anticipates missing three emission ceilings: those for NO x , NMVOC and NH 3. Additional forecasts published separately by Spain in July, and which take into account the economic slowdown, confirm further that even if additional actions were implemented to reduce emissions of these pollutants, the ceilings would still be missed.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

MMC plans to sell the i-MiEV in Europe in 14 countries—Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom—then from fiscal year 2011 sequentially expand the countries in which it will be sold. Tags: Brief.

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JULY 11, 2010

Already present in Spain and in Italy, the company also plans to open offices in Germany, Northern Europe, the Middle East and Japan. Tags: Brief.

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JUNE 21, 2010

In recent years, Scania has also delivered ethanol buses for commercial service in Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Norway and elsewhere. Tags: Brief. The company has delivered a total of about 700 ethanol buses, more than 600 of them to Swedish cities. At the end of 2009, the figure was nearly 30%.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Countries across Europe, including Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, are offering significant incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles, and leading car companies are placing multibillion-dollar bets on hybrid and electric vehicle technologies that are expected to launch starting this year. Tags: Brief.

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MAY 2, 2010

The international part of the collaborative will be launched 2 June in Madrid, Spain. Tags: Brief. The initiative follows five meetings by key stakeholders in the United States and one in Poland in 2009 that identified the best practices and the technology improvements necessary to bolster bulk power efficiency.

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MAY 19, 2010

Three power tower plants under operation at the Solúcar Platform (Seville, Spain). Tags: Brief. Abengoa Solar , through a contract totalling US$10.6 Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Opel is analyzing the requirements for standardization and a recharging infrastructure for plug-in electric cars with energy companies, including Iberdrola of Spain. Tags: Brief. In addition, engineers in Mainz-Kastel have developed and are further testing the lithium-ion battery pack.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

Sales of the THINK City have started in selected key EV markets such as Austria, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, with first fleet deliveries due to start before Christmas. Tags: Brief.

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APRIL 9, 2010

With locations in Spain, Portugal and India, Dytech ENSA employs approximately 1,000 people and supplies customers such as Renault/Nissan, VW/Audi, Ford, Fiat, Navistar, GM, Daimler, PSA, Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, TATA, Ashok Leyland, MAN, and IVECO. Tags: Brief. Terms were not disclosed.

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APRIL 17, 2010

At the Fifth Summit of the Americas held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in April, 2009, US President Obama announced the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). Tags: Brief.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

For individual customers, pre-bookings are open on the websites of Peugeot Germany, Great Britain, Spain, France and Italy. Tags: Brief. The company says that it has already signed letters of intent with nine companies and administrations projects for car sharing and large fleets in Europe. m and a turning circle of 4.50

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

The decision to build the small car in Eisenach also has a positive effect on Opel/Vauxhall’s manufacturing plant in Zaragoza, Spain. Tags: Brief. Opel Eisenach has 1,600 employees who are currently building the three-door version of the Corsa. As a result, both plants will be able to produce volumes exceeding current levels.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Verde in Spain. Tags: Brief. This includes Argentina-based Autoelevadores Yale, Colombia-based Industrias IVOR, Electric Cars of Costa Rica, Mol Transportation Solutions in Europe and, most recently, Km.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Researchers in Spain are proposing a new solids looping process for capturing CO 2 while generating hydrogen and/or electricity from natural gas. Tags: Brief. The process is based on the sorption enhanced reforming of CH 4 , employing CaO as a high temperature CO 2 sorbent, combined with a second chemical loop of CuO/Cu. Grasa and I.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

Spain-based Opbrid Transporte Sostenible S.L. Tags: Electric (Battery) Fleets Heavy-duty Hybrids Plug-ins. The Bůsbaar rapid charger. Click to enlarge. has introduced the Bůsbaar—an overhead, pantograph-based fast-charging station for buses.

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APRIL 14, 2009

ENSA operates a modern facility in Maliaño (Cantabria), on the northern coast of Spain. n February, ENSA of Spain received a “bottom head” forging from Japan Steel Works. Tags: Brief. Inside a nuclear plant, the RPV safely houses the reactor core and coolant. Click to enlarge.

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