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Octillion becomes official battery supplier for FNM electric trucks in Brazil

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Li-ion battery provider Octillion Power Systems is working with the reborn FNM (now Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidades) in Brazil to produce battery-electric trucks; FNM has selected Octillion as the official battery supplier for the coming lineup. FNM was founded in 1942 and was the first truck manufacturer in Brazil.

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Acelen to invest $2.44 billion over 10 years to produce renewable diesel and SAF in Brazil

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Brazil’s Acelen will invest more than R$12 billion (US$2.44 billion) over the next 10 years in the production of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through the hydrotreatment of vegetable oils and animal fat. Inaugurated in 1950, RLAM was the first refinery in Brazil. million vehicles.

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LS9 collaborating with MAN Latin America to test UltraClean renewable diesel in Brazil

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a synthetic biology company producing renewable fuels and chemicals directly by microbes, has begun a collaboration with MAN Latin America, a leading Brazilian engineering and vehicles manufacturing company, to test LS9’s renewable diesel in both stationary engines and operational fleet vehicles in Brazil. LS9, Inc.,

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Iveco Trakker bi-fuel ethanol-diesel truck for Brazil

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Iveco, FPT Industrial and Bosch presented the Iveco Trakker Bi-Fuel Ethanol- Diesel vehicle at Agrishow, held last week in Ribeirão Preto, the largest agricultural fair in Brazil. So far, the 40-60% Ethanol-Diesel substitution rate is giving a 6% reduction in fuel costs in operation within the sugar-cane plantations.

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Study estimates 6% of lung cancer deaths in US and UK attributable to diesel exhaust

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In 2012, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified diesel engine exhaust (DEE) as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). China, India, Brazil) following with a delay of about 5 to 10 years. Diesel Emissions Health' Earlier post.). —Vermeulen et al.

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Evogene expands castor bean biofuel activity in Brazil with SLC Agricola

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and SLC Agricola, an agribusiness company in Brazil, have expanded their agreement for the development of castor bean seeds as a cost-competitive feedstock for biofuels. This expansion follows successful completion of field trials for such varieties in northeast Brazil during 2011. Israel-based Evogene Ltd. Earlier post.)

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Topsoe takes first steps to establish automotive catalyst production in Brazil

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Haldor Topsoe A/S is in the process of establishing a production facility in Brazil. The facility will focus on manufacturing catalysts that can removeNO x as well as particulates and hydrocarbons from the engine exhaust of diesel vehicles such as buses and trucks. Brazil introduced the new emission standard Euro V on 1 January 2012.

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