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JULY 7, 2010

BorgWarner will supply its regulated two-stage turbocharging (R2S) technology ( earlier post ) to MAN for engines used to power medium-duty trucks and urban buses in the Latin American market beginning in 2012. MAN Latin America leads the truck market in Brazil with a market share of more than 30%.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

SG Biofuels (SGB) has teamed with JETBIO, leader of a multi-stakeholder initiative including Airbus, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bioventures Brasil, Rio Pardo Bioenergia, Air BP and TAM Airlines, to accelerate the production of crude Jatropha oil as a source for aviation biojet fuel in Brazil.

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Brazil Fuel Commercial Oil 278

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Novozymes has entered into a collaboration agreement with Brazil’s largest sugarcane crusher, Raízen Energia S/A (the $12-billion joint venture between Shell and Cosan founded in 2011). The agreement also provides for Novozymes to supply enzyme technology to Raízen’s second cellulosic ethanol plant, should such a plant be constructed.

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Brazil 2014 2011 Supplies 210

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MAY 23, 2012

GraalBio, a biotechnology company of the Graal Group, is planning to build a commercial plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol in Brazil. The development of energy cane is intended to expand the potential for the development of biochemicals in Brazil. Source: Chemtex. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

Renault and Itaipu signed a collaboration deal which will lead to the local assembling of 32 Renault Twizy at Itaipu’s EV Research, Development and Assembly Center (CPDM-VE/IB) in Foz do Iguaçu, State of Paraná, Brazil. Itaipu, owned by the governments of Brazil and Paraguay, operates the Itaipu dam across the Paraná River.

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Brazil Paraguay 2000 Kits 225

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NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Honda Energy), Honda’s wind power generation business subsidiary in Brazil, has begun operation of its wind power generation facility. Honda thereby the first automaker in Brazil to start a wind power generation business. Honda Energy will be proactive in promoting the use of renewable energy in Brazil.

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Brazil Wind Honda Auto 257

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JANUARY 31, 2010

Hedayat said that IDRO is now working on projects for utilizing plant fuel, and added, “The existence of vast cane farms in southern (Iran), fuel, engine and vehicle research centers and auto-making companies indicates that the organization enjoys the required capability for research, production and supply of plant fuel.”.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

The Electric Daily in Brazil. Iveco has presented a prototype of its new Electric Daily in Brazil, destined to be the first zero emission light commercial vehicle produced in Latin America. However, the project is also attracting significant interest among other large companies across both Brazil and Argentina. Click to enlarge.

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Brazil Paraguay Argentina Sodium 199

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MARCH 21, 2013

ArcelorMittal Vega in Brazil has completed a US$10-million investment to install a new post-treatment technology on its galvanizing line #1. ArcelorMittal Vega supplies its steels to the leading vehicle manufacturers, including Honda, Renault-Nissan, Fiat, General Motors, PSA, as well as steels that are used in some parts of Daimler’s trucks.

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Brazil 2012 General Motors Ford 225

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APRIL 14, 2013

UK-based TMO Renewables (TMO) and Usina Santa Maria Ltda have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to build the first commercial production plant in Brazil to convert sugar cane waste (bagasse) to cellulosic bioethanol. In September 2012, TMO signed a Letter of Intent to secure long-term supply of feedstock. 11(6):398-408.

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Brazil Commercial Production 2012 231

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MARCH 27, 2022

ResponsibleSteel's role is to improve responsible steel supply, production, use and recycling by developing high-quality standards, certification, and other tools. To ensure that the performance standard is met for certification, an audit is carried out by an independent party, in this case by the independent consultancy DNV Brazil.

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Brazil America Climate Change Standards 259

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JULY 19, 2014

Petrobras’s June oil production in Brazil averaged 2,008 thousand barrels/day (bpd), up 1.7% Including the production operated by Petrobras for its partners in Brazil, the volume reached 2,135 thousand bpd, up 2.1% from May’s production of 1,975 thousand bpd. from last month’s production of 2,092 thousand bpd.

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Brazil Oil Gas Production 265

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APRIL 21, 2021

The cells will be mass-produced at its cell manufacturing plant in Juiz de Fora, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Unlike Li-ion, the cells chemistry manufactured by OXIS Energy does not contain cobalt, manganese, nickel or copper, all of which present serious supply chain and environmental concerns.

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MAY 12, 2014

will open a joint research center to advance a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in Brazil. The research will focus on technologies that address gaps in a supply chain for sustainable aviation biofuel in Brazil, such as feedstock production and processing technologies. Boeing and Embraer S.A.

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Brazil 2013 2011 Supplies 199

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

have formed a strategic alliance that includes the establishment of an equally-owned joint venture for the production of cellulosic liquid fuels and chemicals in Brazil, as well as a US$20-million equity investment in Ensyn Corporation by Fibria. Ensyn Corporation and Brazilian wood pulp company Fibria Celulose S.A. Earlier post.)

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Brazil Oil-Sands Fuel Chevron 236

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MARCH 29, 2012

has signed a four-year agreement with Petrobras for the supply of pre-salt subsea equipment. FMC’s total scope of supply could include the delivery of up to 130 subsea trees, subsea multiplex controls and related tools and equipment. The tree systems are for use offshore Brazil in water depths up to 8,200 feet (2,500 meters).

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Supplies Brazil 2014 Water 225

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APRIL 28, 2023

The bauxite agreement between Vale and Hydro will be terminated and, following the transactions, Glencore will continue to supply approximately 30% of Alunorte’s long-term bauxite requirements from MRN. The transaction will have no impact on the physical supply contracts or cost to Hydro Aluminium Metal. million metric tons of bauxite.

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Brazil Buy Carbon Supplies 293

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MAY 18, 2011

The Oxford Catalysts Group recently received a second order for its microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor technology, to be deployed in a 50 bbl/d BTL plant planned for Brazil, planned to begin operating early in 2012. Two commercial-scale FT microchannel reactors for use in the plant will be supplied by Velocys, Inc.,

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Brazil Austria Waste 2011 199

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APRIL 5, 2010

The Nikkei reports that the Japanese government is planning to offer comprehensive economic aid to countries that produce rare-earth metals or lithium in exchange for supplies of the resources to be used in hybrid and electric vehicles. Japan, France, Brazil and other countries are vying to tap these mostly undeveloped reserves.

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Bolivia Japan Supplies Brazil 236

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

The anticipated partnership was announced during the first commercial flight with a renewable jet fuel in Brazil by the airline earlier today. We are committed to working with the aviation industry to bring cleaner skies, starting in Brazil in 2014. Aviation Bio-hydrocarbons Biotech Brazil Fuels'

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Renewable Brazil Fuel Supplies 262

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JUNE 17, 2010

EADS; Eurocopter, a division of EADS; and BioCombustibles del Chubut will evaluate the creation of an aviation biofuel production facility in Brazil under terms of a cooperative agreement signed at this month’s ILA Berlin Air Show.

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Brazil Argentina Production Oil 199

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

MHI) will supply two electric buses to serve in a transportation system being planned by the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. A variety of demonstration tests of the electric buses have been conducted in numerous locations both in Japan and overseas, including São Paulo, Brazil. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

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Li-ion Supplies Lithium Ion Batteries 291

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) today will construct a second biodiesel plant in Brazil. With an annual biodiesel production capacity of 164,000 metric tons, the plant will increase ADM’s biodiesel capacity in Brazil by more than 50%. —Domingo Lastra, president of ADM do Brasil Ltda.

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Brazil Production Building Oil 210

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DECEMBER 28, 2011

Ballard Power Systems has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with The City of Sao Pãulo, Brazil for 25 FCvelocity-HD6 fuel cell modules to power 25 buses in that city. Earlier in December, Ballard signed an equipment supply agreement with Van Hool NV, Europe’s fourth largest bus manufacturer, for 21 FCvelocity-HD6 fuel cell power modules.

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Brazil Fuel Powered Power 240

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

This project is strategic for developing production in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt layer and to increase gas supply flexibility on the domestic market. Extending more than 216 kilometers (134 miles), 18 inches in diameter and operating at a pressure of 250 bar, it is the deepest and longest undersea pipeline ever laid in Brazil.

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Brazil Gas Connected Connect 210

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU), with the intention to form a circa $12 billion joint venture (JV) in Brazil for the production of ethanol, sugar and power, and the supply, distribution and retail of transportation fuels. Tags: Brazil Cellulosic ethanol Ethanol. Ethanol logistics assets.

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Brazil Supplies Fuel Industry 210

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

BASF broke ground for its new production plant for sodium methylate in Guaratinguetá, Brazil, its largest site in South America. The plant will have a capacity of 60,000 metric tons per year and is primarily intended to supply the regional market. Legislation in Brazil requires fuel to contain 5 percent biodiesel from 2010 onwards.

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South America Brazil America Sodium 186

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

a renewable oil and bioproducts company, and Unilever have executed a commercial supply agreement for the first partnered Solazyme Tailored Algal Oil. The companies have been collaborating for five years on multiple projects with increasing levels of success culminating in this initial supply agreement. Solazyme, Inc.,

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Oil Supplies Commercial Brazil 210

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Meeting the higher mandate will move Brazil to being the second-largest producer of biodiesel in the world, only behind Germany, according to Brazil’s Secretariat of Social Communication of the Republic. Currently, Brazil is fourth, with Germany, the US and France in the number 1, 2 and 3 positions respectively.

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Brazil 2010 Emissions Vehicles 186

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JUNE 16, 2014

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel produced from its UOP Renewable Jet Fuel process will power 200 commercial flights on GOL Airlines during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. UOP supplied nearly 92,000 liters (24,000 gallons US) of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel for the flights.

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Green Brazil Supplies Fuel 218

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JULY 19, 2011

will begin supplying an expected 160 city buses in the Brazilian city of São Paulo with Amyris renewable diesel—a pure hydrocarbon drop-in fuel derived from sugarcane (known locally as Diesel de Cana). The supply contract runs through the end of 2012. Amyris Brasil S.A., a subsidiary of Amyris, Inc.,

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Renewable Diesel Supplies Manufacturer 210

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Toyota Tsusho Corporation is establishing the first global bio-PET (bio-derived polyethylene terephthalate) integrated supply chain including the procurement of bio-ethanol, production of bio-mono ethylene glycol, tolling business of PET, and marketing of bio-PET. This ethanol will be secured by Toyota Tsusho from Brazil.

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MAY 3, 2022

We supply our customers with electric mobility on a turnkey basis, which means they get from us all the modules they need for a functioning electric bus service: We supply the buses, we plan the necessary infrastructure as well as the charging management, we manage the conversion of the depot and we train the staff.

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Range Fuel Toyota CO2 435

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JUNE 16, 2014

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel produced from its UOP Renewable Jet Fuel process will power 200 commercial flights on GOL Airlines during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. UOP supplied nearly 92,000 liters (24,000 gallons US) of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel for the flights.

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Green Brazil Supplies Fuel 199

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JUNE 16, 2014

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel produced from its UOP Renewable Jet Fuel process will power 200 commercial flights on GOL Airlines during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. UOP supplied nearly 92,000 liters (24,000 gallons US) of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel for the flights.

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Green Brazil Supplies Fuel 199

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AUGUST 22, 2010

Sorghum will extend the ethanol production season by as many as 60 days or more, according to most experts, thereby expanding fuel supplies and lowering the cost of financing mill construction. Sweet sorghum grows quickly, use less water and fertilizer than sugarcane, and achieves peak sugars at different times of the year.

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Brazil Financing Hybrid Water 247

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JULY 16, 2009

General Motors Brazil will invest R$2 billion (US$1.033 billion) to launch a new Chevrolet line of vehicles and to expand its plant in Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul. The investment is the largest made by the company in its 84 years in Brazil. The remaining $600 million will flow to GM’s other operations in Brazil.

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