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Toyota to collaborate in research for the creation of H2-based society in the United Arab Emirates

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Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to collaborate with Masdar, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Air Liquide, and Toyota distributor Al-Futtaim Motors in a joint research program to explore the potential of hydrogen energy use in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the creation of a sustainable, low-carbon society.

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Ballard to supply two fuel cell modules to Solaris for bus deployments in Europe

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The Company manufactures intracity, intercity and special-purpose buses as well as low-floor trams. Since starting production in 1996, more than 10,000 Solaris vehicles have been deployed in 28 countries, including Poland, Germany, Norway, France, Sweden, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates.

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Cellulosic biogasoline company Cool Planet completes second close of D Round, raises another $19.4M; $60M total

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This work will be supported by leading international engineering firm, URS Corporation, as the company recently announced. The company expects the facility to be in operation before the end of 2014, producing high-octane cellulosic gasoline and biochar from wood biomass.

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Petrixo selects UOP Green Fuels technology for renewable jet and diesel in UAE

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UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that its green fuels process technology has been selected by Petrixo Oil & Gas to produce renewable jet fuel and renewable diesel at a new refinery to be built in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.

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Singapore Company Trialing Natural Gas Econic Waste Collection Vehicle

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Singapore’s largest waste management company, Sembcorp, is starting a one-year field trial to assess market acceptance, cost-effectiveness and customer satisfaction of the Mercedes-Benz Econic waste collection truck with Natural Gas Technology. This marks the entry of the natural gas truck into the Asia market.

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Phoenix Motorcars Introducing Electric AWD Phoenix SUT at FedFleet 2010

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Phoenix Cars LLC, a Delaware company, operates under the trade name of Phoenix Motorcars. Founded in Dubai in 1953, Al Yousuf LLC has become one of the leading commercial groups in the United Arab Emirates. Phoenix Motorcars is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Al Yousuf LLC and is headquartered in Ontario, California.

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BMW Group sourcing aluminum produced using solar energy from EGA

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This is equivalent to about 3% of the CO 2 targets the company has set for its supplier network. The company not only wants to stop this trend, but also reverse it—and even lower CO 2 emissions per vehicle by 20% from 2019 levels. million tonnes of CO 2 emissions over the next ten years. In 2019, EGA sold 2.6

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