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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. H2USA, the new U.S. More than 2.2 More than 1.9

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Battelle wins $6M in contracts to advance carbon management and shale development

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—Marty Toomajian, president of Battelle’s Energy, Environment and Material Sciences Global Business. billion in global R&D annually through contract research, laboratory management and technology commercialization. Department of Homeland Security, and the United Kingdom.

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American Rheinmetall Vehicles and GM Defense partner to pursue US Army’s Common Tactical Truck program

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Rheinmetall, with its subsidiary Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV), is a global leader in tactical military truck development and manufacturing. The HX3-CTT is the new, next-gen variant of the globally successful HX family of military-off-the-shelf tactical trucks.

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$12+M awarded to 4 projects seeking to design crops with ability to fix their own nitrogen; no artificial fertilizers

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Four teams of researchers in the United States and the United Kingdom recently were awarded more than $12 million to begin a program of novel research to revolutionize current farming methods by giving crops the ability to thrive without using costly, polluting artificial fertilizers. NSF solely awarded one of the four projects.

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Scientists at Climate Talks Call for New Assessment of Nitrogen and Climate

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The event organizers are calling for an immediate new assessment of nitrogen and climate which will identify innovative nitrogen management strategies for global climate change mitigation and associated co-benefits. Earlier post.).

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IEA: time to tap into hydrogen’s potential to play a key role in a clean, secure and affordable energy future

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The in-depth study, which analyzes hydrogen’s current state of play and offers guidance on its future development, was launched by Dr Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive Director, alongside Mr Hiroshige Seko, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, on the occasion of the meeting of G20 energy and environment ministers in Karuizawa, Japan.

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Pike Research forecasts stationary fuel cell sales to reach 1.2M units annually by 2017

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Adamson adds that early centers of adoption include Japan, Germany, and Denmark, particularly for residential CHP applications, and South Korea, the United States, and the United Kingdom are poised to be fast followers in this key application area.

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