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OCTOBER 9, 2012

An international collaboration of two dozen institutions led by the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has fully sequenced the genes of Agaricus bisporus —the button mushroom. Emmanuelle Morin, Annegret Kohler, Adam R. Nagy, Robin A.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Hyundai Motor’s Hydrogen Mobility Solution has won the second International Truck of the Year (IToY) Truck Innovation Award. They gather to evaluate technological innovations and contributions to energy transition within the commercial vehicle industry over the past few years. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Alstom’s hydrogen technology has also been purchased by SNCF (France) and FNM (Italy). In November, Alstom signed a collaboration agreement with Liebherr – Aerospace & Transportation SAS, a France-based company specializing in the manufacture of compressors for fuel cells. —Jean-Baptiste Eyméoud, President of Alstom France.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

TotalEnergies and Safran signed a strategic partnership agreement to develop technical and commercial solutions jointly for the decarbonization of the aviation industry. Supply of sustainable aviation fuels produced in France by TotalEnergies to decarbonize Safran’s airplane and helicopter engine tests in France.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Which international carmaker currently has the largest range of electric vehicles? The answer is Renault. The French automaker has a significant EV portfolio--and as the French government puts greater emphasis on EVs, it may soon be joined by other carmakers too.

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MARCH 26, 2009

A cross-party resolution adopted by the European Parliament (EP) calls for measures to support job creation in the European automotive industry, and to encourage the development of “ green technologies ”, with which there is “ significant potential for job creation.in In the UK alone, more than 800,000 jobs are reliant on the car industry.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

XL also has added two new members to its executive team, with deep experience in the commercial fleet industry, and with leadership backgrounds across finance, sales, business development and operational excellence. Most recently, Anna served as COO of Xamax Industries, a leading specialty materials provider.

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JUNE 8, 2020

Seven different Constellium Airware alloys are flying today for applications such as bare exterior fuselage skin, stringers, floor structure and seat tracks, window frames, and large internal wing and fuselage components. Issoire plant in France was equipped with the very first industrial casthouse in the world capable to produce Airware.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

DSM Engineering Materials has partnered with Renault to create an industry-first lightweight solution for hybrid vehicle fuel tanks. The fuel tank is designed and manufactured by DSM Engineering Material project partners RM Technologies and MTS France.

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JUNE 3, 2019

The open-access paper is published in the journal Environment International. The study included data from 11,382 participants belonging to the Gazel cohort who were living in rural areas throughout France, a cohort that had been followed up for 20 years. Environment International. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.004.

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JUNE 22, 2015

liter category International Engine of the Year 2015 earlier this month. liter TSI Twincharger (2014-2006) by 69 points, have already rolled off the production line at the Française de Mécanique plant in Douvrin, France. —German journalist Thomas Imhof, a judge for the International Engine of the Year 2015. liter to 1.4-liter

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JUNE 21, 2021

As part of the “Development of Production Technologies for Biojet Fuels” of New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, a Japanese national research and development agency, JAL has conducted a flight—JL515 (From Tokyo (Haneda) to Sapporo (Shin-Chitose))—with 3,132 liters (9.1%

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JULY 9, 2011

Axion International, a leading producer of industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100% recycled plastic ( earlier post ), has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Sicut Holding Limited (previously Micron Inc. million sleepers annually; and Germany, at roughly 1 million sleepers annually.

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

Renault has presented the keys of the first ZOE electric vehicle to Arnaud Montebourg, French Minister of Industrial Recovery. The vehicle qualifies for a €7,000 (US$9,217) government environmental bonus, bringing the starting price in France down to €13,700 (US$18,038) including VAT. ZOE, the spearhead of Renault’s Z.E.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2013

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). Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

Renault has won the first lot of a call for bids for electric vehicles in France initiated by French public authorities and organized by the public procurement organization UGAP (l’Union des groupements d’achats publics). is produced at the Maubeuge plant in France along with its internal-combustion sister. Renault Kangoo Z.E,

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AUGUST 25, 2017

How it is possible for the price of oil to go both up and not up, and what would that mean for the oil industry? In fact, we have been highlighting this threat to the energy industry in articles since 2015, for example here , here , here and here.) Why an oil price spike would be bad for the industry. We will explain.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Airbus has signed a partnership agreement with CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, to collaborate on a hydrogen demonstration program that will take flight around the middle of this decade. —Mathias Andriamisaina, Airbus ZEROe Demonstrator Leader. —Gaël Méheust, president & CEO of CFM.

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MAY 26, 2022

—Pierre Duret of DI2S Consulting & Training and former director Powertrain and Sustainable Mobility, IFP School (France). DI2S Consulting & Training, Paris, France. These two-stroke advantages are even more significant with an opposed-piston engine thanks to its higher power density and efficiency.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

These drop-in green versions of widely used basic petrochemicals are utilized as raw materials in the production of consumer goods such as plastic bottles, clothing, carpeting, automotive parts, as well as other everyday consumer and industrial products. IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) is a France-based public research and training player.

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MAY 31, 2023

and Vulcan Energy Resources Limited have signed a binding term sheet for the first phase of a multiphase project to develop new geothermal projects aimed at decarbonizing the energy mix of Stellantis’ Mulhouse industrial site in France, which is home to the DS 7, Peugeot 308 and 308 SW, 508 and 508 SW and the new 408 models.

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JUNE 20, 2013

This demonstration flight was in support of the French Initiative for Future Aviation Fuels, which seeks to produce and commercialize alternative, renewable and sustainable aviation fuels in France in the coming years. This was the second public demonstration flight with the Amyris-Total renewable jet fuel.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The Renault and Bolloré groups have signed a letter of intent to study the joint development of car-sharing solutions and the implementation of industrial and commercial cooperation agreements in the field of electric vehicles. Bluecar production in France.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

According to industry estimates, the US electric power industry will have to replace nearly 100,000 workers—more than 25,000 of them in the nuclear industry—by 2015. In addition to the Department’s investment, the United Kingdom will provide $1.5 million to support its project partners.

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

Since the launch of France’s low-carbon vehicle project in January 2009, La Poste group, which has the country’s largest industrial fleet with some 69,000 vehicles, has equipped itself with a complete range of electric vehicles, including small light commercial vehicles, quads, three-wheelers and electrically assisted bicycles.

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MARCH 28, 2012

A team from Université d’Orléans (France) and IFP Energies nouvelles reports that exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) stratification may be used as a control parameter for combustion speed and therefore may contribute to the extension of the homogeneous charge compression ignition operating range. —André et al.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Analysts at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) have reviewed recent research into the greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Among the general findings from the analysis: Electric cars are much cleaner than internal combustion engine cars over their lifetime.

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APRIL 2, 2021

This funding follows the announcement in December that the UK Government—through the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), and Innovate UK—had awarded a £12.3-million

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APRIL 26, 2011

The advent of the jet fuel carbon tax on international flights landing in the European Union is motivating the airline industry and fuel suppliers to seek cost-effective, renewable alternatives to petroleum jet fuel. Frances Arnold, Matthew Peters and Peter Meinhold of the California Institute of Technology.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Brazil, a world leader in the production of sugar cane ethanol, can leverage the Byogy ATJ process and lead the world in the development of a truly sustainable renewable aviation fuel industry. The process leverages a global exclusive license that Byogy obtained from Synfuels International Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Four major European air carriers—Air France-KLM, easyJet, Ryanair and Deutsche Post DHL Group—have joined forces with non-governmental organizations such as Transport & Environment in a “Fueling Flight Initiative” meant to help advance a key draft EU law. A comprehensive SAF registry applying to fuel suppliers.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

A two-year Cooperative Research Program conducted through SAE International to investigate the safety and environmental performance of the low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerant HFO-1234yf for mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems has finished its study. he report is the third SAE report to evaluate the new refrigerant.

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DECEMBER 13, 2014

This powertrain is derived from the Energy dCi 165 Twin Turbo engine, to which the engineers have applied the following enhancements: A 48-Volt (10-12kW) starter motor/alternator-type electric motor mounted on the gearbox: this delivers additional torque, thereby reducing the load on the internal combustion engine. Click to enlarge.

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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. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.;,

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JUNE 23, 2010

France-based Total, a major international oil and gas company, and synthetic biology company Amyris Inc., The partnership combines Amyris’ industrial synthetic biology platform and emerging Brazilian production capacity with Total’s technological know-how, industrial scale-up capabilities and access to markets.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Within its strategy, focused on the development of the hydrogen value chain, Snam will be able to include ITM Power in projects for the development of green hydrogen through the use of PEM electrolyzers up to 100MW, also in collaboration with other operators at the Italian and international levels.

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JULY 21, 2022

The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that global refining capacity decreased by 730,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2021—the first decline in global refining capacity in 30 years. In the United States, refining capacity has decreased by about 1.1

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