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Statoil and ExxonMobil announce large deepwater gas discovery offshore Tanzania

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Statoil and partner ExxonMobil have made a large gas discovery offshore Tanzania. Statoil announced on 17 February that the partnership had encountered indications of natural gas in the Zafarani exploration well in the Block 2 licence offshore Tanzania. —Tim Dodson, executive vice president for Exploration in Statoil.

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TRí Launches Its Next Generation Electric 3-Wheeler In Tanzania

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Internal combustion 3-wheelers are one of the main modes of transport in Tanzania. continued] The post TRí Launches Its Next Generation Electric 3-Wheeler In Tanzania appeared first on CleanTechnica. There are an estimated 250,000 ICE 3-wheelers.

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Bolt, TRÍ, & Watu Partner to Empower Drivers with Electric Three-Wheeler Pilot Program in Tanzania

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From about 2010, the population of three-wheeled internal combustion engine vehicles has been growing in Tanzania. These three-wheelers are used as taxis and have become an integral part of Tanzania’s transport ecosystem.

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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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The international geothermal power industry is poised to place between 500 and 1,000 MW on line per year for the rest of the decade, said GEA. New geothermal power came on line in Kenya, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Turkey, and Mexico, as well as Oregon, Nevada and Utah in the United States. Ormat Technologies, and AltaRock Energy.

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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

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Kathmandu in Nepal, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania). Breakdown of the 841 large cities by country income-levels: 353 cities (42.0%) from high-income countries (e.g. New York in US, Tokyo in Japan). 340 cities (40.4%) from upper-middle-income countries (e.g. Pearl River Delta (PRD) and Beijing in China, São Paulo in Brazil).

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TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

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Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and partners will present their new prototype of an electric four-wheel drive utility vehicle designed for Africa—the aCar — at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt next month. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) Tanzania.

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Researchers castigate planning bodies for ill-conceived Jatropha programs

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Research on Jatropha planting in Tanzania found the net present value of a five-year investment in Jatropha plantation was negative with a loss of US$ 65 per ha on lands with yields of 2 tons/ha of seeds and only slightly beneficial at US$9 per ha with yields of 3 tons when the average expected Jatropha seed yield on poor barren soils is only 1.7

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