Qantas’s biofuel partner Solazyme has seen sales increases of 35 per cent at participating test sites in the US, where B20 algae-derived diesel fuel was sold alongside mineral diesel. And a post-sale survey has shown that drivers ...
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A four-year contract to install LED lighting across the transport network in Paris will see work begin in April this year. RATP, the company that runs the transport network in Paris, France, has awarded multi-year contracts worth a total of ...
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Microsoft is building a data center next to a Wyoming landfill in order to use its methane gas to power the facility. Apple now uses a massive 100-acre solar energy farm to power its Maiden, N.C., data center. And Google has placed data ...
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Australian sustainable packaging solutions provider BioPak has replaced its existing Sage CRM, MYOB and other applications and spreadsheets with NetSuite OneWorld. BioPak switched to NetSuite in a bid to provide a complete cloud-based ...
Royal Philips Electronics announced it has been awarded a multi-year contract in partnership with French professional lighting company Step to light up the subway system in Paris with energy-efficient LED lighting solutions. The switch to ...
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In 2012, BASF reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 31.7% per metric ton of sales product and increased its energy efficiency by 19.3% compared with baseline 2002. The number of work-related accidents dropped in the same period by 48%. ...
Royal Philips Electronics has been awarded a multi-year contract in partnership with French professional lighting company Step to light up the subway system in Paris with LED lighting solutions. The switch to LED will reduce the ...
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Biodiesel producer sources applauded the US Environmental Protection Agency Monday after the EPA finalized its rule to approve camelina oil as a low-carbon feedstock under the Renewable Fuel Standard. "This decision adds to the growing ...
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Roberts PolyPro, a division of Pro Mach, will introduce a new semi-automatic handle applicator, which has been designed to help brand owners and contract packagers enhance production. According to the company, the applicator, which will ...
On 26 February at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (1–5pm at the Barcelona Mandarin Oriental), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which makes gallium nitride (GaN) RF components, and fabless semiconductor firm Eta Devices ...
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Europe is failing to manage its resources sustainably, unnecessarily sending valuable materials to incineration and landfill, according to a report published by Friends of the Earth Europe. The European Union currently landfills and ...
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Jeans developed by a Heriot-Watt School of Textiles and Design student, using a fibre made from sustainable wood instead of cotton, could be the key to cutting carbon emissions in the jeans industry around the world. Saving energy and ...
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Construction has begun at Oregon State University (OSU) on a $4.8-million facility to test a new nuclear energy technology that, says the university, “could be safer, more efficient and produce less waste than existing ...
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US-based mass spectrometry products provider AB SCIEX has launched a new testing method for laboratories to test for and quantify dicyandiamide (DCD) in dairy products and other protein-rich foods. The company stated that the new method ...
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Nova Bus, a subsidiary of Volvo Buses, has won a contract to supply 475 hybrid buses from Association du transport urbain du Québec (ATUQ), a consortium of the Quebec's nine transit authorities in Canada. The order also includes ...
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