Nissan is working on a system that will power cars with electricity generated from bio-ethanol. The Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell (SOFC) system is claimed to be the world first for automotive use. It features an e-Bio Fuel-Cell with an SOFC power ...
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Semiconductor process equipment maker SAMCO Inc has held a completion ceremony for its second production center (a two-floor steel-framed building adjacent to the headquarters in Kyoto, Japan), which began construction in January and is ...
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German luxury vehicles maker Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) has broken on a new plant in Mexico. Guests attending the official ceremony in San Luis Potosí included Rogelio Garza Garza, Undersecretary of Industry and Commerce at the ...
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McLaren Packaging, which operates from four sites across Scotland has completed a significant investment in its manufacturing capabilities. The company has just finalised a £350k investment in its Stirling-based operation Blue Box ...
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Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has provided its CIS solar panels for a 'solar sharing' experiment on Sado Island, Niigata ...
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Building on the new commitments to the Global Lighting Challenge announced in early June during the Clean Energy Ministerial, the US Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing funding for nine research and development projects that will ...
Sugar Bowl Bakery has introduced a new compostable packaging for its organic product line at the International-Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association show being held in Houston, Texas, US. The new compostable packaging has been designed for its ...
Toyota will use solar panels at its Texas headquarters, which is currently under construction, in order to get 25% of its power from the sun. The company claims that the 7.75MW system will be the largest office-site solar installation in ...
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How do you determine the quality of lighting? You can't squeeze a bulb to gauge ripeness, nor can you take it for a test drive. You can, however, utilize the following criteria to help you differentiate between low and high-quality ...
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Tetra Pak has joined RE100, committing to increase its use of renewable electricity from 20% today to 100% across all global operations by 2030. The announcement was made at the Clean Energy Ministerial forum yesterday in San Francisco, ...
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Toyota Motor will exhibit at Smart Community Japan 2016, to be held at Tokyo Big Site, for three days from June 15 to 17. The star attraction from Toyota will be the unveiling of the Japanese version of the new model Prius PHV. At this ...
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has extended its street lighting portfolio with the next-generation XSP HO Series. Leveraging innovations from the existing XSP Series LED street light platform, the ...
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The UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) has been selected to supervise the CarConnect plug-in vehicle (PIV) charging project. The project intends to help the electricity industry understand how (PIVs charge at home in harmony ...
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True Zero has opened a hydrogen-fuel station in California, US. Snipping the ribbon in front of the True Zero dispenser at Conserv Fuel, 150 S. LaCumbre Road, included: Aeron Arlin-Genet, District Director & Air Pollution Control Officer, ...
Axon, powered by Pro Mach, demonstrates at Expo Pack 2016, May 17-20 in Mexico City, shrink sleeve labeling technology that enables more productive and sustainable packaging operations. Axon displays the company's most technically ...
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