Munich-based Solar Frontier Europe, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – says that its CIS modules have been selected ...
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For its cheese production plant in Balkbrug (the Netherlands), FrieslandCampina will switch over to green ‘steam’, generated by burning wood chips. In order to make this possible, the company Brouwer Bio Centrale will start ...
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Audi is expanding its activities in China. Together with Volkswagen Automatic Transmission Tianjin (VWATJ), the premium brand is inaugurating a new transmission plant. The plant, in the northern China harbor city of Tianjin, will supply ...
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Daimler's Chinese joint venture division, Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology (BDNT) has introduced DENZA 400 electric vehicle for Chinese market with a range of about 400km. The vehicles are manufactured at BDNT’s independent ...
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Resolute Forest Products, along with Serres Toundra, has entered into a definitive agreement with CO2 Solutions to deploy leading enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology at Resolute's Saint-Félicien pulp mill. The C$7.4 million ...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have jointly finalized standards for medium and heavy-duty vehicles that will improve fuel ...
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From logistics operators to public transit authorities, the entire mass transport sector has a mandate to make its operations environmentally sustainable. Iveco and Iveco Bus, CNH Industrial's commercial vehicles and passenger bus brands, ...
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Hertz Global Holdings has announced that its Hertz Green Collection - known as Green Traveler Collection in the US - has been launched in Mexico with a fleet of 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles. Hertz Mexico is the first car rental ...
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Volkswagen has taken a major step towards increased environmental sustainability of production at its facilities around the world. At present vehicles and components are now manufactured in a way which is 25 percent more environmentally ...
Ceres Power has now finalised all agreements to begin its new relationship with Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd and M-Solv, as part of the funding arrangement from Innovate UK and The Office for Low Emission Vehicles ("OLEV") as ...
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Permeation instruments manufacture Mocon has introduced a new oxygen transmission rate testing system for ultra-high barrier film and packages applications. The new OX-TRAN 2/22 10X system, which will be added to the OX-TRAN 2/22 H and ...
Daimler is planning to invest more than €7bn over the next two years on green powertrain technologies, including a plug-in hybrid electric-hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. The company will invest €14.5bn in research and development ...
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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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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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Valeo has agreed to acquire German clutch and and gear actuators maker FTE automotive from Bain Capital Private Equity for €819.3m. Subject to the approval of the European and Brazilian anti-trust authorities, the transaction is ...
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