As rises the popularity of biofuels, so does the need for specific crops to provide the “bio” part of the fuel. With this in mind, NexSteppe announced the launch of its first sorghum hybrid products in the U.S. and in Brazil. NexSteppe’s new Malibu sweet sorghum hybrids and Palo Alto high biomass sorghum hybrids are
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Sacramento will be the host of hybrid cars, EVs and many new green technologies as the Green California Summit and Exposition takes hold of the Californian city. On Thursday and Friday, State and Consumer Services Agency Secretary, Anna Caballero, will participate as co-chair of the 7th annual Green California Summit and Exposition at Sacramento’s Convention
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American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced last week the installation of a new fuel cell system on its Torrance, Calif. campus. The fuel cell will produce one megawatt of energy, and significantly reduce CO2 emissions from Honda’s operations in the region. “A stationary fuel cell system is a natural next step in our ongoing efforts
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There could be more North American-sourced rare earth metals in our EVs in the future. Rare Element Resources Ltd. announced a 65-percent increase to its total Measured and Indicated (M&I) rare earth elements (REE) resources estimate at the Bear Lodge Project, from 571 to 944 million pounds of rare earth oxide (REO). The updated resource
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Volkswagen is taking a different approach to offer a greener solution for vehicles’ air conditioners. And, it says, it is taking another important step towards sustainability and environmental protection by choosing CO2 as the future refrigerant for its air conditioning systems. A week ago, at the Geneva International Motor Show, the Volkswagen Group affirmed its
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Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced it has established the world’s first process to reuse rare earth metals extracted from nickel-metal hydride batteries for new nickel-metal hydride batteries to recycle precious resources. Honda said that so far, it has been extracting an oxide containing rare earth metals from used nickel-metal hydride batteries at the plant of
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Audi, long-time proponent of the use of aluminum in the manufacture of vehicles, is joining the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative to help develop a global standard for sustainable aluminum. The German company said it is taking the opportunity to influence the entire value chain of one of its most important materials – one of the objectives
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Over one half million hydrogen powered vehicles could be on UK roads by 2030. This is according to UKH2Mobility project, a joint British government-industry study published earlier this week. The forecast is made in an interim report commissioned to evaluate the benefits of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and ensure the UK is well
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Yesterday Volkswagen announced it is putting into operation at its Chattanooga, Tenn., manufacturing facility a massive solar installation. VW said in a release that the installation is the largest of its kind among auto manufacturing facilities in the U.S., and the largest of any solar installation in Tennessee. The Volkswagen Chattanooga Solar Park occupies 33
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California’s Advanced Clean Car package including Zero Emission Vehicle and Low Emission Vehicle standards got green-lighted. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave yesterday the OK to California to put in place its Advanced Clean Cars package of regulations. This sets the stage for a new generation of ultra-clean cars starting in 2017 that
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