Porsche electric car to be built by the end of the decade STUTTGART, Germany, July 26 (Reuters) – Porsche has raised the number of jobs it will create for the production of its first all-electric sports car to more than 1,400 from more than 1,000 previously, the manufacturer said on Tuesday. More than 1,200 of the […]
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Despite the major spending cuts across the sector, the low price environment has created an impetus to invest in sensor innovations throughout the value chain BOSTON, MA – The oil and gas industry is by far one of the oldest industries to use sensors, where sensors have been used upstream to find oil reserves, monitoring
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Energy Department, APPA will work to enhance workplace charging efforts at public power utilities WASHINGTON – Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Friedman signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Energy and the American Public Power Association (APPA) today. They are collaborating efforts to electrify personal and fleet
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Elon Musk envisions carbon-free energy enterprise By Joseph White and Paul Lienert July 20 (Reuters) – Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk Wednesday unveiled an ambitious plan to expand the company into electric trucks and buses, car sharing and solar energy systems. In a blog post titled “Master Plan, Part Deux,” Musk sketched a vision
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A new nanotechnology discovered by U of H achieves 15% tertiary oil recovery at lower cost, with lower volume of chemicals needed As oil producers struggle to adapt to lower prices, getting as much oil as possible out of every well has become even more important, despite concerns from nearby residents that some chemicals used to boost
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Company to invest about one-third of R&D budget into Audi electric car By Andreas Cremer and Edward Taylor BERLIN, July 19 (Reuters) – Audi will aim for electric cars to account for a quarter of its sales by 2025 as part of a strategic overhaul following the emissions scandal at parent Volkswagen, company sources said,
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Tesla website now tesla.com By Paul Lienert DETROIT, July 19 (Reuters) – Electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors Inc has changed its internet address from teslamotors.com to tesla.com, hinting at a possible company name change as part of CEO Elon Musk’s latest and still undisclosed “master plan.” The domain name and address were updated on Monday, according
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Replacing plastics with alternatives would have environmental costs from $139 billion to $533 billion annually – Trucost A new study by Trucost finds the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than it would be if plastics were replaced with alternative materials, according to the American Chemistry Council.
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CCS technology critical to meeting climate goals By Barbara Lewis and Robert-Jan Bartunek ROTTERDAM, Netherlands/GHENT, Belgium, July 19 (Reuters) – A scheme to collect millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases and bury them under the North Sea off the coast of Rotterdam is Europe’s best hope of showing it can make carbon capture and storage
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Number of solar parks to double by 2020 By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI, July 18 (Reuters) – India will double the target for energy to be generated from solar parks by 2020, a top government official said, as roof-top installations progress slower than anticipated and U.S. company SunEdison’s projects are threatened by its bankruptcy.
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