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Suzlon Signs Agreement to Supply 238 Megawatts of Wind Turbine Capacity to John Deere Credit ★

Suzlon of Chicago has signed a deal with John Deer Credit for 238 megawatts of wind turbine capacity to be installed in the US in 2006.

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Westport and Ford Announce Hydrogen Engine Technology Development ★★

Westport Innovations, the Ford Motor Company and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the government of Canada will begin work together on the development of Westport's hydrogen direct injection (H2DI) technology. Westport and Ford have been working together for a few years now, and testing has shown the potential to provide high power and engine torque with diesel-like efficiency and very low emissions.

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General Motors to build hybrid SUVs with enhanced technology ★

General Motors has announced that it will be building its Tahoe and GMC Yukon SUVs using enhanced hybrid technology, which will include a special transmission for boosting highway performance.

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Experts Explore Energy Options in Namibia ★

At a two-day workshop on Renewable Energy Marketing and Advocacy in Namibia Ministry of Mines and Energy Permanent Secretary Joseph Ita outlined that the countries' unreliable supply of electricity was holding back its industrial base.

He also said that it was crucial for the country to find ways of providing energy service needs in different ways and not only rely on electricity.

From the article:

Ita told stakeholders in the energy sector yesterday that although Namibia has a tremendous supply of potential solar energy, because of its high levels of solar radiation, hydro power potential as well as wind energy, these sources of energy remain untapped.

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Bush, in the State of the Union, says US must kick the oil habit ★

President Bush announced the Advanced Energy Initiative in his state of the union address yesterday which consists of a 22-percent increase in clean-energy research and added that America is addicted to oil. He set a six-year goal for making the ethanol - from corn, wood chips or grasses - practical and competitive, with the goal of moving beyond a petroleum-based economy, and make our dependence on Middle Eastern oil a thing of the past.

He also outlined that with technological breakthroughs the US could reach another great goal, to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025, and that the US needed to increase research in the areas of batteries for hybrid cars and hydrogen.

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