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Honda to Build New Bio-Ethanol Production Technology R&D Facility
TOKYO, Japan - Honda announced that the company has signed an “Agreement concerning regulations and standards for establishing R&D; facilities in Kazusa Akademia Park” with Chiba prefecture and Investment Promotion Association of Kazusa Akademia Park.
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Applying game design principles to the real world - new Honda Insight
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Honda to Build New Cellulosic Ethanol RD Facility to Accelerate Commercialization
Green Car Congress — ... Honda Motor Co., Ltd. will build a new research facility to work toward the establishment and practical application of bioethanol production technology from non-edible cellulosic material such as the stems and leaves of plants. ...

Honda Hits the Gas on Cellulosic Ethanol R&D
Earth2Tech — ... has been toiling away at ethanol research since before hybrids moved in from the fringe of autoshows and well before deriving the stuff from corn ignited a heated debate over food vs. fuel. Today the company said it will build a large-scale plant to test the viability of its cellulosic ethanol production technology in “practical applications” — something it’s had in the works for more than two years. ...

Cleantech news you might have missed: 27 Feb. 2009
Greenbang — ... Honda plans to build a research and test facility in Kazusa Akademia Park that will research practical ways to produce non-food-based cellulosic ethanol; ...

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