-  €55 million invested, of which 35% for local contractors;

 - 45 direct jobs created, 120 during construction;

 - Processing capacity of 120,000 metric tons of oil a year, or nearly 50% of the volume of used oil generated in France each year;

 - A recycling yield of around 75%, among the best in the world.

 Continuing years of commitment to improving vehicle energy performance, Peugeot and Total are combining their capacity for innovation once more in a breakthrough project: the 208 HYbrid FE. The aim is to design a vehicle combining real driving pleasure (0 to 100km/h / 0 to 62 mph in just 8.0 seconds) and low emissions of CO2 (49g/km). This technological demonstrator will benefit from Peugeot and Total's latest innovations in aerodynamics, weight-saving and drivetrains. The performance of this technological demonstrator will be achieved without the use of a top-up energy source (non plug-in petrol technology) and taking as its base an already very efficient production vehicle. 49g CO2/km, 0 to 100km/h / 0 to 62 mph in 8 seconds… This means halving the emissions of the most economical of the petrol engines (Fuel Economy) while obtaining acceleration worthy of a small sports car (so Fun and Efficient).

 To enable off-grid, low-income communities to meet some of their most basic everyday needs, Total has introducedAwango by Total, a line of innovative, reliable solar lighting and phone charging solutions. 

Energy is an essential driver of social and economic development. Yet access to electricity is a daily struggle for 1.3 billion people worldwide1 . Their traditional lighting sources — kerosene lamps, candles and disposable batteries — are inefficient, unsuited to new uses and account for a significant percentage of spending by base of the pyramid households.

 Vessel undertaking North Pacific expedition to study the effects of plastic marine debris in the ocean ecosystem

 A Northern Ireland Health Trust is the first in the UK to use a robot which allows intensive care specialists from one hospital to remotely assess patients in another.

The 'telepresence' robot enables doctors to examine and interact with patients in different locations.

It will be used at Daisy Hill Hospital in County Down.

Stork Technical Services, location Sneek - The Netherlands, sponsored the Solar Boat of ROC Friese Poort. Stork Technical Services made the propeller for ultimate speed. And with success.

  2 projects investigating the use of robot submarines to map and monitor the seas around the United Kingdom - collecting data that will inform future government policy on the protection of the marine environment - have received £720,000 in funding

UK scientists will measure the effect on the marine environment and wildlife of devices that harness tide and wave energy using sonar technology that has, for the first time, been successfully deployed on the seabed.

Renewable energy from tidal currents can be generated using turbines in the tidal flow, and wave energy can be captured in a number of different ways. FLOWBEC (Flow and Benthic Ecology 4D) is a three-year, £1.2 million project that brings together a consortium of researchers to investigate the effects of such devices by monitoring environment and wildlife behaviour at UK test sites, the first of which is the tidal energy test area of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.

  No matter how you drill it, using natural gas as an energy source is a smart move in the battle against global climate change and a good transition step on the road toward low-carbon energy from wind, solar and nuclear power.

Cal Dive International, Inc. announced that it is forming a joint venture with Flatiron Construction Corp. and Cashman Equipment Corp. to pursue a major offshore wind project. The joint venture, of which Cal Dive will own a significant minority interest, has been designated the Preferred Contractor by Cape Wind Associates, LLC for the Cape Wind Project located on Nantucket Sound, USA. The Preferred Contractor designation empowers the joint venture to assist Cape Wind, on an exclusive basis, in project planning, financing and refinement of the project cost of construction. Final award and execution of the project construction contract is expected to occur in 2012, with project construction expected to begin in 2013.

Gamesa has launched its major turbine components (gearbox, generator and blade) reconditioning services business. 

 Tiny algae that colonise the underside of the Antarctic sea ice play a big part in the health of Southern Ocean ecosystems.

These microalgae absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide by converting it into sugars and oxygen, using the energy of sunlight.

They also kick-start the Southern Ocean food chain as the staple diet of krill - a shrimp-like crustacean - that is itself an important food source for many creatures, including whales, seals, squid, penguins and sea birds.

ABOUT 31% of adults in the UK now own a smartphone, an increase from 13% in January 2010, according to the results of the first quarter of 2011  Ipsos MediaCT Technology Tracker.

Increasingly, people expect apps to perform like a website, enabling ease of buying or booking items.

More than 50% of smartphone owners have now completed some sort of purchase on their mobile, according to NewMediaTrendWatch.com.

Recognising these trends, Maersk Training Aberdeen has launched the first iPhone application for offshore survival training.