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Li-Cycle starts operations at its first European lithium-ion battery recycling facility

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Li-Cycle Holdings announced the start of commercial operations at its first Spoke recycling facility in Europe, located in Magdeburg, Germany. Li-Cycle has also announced plans to develop a second commercial Hub in Europe. Each main line has the capacity to process up to 10,000 tonnes of lithium-ion battery material per year.

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Coskata touts two years of operation of its semi-commercial biomass and MSW to ethanol facility

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a developer of technology for the production of advanced biofuels and biochemicals from biomass and waste materials, achieved two years of successful operations at their cellulosic ethanol semi-commercial facility in Madison, Pennsylvania this month. Coskata, Inc.,

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Successful demonstration of advanced hyperbaric centrifuge technology for recovering fine coal particles from waste slurries

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coal-cleaning plant in Alabama successfully reduced moisture from ultrafine coal waste. In some cases the water is evaporated to stabilize the deposits before they are recovered in surface reclamation; in others, the waste coal is not recovered for a variety of technological, operational, market, or other reasons.

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BlueFire Renewables Signs 15-Year Feedstock Supply Contract for Cellulosic Ethanol Facility

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Under the Agreement, CMT will pursue a least-cost strategy for feedstock supply made possible by the project site’s proximity to feedstock sources and the flexibility of BlueFire’s process to use a wide spectrum of cellulosic waste materials in pure or mixed forms.

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USDA providing $405M in conditional loan guarantees for three biorefinery projects

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received a letter of intent for a $250-million loan guarantee to construct and operate a cellulosic ethanol biorefinery facility in rural western Alabama. Coskata has been demonstrating the commercial viability of its process for more than a year at the company’s integrated biorefinery, located in Madison, Pennsylvania. Coskata, Inc.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Co-optimization of Vehicle Specification and Routing to Improve Commercial Transportation System Efficiency and Reduce Deadheading. University of Alabama. Municipality of Anchorage Department of Solid Waste Services. Pilot Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Deployment for Municipal Solid Waste Collection. Waste Not, Want Hot?

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Hyundai Motor to invest $85B over next 10 years to accelerate transition to smart mobility provider

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Compared to Hyundai Motor’s plant in Montgomery, Alabama, the company expects to improve logistics and assembly automation rates significantly and the number of vehicles that can be produced. The company will apply the smart manufacturing platform to factories dedicated to EVs.

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