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DOE awarding $73.9M to 10 battery recycling projects

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With demand for critical battery minerals, such as lithium and graphite, projected to increase by as much as 4,000% in the coming decades, this latest round of funding supports the recycling and reuse segment of the domestic battery supply chain. Michigan Technological University. Tennessee Technological University. 10,000,000.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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billion will go to 11 projects in the materials separation and processing segment of the supply chain. Anovion , Scaling the Domestic, US Owned and Operated Anode Supply Chain for Synthetic Graphite, $117,000,000. This US-owned and operated manufacturing plant in northern Alabama will be the first of its size in North America.

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Agrisoma expanding partnership with Univ. of Florida on biojet fuel in US; Carinata seed

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is expanding its partnership with the University of Florida (UF) to advance the supply of biojet fuel in the United States. The Québec-based company and its subsidiary, Agrisoma USA, is working with a network of 40 academic researchers from seven universities associated with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Science.

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New hybrid sweetgum trees could boost paper, bioenergy production

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Researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have crossed American sweetgums with their Chinese cousins, creating hybrid sweetgum trees that have a better growth rate and denser wood than natives, and can produce fiber year-round. Merkle said the timing for a new hardwood hybrid lines up with an uptick in prices for hardwood timber.

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

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The key parts of the company’s strategy include introducing a next-generation modular architecture for EVs, strengthening EV production capacity, battery development capabilities and future businesses. Production. The proportion of global EV production is set to increase from 8% this year to 34% in 2030. New EV platform.

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5 Ways the Chip Shortage Is Rewiring Tech

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The global chip shortage’s effect on current products is clear in just about every consumer market in the developed world, reflected in half-empty car dealerships and shuttered manufacturing lines. The supply/demand imbalance has helped to push MCU costs significantly higher, but that’s not the only reason for the price spike.

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