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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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Williston Basin (Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota): University of North Dakota plans to lead a coalition to drive the expansion and transformation of coal and coal-based resource usage within the Williston Basin to extract rare earth elements and critical minerals and produce non-fuel carbon-based products. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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DOE awards $45M to 38 advanced transportation technology projects; $3M from the Army

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This project will demonstrate laser-assisted joining of aluminum and carbon fiber components to reduce vehicle weight. This project will develop high-energy lithium batteries for plug-in electric vehicles by pairing high capacity manganese-rich cathodes with high capacity silicon/carbon based nanocomposites. Envia Systems.