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Standard Lithium completes proof-of-concept of lithium extraction & crystallization; better than battery-quality lithium carbonate

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Successful operation of the technology at pre-commercial continuous scale has directly extracted lithium from brine in Arkansas and produced a purified, concentrated intermediate product (LiCl solution) which has been converted to better than battery-quality lithium carbonate final product. Canada-based Standard Lithium Ltd. Contaminant.

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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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As a result, the United States will soon have the installed capacity to produce up to the 15.0 Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. Woody biomass, municipal waste potential. billion gallons of capacity of corn starch ethanol.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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gas-fueled school buses and solid waste collection vehicles and develop a. The I-40 Collaboration of Clean Cities, a partnership across Arkansas and. installation; and develop and conduct training programs regarding. The Pennsylvania Partnership for Promoting Natural Gas Vehicles project. Gas Technology. 750,000.

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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If successful, the team will construct a 500 kW building block for a DC fast charger that is at least four times the power density of todays installed units. The team’s lightweight direct AC- to-AC converter obviates the need for conversion to DC, a wasteful intermediate step, and will operate at temperatures as high as 200 oC.

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