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Prayon obtains worldwide sublicense for lithium iron phosphate battery material

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Belgium-based Prayon Group has obtained a worldwide. sublicense under a portfolio of key patents for the manufacture, sale and use of lithium metal phosphate (LMP), including lithium iron phosphate (LFP). Prayon built a pilot plant for the manufacture of lithium iron phosphate based on a high-speed, low-cost continuous process.

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DOE awards LanzaTech $4M for low-carbon jet & diesel demo plant; 3M gpy; Audi evaluating fuel properties

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LanzaTech has been selected by the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) to receive a $4-million award to design and plan a demonstration-scale facility using industrial off gases to produce 3 million gallons/year of low-carbon jet and diesel fuels. The LanzaTech award was one of six totaling $12.9 Earlier post.).

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ABB launches automated fast charging system for electric buses; inverted pantograph

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The inverted pantograph connection makes it possible to use a low-cost and low weight interface on the roof of the bus, consisting of 4 simple contact bars with a weight of around 10 kg. ABB’s automated solution can be used with any electric bus provided it has the correct rooftop interface.

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MIT team develops first supercapacitor made entirely from neat MOFs, without conductive additives or binders

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While the MOF material has advantages in the simplicity and potentially low cost of manufacturing, the materials used to make it are more expensive than conventional carbon-based materials, Dincă said. We have a new material to work with, and we haven’t optimized it at all. It’s completely tunable, and that’s what’s exciting.

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EU NELLI project delivers new generation solid-oxide fuel cell; efficient and lower cost

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Participants of the NELLHI project report that their results address two of these concerns, in achieving the project’s main objectives, which were: Developing high-performance SOFC stacks at low cost: Results showed more than 70% stack gross efficiency and excellent resilience towards load cycles. NELLHI received €1.6 million (US$1.9

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Van Hool wins EU funding for 21 fuel cell buses; powered by Ballard FCvelocity-HD7 modules

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Van Hool is a Belgium-based independent bus, coach and industrial vehicle OEM. The module will also utilize fuel cell stacks manufactured through a high-volume, low-cost process. Ballard anticipates receipt of purchase orders under the ESA that will lead to delivery of these fuel cell modules to Van Hool in 2015 and 2016.

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ArcelorMittal makes US$5M investment in H2Pro to support novel new water-splitting technology E-TAC

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US$25 million in Form Energy, which is developing a breakthrough low-cost iron-air battery storage technology. US$30 million in LanzaTech, a carbon recycling company with which ArcelorMittal has a €180-million carbon capture and re-use project underway at its steel plant in Ghent, Belgium.

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