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Eos Energy launches $500M Project AMAZE with $398.6M conditional loan guarantee from DOE; long-term zinc-based storage

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Eos Energy, a provider of safe, scalable, efficient, and sustainable zinc-powered long-duration stationary energy storage systems, announced Project AMAZE (American Made Zinc Energy), a $500-million planned expansion and a significant milestone to build 8 GWh of clean energy storage production capacity.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF). Source: BNEF.

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IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

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At COP27, he said that even though the first legally binding international treaty on climate change, known as the Paris Agreement , was adopted nearly a decade ago, countries have yet to come to a consensus on how to stop burning fossil fuels, among other issues. Most people wouldn’t even notice the difference in brightness, he said.

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10 ways Velotric’s electric bikes are built differently: Deep-dive on the Discover 2

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As more cities and states require UL certification for e-bikes to be legally sold, having this important level of testing already secured is a major advantage. The company builds its e-bikes using proprietary systems like the powertrain to ensure that it is the highest quality and offers the best performance possible.

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Alcoa splitting into two companies; expecting 2.4x increase in automotive revenues to $1.8B in 2018

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It has a low 19 th percentile position on the global bauxite cost curve. With proximity to owned refinery operations, its mining reserves will provide a consistent supply of low-cost bauxite. Alcoa has been building its third-party bauxite business and is well-positioned to meet growing global demand.

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China bets on open-source chips as US export controls mount – ET Auto

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But with demand for AI chips growing, RISC-V’s low cost, ease of customisation and energy efficiency have made it attractive to some chipmakers. RISC-V is free to use and has a simpler outline, often leading to more energy-efficient chips, and users can build atop the framework to suit their needs.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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When you encourage people to spread falsities to get advertising and make money, then this thing kind of builds on itself. Alamouti says tokens, enabled by distributed ledgers, could replace cash as a method of exchange, with low-cost transaction fees. There he helped build Wi-Fi access points with a 2-kilometer range.