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Extracting rare earth elements from coal with plasma assist

Green Car Congress

The US National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is collaborating with the University of Kentucky and their subcontractor Virginia Tech to demonstrate a novel process for the extraction of REEs from coal using plasma. However, domestic coal is of interest as a potentially abundant and easily accessible REE source in the US.

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One of the Largest Climate-Tech Workforce Partnerships in US History, + More EV & Battery News

CleanTechnica EVs

In good green economic news, electric battery maker SPARKZ and the United Mine Workers coal union have announced a labor-management memorandum of understanding for a planned factory in West Virginia that intends to put out-of-work coal miners back to work.

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Mitsubishi wants to launch Australia’s cheapest electric car, but there’s a very expensive reason it might not

EV Central

Because if all we do is flood the market with BEVs – and New South Wales still has 75 per cent of its power generated by coal – all we have done is shift the emissions from the tailpipe to the power station.” I have a car that’s ready to go.” 2024 Mitsubishi Triton. We need a more holistic solution to the problem,” he said. “We

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

Cars That Think

Almost all hydrogen produced today is designated as brown, black, or gray, meaning it was generated by burning natural gas or coal. In 2021, global hydrogen demand was 94 million tonnes, most of it used in refining and in chemical industries. The process emits about 10 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of hydrogen.

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Tesla highlights water recycling efforts at its Gigafactory Berlin

Teslarati

High tech not only in production – at Giga Berlin we recycle up to 100% of our process water in our state-of-the-art waste water treatment plant. In addition, Tesla’s water use was significantly less during the year than several other businesses in the regional distribution area, including the LEAG coal plant at 44.8

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Wind Turbine Blades Destined for the Afterlife

Cars That Think

A planned network of landing spots will let eVTOLs recharge their batteries between flights, keeping people above the hustle and bustle (and traffic tie-ups) that come standard with taking private cars or taxis on city streets. Shown here is the setup the team used for this high-tech prestidigitation.

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Why Do Japanese Automakers Like Hydrogen Power?

The Truth About Cars

Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe even stated that, despite the company having worked so hard to develop hydrogen cars, he wondered how realistic it would be to see them ever become mainstream solutions for transportation. Presently, the vast majority of hydrogen is produced using coal or natural gas as feedstocks.

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