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Alkegen begins commercial production of silicon anode material SiFAB in Indiana

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Alkegen has begun commercial production of its silicon fiber anode material platform, SiFAB. The company’s new SiFAB production line is an extension of its established large-scale manufacturing facility in New Carlisle, Indiana. Alkegen has 75 manufacturing facilities operating in 12 countries and employs 9,000+ employees globally.

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Starlink authorizes Peplink as its first technology provider

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” The pair plans to to offer value-added networking products and services worldwide through Authorized Peplink & Starlink Solution Providers. Our combined solution gives any business access to affordable, fast, and reliable Internet bandwidth globally,” stated Alex Chan, CEO and founder of Peplink.

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Unifrax introduces new silicon fiber anode technology

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The company expects SiFAB production to come online in early 2022 with plans to build thousands of tons of long-term manufacturing capacity. —Chad Cannan, Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Unifrax.

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New DuraBlue ultracaps from Maxwell increase shock and vibration tolerance, energy and power capacity

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This enhanced shock and vibration tolerance is particularly important in the transportation market—especially mass transit—and in developing markets in which the road infrastructure might not be quite as smooth as in more developed ones, noted Chad McDonald, director of product marketing. —Chad McDonald.

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EIA ups total shale oil resource estimate by 13% to 419B barrels, shale gas by 4% to 7576 Tcf

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The addition of four countries—Chad, Kazakhstan, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—to a previous assessment covering 42 countries has resulted in a 13% increase in the global assessed total resource estimate for shale oil and a 4% increase for shale gas. Kazakhstan’s oil production increased by 24% to 1.7

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Unifrax introduces new nano-structured alumina catalyst support technology for a greener catalytic conversion option: Eco-lytic

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Eco-lytic is currently in advanced testing with several global automakers. Unifrax will have commercial production capability on-line in late 2021. —Chad Cannan, Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Unifrax. This results in increased efficiency due to faster light-off of catalytic performance.

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Northwestern team develops new approach to catalyst design using SPBCL and DFT; new HER catalyst 7x more active than Pt

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The design method, reported in a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , (PNAS) also has the potential to impact the discovery of new optical and data storage materials, catalysts that impact pharmaceutical synthesis and catalysts that allow for higher efficiency processing of petroleum products at much lower cost.

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