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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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Currently, NAM is building its first mass production site in the United States, which will produce 10,000 metric tons per year of battery grade synthetic graphite. Albemarle is finalizing the site selection for the lithium hydroxide conversion plant in the southeastern United States.

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Cal Energy Commission awards Shell $4M to develop and demonstrate multi-modal hydrogen refueling station; road and rail

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The California Energy Commission has approved a 4-million grant to Equilon Enterprises LLC (dba Shell Oil Products US) to develop and demonstrate the first multi-modal hydrogen refueling station in California.

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Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?

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Nuclear-powered submarines, such as the Virginia - class fast-attack submarine, each cost roughly US $2.8 And that’s just the purchase price; the total life cycle cost for the new Columbia - class ballistic-missile submarine is estimated to exceed $395 billion. Even in the Cold War, when the United States and the U.K.

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Study concludes that NG leakage higher than reflected in inventories; transportation fuel climate benefits questioned

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A review of 20 years of technical literature on natural gas (NG) emissions in the United States and Canada comprising more than 200 papers has concluded that official inventories consistently underestimate actual CH 4 emissions due to leakage from the natural gas system. US, United States; Can, Canada; SC, South Central; Petrol.

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Four Major Trends in the eMobility Industry in 2021

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The German government offers grants up to €9,000 plus tax reductions for fully electric passenger vehicles, €40,000 for small to medium-sized electric trucks and up to €500,000 for heavy-duty trucks. The “carrot” typically takes the form of incentives such as subsidies and tax credits.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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The grants will go to projects in 17 states. The target liquid fuel is isooctane, which fits well into the existing transportation fuel system in the United States. The critical barrier to wider deployment of electric vehicles is the high cost and low energy of today’s batteries. OPX Biotechnologies Inc.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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In 1984, the low-cost Macintosh from Apple Computer Inc., Then he remembered a 1940s college class he had taken that covered the use of a planimeter to calculate area. (A Icons designed in the United States often lack space for translations into languages other than English. Cupertino, Calif., In March 1989, U.S.

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