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DOE awards $3M to MP Materials for project to extract rare earths from fossil fuel waste streams

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MP Materials has received a $3-million award from the Department of Energy (DOE) to complete a feasibility study, working with the University of Kentucky (UK), on a system to produce rare earth oxides, metals, and other critical materials recovered from coal by-products. Mountain Pass facility. Source: MP Materials.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. from coal.

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LLNL-led team to use microorganisms to separate and purify rare-earth elements; biomining

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REEs are essential for American competitiveness in a high-tech economy because they are used in many devices important to the clean-energy industry and national security, including computer components, wind turbines, hybrid/electric vehicles, LCD screens and tunable microwave resonators.

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

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Advanced composites are especially important for progressing clean energy generation and improving the efficiency of the nation’s fleet. IACMI is dedicated to overcoming these barriers by developing low-cost, high-production, energy-efficient manufacturing and recycling processes for composites applications. Adherent Technologies, Inc.;

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EV Evangelism & Evolution in Kentucky & Beyond

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How do you stimulate EV adoption in rural America? How do you best implement EV charging infrastructure in rural states? How has the EV market changed in recent years in towns and small cities? How will it change in the next couple of years? One of the best people to lob these questions at is […].

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DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

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University of Kentucky. University of Virginia. University of Tennessee: Knoxville. Missouri University of Science & Technology. University of California: Irvine. System Demonstration for Supplying Clean, Reliable and Affordable Electric Power to Data Centers using Hydrogen Fuel. Hexagon R & D LLC.