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SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

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the strategic investment arm of South Korea’s SK Group, was part of a $50-million investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy, a US-based waste-to-fuels company. Fulcrum produce biofuel on a commercial scale by chemically converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into transportation fuels.

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Redwood Materials opens up new facility just miles from Tesla Giga Nevada

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Redwood Materials, a battery and e-waste recycling venture from former Tesla executive J.B. Straubel, has opened up a new manufacturing facility in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Park, just miles from Tesla’s Giga Nevada production facility. Tesla also manufactures electric motors for the Model 3 in the Nevada Gigafactory.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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Olivine is a CO 2 -reactive waste product that can be returned as tailings after capture carbon from the air. Travertine will launch a transformative process that integrates strong acid treatment of mining waste or tailings with electrolytic acid recycling. University of Nevada, Reno. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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Tesla co-founder’s battery recycling firm gets a cushy $700M investment round

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Additionally, Series B investors included Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Capricorn’s Technology Impact Fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, Emerson Collective, and Franklin Templeton. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Credit: Redwood Materials. Don’t hesitate to contact us with tips!

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Tesla seeking 56% cut in $/kWh, $25K EV in three years through manufacturing and design innovations

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Rapidly scaling global battery manufacturing capacity, Musk pointed out, is absolutely central to achieving large-scale electrification and climate goals. Gigafactory Nevada currently has a capacity of about 0.15 Viewed another way, from a smaller footprint than Giga Nevada, Tesla could get many times the cell output.

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Is Elon Musk Back In “Production Hell” With Tesla’s 4680 Battery?

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Each jelly-roll cell packs in more active battery material, and less wasted space in metal casing. That's a nearly 100-fold jump from Tesla's current capacity in Nevada. times the volume, simply due to larger dimensions: 46-by-80 millimeters, versus 21-by-70 millimeters. Yet this "bigger can" brings big benefits.

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ARPA-E awarding $60M to 23 projects; dry cooling and fusion power

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The program plans to provide $30 million to support 14 project teams in developing innovative, ultra-high-performance air-cooled heat exchangers, supplemental cooling systems and/or cool-storage systems that can cost-effectively and efficiently reject waste heat. Applied Research Associates. Applied Research Associates, Inc.

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