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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS). Municipality of Anchorage Department of Solid Waste Services. Pilot Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Deployment for Municipal Solid Waste Collection. Waste Not, Want Hot?

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DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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The demonstration plant will produce NMC811 generating zero waste and 70% less greenhouse gases by using only 10% of the water and 30% of the energy versus traditional battery material production methods. The plant will be an expansion of its existing facility in St. Component Manufacturing (Cathode).

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DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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The demonstration plant will produce NMC811 generating zero waste and 70% less greenhouse gases by using only 10% of the water and 30% of the energy versus traditional battery material production methods. The plant will be an expansion of its existing facility in St. Component Manufacturing (Cathode).

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will convert local landfill gas (LFG), a renewable fuel source, to compressed natural gas and develop five CNG fueling stations throughout the metro-Atlanta area. Louis, San Antonio/Austin, and Oklahoma City as well as a refueling corridor along I-10 in Louisiana (New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles).

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Iowa State to manage biorefinery projects for new Manufacturing USA Institute

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Such process intensification could boost manufacturing productivity while cutting costs and reducing waste. Two possible projects highlighted in the application include: Pyrolysis-based Modular Energy Production Systems for conversion of wastes and biomass into fuels, chemicals and other products, with $3.2

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Bladon Jets, SR Drives and Jaguar Land Rover Win Funding for Gas Turbine Electric Vehicle Project

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Bladon suggests that in an hybrid vehicle application, with no water-cooling system, oil or catalytic converter, the Micro-Jet engine can provide vehicle weight savings of up to 15%—with a consequent reduction in fuel consumption and carbon emissions—compared to a piston engine. High temperature axial flow turbine.