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DOE announces finalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

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Demand for lithium—a critical material used in batteries for electric vehicles, grid-scale electricity storage, phones, and laptops—has grown rapidly in recent years, with global demand expected to increase 500% by 2050. Rice University – Team LiSED: “Lithium Selective ElectroDialysis”.

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DOE announces 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of the American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize, a $4-million competition designed to advance technologies and techniques to support direct lithium extraction from geothermal brines. The Phase 1 semifinalists are: Boston University – Pober-Strauss.

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DOE announces Stage 1 CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize Winners

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These conductivity-enhanced materials have the potential to lower the costs and impacts of adding renewables and electric cars to the grid, maximize next-generation energy storage technologies, and support electrification for energy-intensive sectors.

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ALTe Powertrain and Inmatech form JV for hybrid electric storage devices; Li-ion cells, supercaps, and control electronics

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ALTe Powertrain Technologies, the developer of a Range Extended Electric Powertrain used to repower light commercial vehicles up to 26,000 GVW ( earlier post ), has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to form a joint venture with Inmatech, Inc. , Inmatech supercapacitors are based on early transition metal carbides and nitrides.

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1st French-American EV Technology Forum

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CALSTART will be supporting the 1 st French American EV Technology Forum and One-on-One Meetings to be held in Long Beach, California on 8 December. French electric vehicle participating companies providing One-on-One Meetings include: DBT : a manufacturer of level 2 and level 3 charging stations.

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U of Illinois team models capabilities of hybrid-electric propulsion systems for general aviation aircraft

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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have utilized a series of simulations to model the performance of twin-engine hybrid-electric general-aviation propulsion systems. The same sensitivities were studied with a series hybrid-electric drivetrain. Their paper appears in the Journal of Aircraft.

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Electrovaya Partners on Approx. $7.5M Utility Energy Storage Demonstration

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is the energy storage partner for a utility demonstration project led by CEATI International Inc., Other partners include major utilities and universities. Canada-based Li-ion maker Electrovaya Inc. headquartered in Montreal. The total project cost is estimated at approximately $7.5