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Niron Magnetics secures $17.5M ARPA-E SCALEUP grant to boost production of FeN magnets

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million grant as part of its Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. Niron will use this financing to advance the commercial partnerships and pilot production of its rare earth-free Clean Earth Magnet, further demonstrating its potential to replace rare earth permanent magnets.

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New report showcases innovative finance tools to electrify truck, bus fleets; TCE Toolkit

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Broader collaboration among key stakeholders and a new generation of finance solutions will be needed to electrify trucks and buses at scale by 2050, according to a report released today by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), MJ Bradley and Vivid Economics. —“Financing the Transition”. —“Financing the Transition”.

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DOE awards $165M GEODE grant to consortium to accelerate development of geothermal by leveraging oil and gas industry

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The grant will provide $10 million in the first year, which will fund the consortium members, in collaboration with more than 100 partner entities, to develop a roadmap to accelerate the growth and development of geothermal, leveraging expertise, technologies, and methods from the oil and gas industry.

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Global Bioenergies picks up new €1.4M financing for isobutene program; targeting Germany expansion

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France-based Global Bioenergies, the developer of a one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefins, has obtained new €1.4-million million) financing from Bpifrance on the isobutene program. million (US$1.6-million) million interest-free loan over seven years.

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Ceres awarded Brazil government loan and grant to enhance sorghum and sugarcane development programs

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million, in the form of non-repayable grants to be drawn over four years. Ceres expects to complete the application and grant award process by the end of calendar year 2014. The PAISS project is jointly managed by Brazil’s national development bank, BNDES, and by the government’s research financing agency, FINEP.

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California to transition clean vehicle rebate program to helping low-income residents

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The California Air Resources Board will transition its existing Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) program to a new program targeting low- and middle-income Californians. The existing CVRP program will continue to accept applications while funding remains available.

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Niron Magnetics raises $21.3M to commercialize rare-earth-free iron-nitride magnets

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million in new financing. The development process of Niron’s scalable method has resulted in the publication of 20 peer-reviewed scientific papers as well as 17 granted and 35 pending patents. Niron Magnetics , a company developing high-performance rare-earth-free iron-nitride (FeN) permanent magnets, has raised $21.3 2019.165962.

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