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American Battery Technology expands R&D center at the University of Nevada, Reno

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The labs are currently housed at the Nevada Center for Applied Research (NCAR) located at the University of Nevada Reno (UNR). With this expansion into our fifth laboratory within the NCAR at UNR, we can now perform all of these operations within a single facility, further accelerating our path forward.

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Tesla partners with Western Nevada College to train employees

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Tesla and the Western Nevada College (WNV) are partnering to train 62 Tesla employees through the college’s Manufacturing Technician program, Nevada Business reported. The program is funded by Project SANDI and the Nevada Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN). Teslarati is now on TikTok.

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Michigan Tech receives $2.5M ARPA-E MINER award for carbon storage and extraction of critical minerals from mine tailings

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The DOE awarded grants to develop rapid carbon mineralization and critical mineral extraction technology to 16 projects nationwide, totaling $39 million. Chemical engineering professors Tim Eisele and David Shonnard are co-PIs on the three-year project, along with researchers from University of Utah and University of Nevada, Reno.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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This project will expand Anovion’s existing manufacturing capacity in Sanborn, NY—notably the only qualified US source of battery-grade synthetic graphite commercially shipping product today. This project (“Phase 3 Expansion”) will expand the production capacity of the Vidalia AAM facility from 11,250tpa to at least 45,000tpa AAM.

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Newly identified enzyme from hyperthermophilic archaea could assist cellulosic biofuels production

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Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Maryland School of Medicine have characterized a new cellulase (cellulose-digesting enzyme) that has optimal activity at 109 °C, a half-life of 5 h at 100 °C, and resists denaturation in strong detergents, high-salt concentrations, and ionic liquids.

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Iowa State Researchers Developing New Thermochemical System for Ethanol Production from Biomass

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Researchers at Iowa State University are developing a new thermochemical system for the coproduction of ethanol and thermal energy, based on a new low-emissions burner and a new catalyst for ethanol production. million grant from the Iowa Power Fund , a state program to advance energy innovation and independence.

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ISU Researchers Develop Novel Supercritical Process to Create High-Value Chemicals from Biomass

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Iowa State University (ISU) researchers and their colleagues at the Iowa Energy Center have developed a novel process for converting cellulose and related materials to high-value chemicals with low molecular weights. The Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. These products were unexpected, so we never looked for them.

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