Industry, Missouri and Waste

DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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MAY 3, 2021

Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,204,129. DOE Funding: $1,499,987. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

West Virginia

West Virginia Wyoming Coal North Dakota

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

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

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. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. University of Nevada, Reno.

Supplies

Supplies Ni-Li Carbon Universal

Blue Sun Energy, ARA Inc. and Chevron Lummus Global achieve production milestone for renewable drop-in fuels

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MARCH 28, 2014

Joseph, Missouri. The BIC process processes renewable feedstocks such as plant oils, tallow, and waste vegetable oil into 100% drop-in diesel and jet fuels, which meet petroleum specs without blending, as well as naphtha that can be used as a gasoline blend stock. Blue Sun Energy, ARA Inc. Earlier post.)

Chevron

Chevron Renewable Global Panama

NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Its goals include deriving value-added chemicals, byproducts of biofuel production that can serve as alternatives for chemicals on which industry depends.

Water

Water Puerto Rico West Virginia Energy

Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

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AUGUST 31, 2011

In the United States, the record production of biofuels is attributed in part to high oil prices, which encouraged several large fuel companies, including Sunoco, Valero, Flint Hills, and Murphy Oil, to enter the ethanol industry. —Alexander Ochs, Director of Worldwatch’s Climate and Energy Program.

2010

2010 Brazil Global Argentina

DOE Selects 42 University-Led Nuclear Research and Development Projects for $38 Million in Funding

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MAY 21, 2010

Other universities, industries, and national laboratories will serve as collaborators and research partners. University of Missouri, Columbia - $541,286. The goal of this research area is to research and develop the next generation of nuclear reactors that will produce more energy and create less waste.

Universal

Universal Las Vegas Wisconsin North Carolina

LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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JUNE 21, 2016

The winning coalition, headquartered in Los Angeles, California brings together a consortium of nearly 200 partners from across academia, industry, and non-profits to spur advances in smart sensors and digital process controls that can significantly improve the efficiency of US advanced manufacturing. Industry-proposed Institutes Competition.

Manufacturer

Manufacturer Los Angeles Oregon Connecticut

Founder of MIT’s Microsystems Technology Labs Dies at 88

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

During his time at MIT, Penfield developed a course that made the second law of thermodynamics—which states that the more energy is transferred or transformed, the more of it is wasted—accessible to first-year students. Axelrod worked as an engineer for a number of companies in various industries. His call sign was WA4TCS.

MIT

MIT St. Louis San Jose Highlander

USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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JUNE 24, 2010

The US farm sector is capable of producing a diverse complement of feedstocks to make the biofuels industry a truly national effort. Woody biomass, municipal waste potential. Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Virginia.

Renewable

Renewable Standards Fuel Rhode Island

Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

must create a strong electric car industry. car industry hinges on cutting-edge battery technology. Battery technology has been the domain of consumer electronics manufacturers, and that industry migrated out of America decades ago. Developing a domestic car-battery industry should be the focus of both corporations and the U.S.

2009

2009 Industrial Industry Electric Cars

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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APRIL 30, 2010

The project includes genetic modifications of bacteria that metabolize carbon dioxide, oxygen, and hydrogen to produce butanol; development of an industrially scalable bioreactor system; and a novel approach to recovery of butanol from the bioreactor. Missouri University of Science & Technology. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (UC

Carbon

Carbon Batteries Battery Li-ion

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Missouri University of Science and Technology , Rolla, Mo. DOE share: $1,599,998; recipient share: $400,000; duration: 48 months). This project will couple a reservoir model and geomechanical model to simulate potential cap rock leakage for the CO 2 capture and storage demonstration site at City Utilities of Springfield, Mo.

CO2

CO2 Coal Austin Store

DOE Critical Materials Institute selects four projects to support critical materials supply chain innovation

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Critical Materials Institute (CMI) announced selections totaling up to $4 million for four research and development projects to partner with industry to address challenges in establishing domestic supply chains for critical materials. Project Title: Unlocking Missouri’s Cobalt Potential.

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Supplies Missouri Idaho Lithium Ion

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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

Blue Sun Energy, ARA Inc. and Chevron Lummus Global achieve production milestone for renewable drop-in fuels

NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

DOE Selects 42 University-Led Nuclear Research and Development Projects for $38 Million in Funding

LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

Founder of MIT’s Microsystems Technology Labs Dies at 88

USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

DOE Critical Materials Institute selects four projects to support critical materials supply chain innovation

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