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Argonne and University of Illinois to form Midwest Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Coalition

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The states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas are home to a quarter of the US population and consume 30% of electric power generated in the US.

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Benchmark: global battery industry needs to invest $514B to meet demand in 2030; $920B by 2035

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This includes spending on renewables such as wind and solar as well as grid and other infrastructure. With this, the country has built up substantial expertise in building the required production facilities at a relatively low cost. Its equivalently sized facility in South Carolina is projected to cost $1.3

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

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Medical University of South Carolina. of South Carolina). The critical barrier to wider deployment of electric vehicles is the high cost and low energy of today’s batteries. Novel Battery : Semi-Solid Rechargeable Power Sources: Flexible, High Performance Storage for Vehicles at Ultra-Low Cost (<$0.10/Wh).

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 16 REFUEL projects for energy-dense carbon-neutral liquid fuels; leveraging ammonia

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REFUEL projects will convert low-cost renewable energy into a transportable chemical fuel and use these fuels for transportation applications, while reducing production costs and environmental impact. University of South Carolina. FuelCell Energy, Inc. Giner, Inc. The Giner, Inc. Storagenergy Technologies, Inc.

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