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

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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: $1,499,987. Other: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc.

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Energy Research projects receive financial boost

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The aim is to deliver power from batteries to electric motors with up to 50 per cent more efficiency. Lightweight Thermal Energy Recovery System: A grant of $2,655,174 will help General Motors to develop a shape memory alloy energy recovery system that converts waste heat from car engines to electricity.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. contains no rare earths, in a prototype electric motor. Research, TECO Westinghouse Motor. Motors Research and. Nebraska – Lincoln). Advanced Electric Vehicle Motors with Low or No Rare Earth. motor with the potential to efficiently power future.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). Their Gallium Nitride on Silicon process coupled with innovative packaging for thermal management power converter will enable power delivery from batteries to electric vehicle motors up to 50% more efficient. WASTE HEAT CAPTURE. Biomass Energy (5 projects). Carbon Capture (5 projects).

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