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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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Powder River Basin (Montana and Wyoming): University of Wyoming aims to provide an economic benefit to the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana by stimulating new resource development around the nation’s largest coal mines. DOE Funding: $1,500,000. DOE Funding: $1,499,817. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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DOE finalizes $21.9M award to support rare earth processing and separation demonstration plant

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million to a project led by General Atomics for the engineering, construction and operation of a rare earth separation and processing demonstration plant to be located in Wyoming. These high-strength permanent magnets are a key component in the manufacture of electric vehicles, solar panels and wind turbines, among other technology uses.

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The Coming Boom in Rare Earths

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Perhaps most importantly, though, they’re essential components of the permanent magnets used in the motors of most electric vehicles and many appliances, and also in the generators in most wind turbines. So magnets go into motors. Wind turbines, too. Therefore, they’re very essential. Sanderson: Absolutely.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV

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Sleek look sedan Silent Propulsion and Extended Driving Range The Ioniq 6 comes with either single motor rear-wheel drive (RWD) or twin motor all-wheel drive (AWD). Two motor options are available for RWD: Standard Range’s 111 kilowatt (kW)/149 horsepower (hp) and 259 foot-pounds (ft.-lb.)

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