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MAY 14, 2021

billion in the US by 2025 to produce future EVs, enhance production facilities and further its investments in smart mobility solutions. HMG’s investment will enhance overall product competitiveness by prioritizing future mobility technologies, including electrification and hydrogen energy.

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MAY 19, 2021

Washington State University researchers have developed an innovative way to convert waste polyethylene plastic to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and more cost-effective to reuse plastics. In the recycling industry, the cost of recycling is key. wt %, respectively.

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MAY 18, 2021

Washington state governor Jay Inslee signed into law HB 1091 , legislation which directs the Department of Ecology to develop a low carbon fuel standard for the state. percent each year in 2023 and 2024; No more than an additional one percent each year beginning in 2025 through 2027; No more than an additional 1.5

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Group14 will leverage this operating capital to scale production to meet the increasing demand for its flagship product SCC55, which affords up to 50% more energy density than conventional graphite for lithium-ion batteries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 27, 2023

CATL is the largest battery manufacturer in the world, but it is largely shut out of the US market because of the current antipathy between Washington and Beijing. Ford has crafted a plan to build a battery factory in Michigan that will use CATL technology, but be owned and operated by Ford. That plan has

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

The 30 Ballard hydrogen fuel cell modules will be integrated into clean energy powerplants built in Seattle, Washington and installed into ultra-class haul trucks to be operated at First Mode’s Proving Grounds in Centralia, Washington. This is the equivalent of approximately 4,000 horsepower.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

Blink Charging’s new LEED Gold-certified factory in Bowie, Maryland, is going to become the central hub for Blink’s in-house manufacturing and production in North America. It will include an extra production line to streamline operations for expedited and increased EV charger production. Get started here. –ad*

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Electrek

MAY 3, 2022

Sila Nanotechnologies announced that they will invest a few hundreds of millions of dollars into a new battery material factory in Washington state to support the production of up to 500,000 electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $20 million to ten new research and development projects that will advance hydrogen production and delivery technologies: six on hydrogen production and four on hydrogen delivery. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of Richland, Washington will receive $2.2 FuelCell Energy Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2023

The 2022 estimate is $153/kWh on a usable-energy basis for production at scale of at least 100,000 units per year. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, p. That compares to $1,355/kWh in 2008. The decline in cost is due to improvements in battery technologies and chemistries, and an increase in manufacturing volume.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

Sorghum is a promising feedstock for environmentally friendly fuels and chemicals that offer alternatives to petroleum-based products. The work was conducted by researchers from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Washington State University in Pullman, the USDA-ARS in Lincoln, Nebraska, and the University of Missouri, Columbia.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2023

Beginning in 2023, Washington also began requiring petroleum diesel to be blended with biodiesel or renewable diesel, but it did not report any renewable diesel consumption in 2021. Louisiana, with its substantial petroleum infrastructure, has been the state with the most renewable diesel production since 2011.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2014

In his presentation on the project at the DOE 2014 Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC, Sean Gleason from GM noted that General Motors has not made prototype power electronics in an internal production facility since 1999. The project, which began in October 2011, will wrap in January 2016.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The Western Washington (state) Clean Cities Coalition is hosting a workshop next month on renewable natural gas (RNG, or biogas) and its potential as a transportation fuel in Washington state. The Renewable Fuel Standard and Generating RIN credits from RNG Fuel Production. The Current RNG Landscape/Potential in WA State.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2023

Titan Silicon anode is 100% compatible with cylindrical, pouch, and prismatic cells to accommodate any OEM, any gigafactory, and any product design. Titan Silicon generates 50-75% less CO 2 per kWh than graphite during production. The formula used to engineer Titan Silicon is used today in the WHOOP 4.0 fitness tracker.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $10 million in research grants to spur production of biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products that will lead to the development of sustainable regional systems and help create jobs. Washington State University, $349,993. Pennsylvania State University, $348,959.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2014

introduced the “National Rare Earth Cooperative Act of 2014” this week, bipartisan legislation to encourage US production of rare earth metals (and thorium), relieving US dependence on China’s rare earth minerals. US Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Joe Manchin (W. Thorium, among other uses, is of interest in advanced nuclear fuel cycles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

has shipped the first production ProGen fuel cell systems for use as range extenders in electric delivery vehicles. Through this application, Plug Power extends its reach into the on-road electric vehicle market, increasing its served market for fuel cell products and hydrogen fueling stations. Plug Power Inc.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 10, 2023

Demo drives, the opportunity to interact with product managers, and seeing all the latest EVs and associated tech all in one central location are some of the major draws for festival goers. Electric vehicle showcase events are one of the best platforms to raise awareness about the wonderful world of electric mobility. I have had […]

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2014

A production line for carbon fiber takes the PAN precursor through two stages (stabilization/oxidation and carbonization) and then to winding. At present, the Moses Lake plant operates two production lines, exclusively for BMW i, with an annual output of approx. Source: SGLACF. Click to enlarge. 3,000 tons of carbon fiber.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon BMW Production 338

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2013

million): The goal of this project is to increase the production of fuel molecules in fungi growing on lignocellulosic hydrolysate. The team includes scientists from Georgia Institute of Technology , University of British Columbia , Washington State University , and Texas A&M University. Novozymes (up to $2.5 Lygos (up to $1.8

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2023

The announcement was made at the SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington with Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, and the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. When fully developed, the Michigan facility will have a production capacity of up to 4GW of Alkaline and PEM electrolyzers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2014

Production is planned to start in 2019. We are continuing our strategy of “production follows the market.” —Harald Krueger, member of the BMW AG Board of Management, responsible for Production. The BMW Group has maintained good relations with Mexican suppliers for many years and purchased products worth $1.6

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Electrek

JANUARY 29, 2024

Seven months after kicking off production of its Class 3 electric trucks in Mississippi, EV startup Mullen Automotive has secured fruitful environmental compliance and approvals from CARB and the EPA.

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Mississippi Washington DC EPA 122

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2013

Tesla Motors, in partnership with Wells Fargo and US Bank, has created an automotive financing product that combines elements of ownership and leasing for Model S customers. New Jersey, Washington and DC also have no sales tax for electric vehicles. driving distances, etc.). These advantages are not available when leasing.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

A University of Washington team is trying to make poplar an economically viable biofuel feedstock by testing the production of younger poplar trees that could be harvested more frequently—after only two or three years—instead of the usual 10- to 20-year cycle. Chang Dou/University of Washington. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2014

A team at George Washington University led by Stuart Licht has developed a relatively efficient electrochemical process for the production of ammonia from water and nitrogen, without the need for an independent hydrogenation step (and thus the associated carbon-intensive steam reforming of methane as the hydrogen source).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

Isochrysis extraction and fractionation scheme with yields given in parentheses for the different products obtained from each step. The researchers developed a method for the isolation of pure alkenones from Isochrysis biomass in parallel with biodiesel production. Credit: ACS, O’Neil et al. Click to enlarge. —O’Neil et al.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

This is the first industrial production facility in Germany to use this process for SAF production based on biomass waste and residues. Fats, Oils and Greases (FOG) co-processing is one of nine ASTM-approved conversion processes for SAF production. The process used in Lingen for the production of SAF is unique in Germany.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 14, 2014

BMW said last Friday that it will triple production of carbon fiber at its facility in Moses Lake, Washington, to use in its carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) body shells. Carbon fiber is still a fairly exotic material in the automotive industry, but it is likely to become more common--and perhaps faster than expected.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon BMW Production 155

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2013

The University of Washington is taking the lead and focusing on genetically modifying the microbes. The University of Washington is taking the lead and focusing on genetically modifying the microbes. The end product would be a fuel intermediate that then could be piped to a refinery for final processing into diesel or jet fuel.

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JULY 8, 2010

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers—a joint venture of the BMW Group and SGL Group ( earlier post )— broke ground on the new greenfield carbon fiber manufacturing facility in Moses Lake, Washington. Earlier post.)

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Carbon Fiber Washington Carbon BMW 186

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

University of Washington scientists have sequenced the complete genome of Chrysochromulina tobin —a haptophyte algae and only the second haptophyte to be sequenced. Researchers hope to better understand haptophytes and perhaps transform them into an important new tool for aquaculture, biofuel production and nutrition.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2014

Researchers at Washington State University, with colleagues at Kyung Hee University and Boeing Commercial Airplanes, have been developing liquid hydrocarbon/oxygenated hydrocarbon-fueled solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) for aviation (the “more electric” airplane) and other transportation applications, such as in cars. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2023

Honeywell recently announced that bp selected Honeywell’s Ecofining technology to help support the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at five bp facilities across the globe. Honeywell helped pioneer SAF production with its Ecofining process, which has been used to produce SAF commercially since 2016.v

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Through the transaction, Neste is acquiring a leading UCO collection and recycling business on the US West Coast, covering the collection, logistics and storage of UCO in California, Oregon and Washington. Neste currently has a renewable products global production capacity of 3.3 million tons annually.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2023

The efforts on graphite are part of a larger research partnership between Ramaco and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory over the past three years, exploring a wide range of alternative uses of coal to make higher-value carbon products and materials.

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