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The financing will support the development of a commercial-scale processing facility with the annual capacity to process 10,000 tons of batteries—the batteries from approximately 20,000 electric vehicles (EVs) a year. Lithium carbonate (Li 2 CO 3 ) is also a current product offering. as a spinout from the lab of Prof.

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TWh of batteries needed by 2030 will require $201 billion and the midstream production of battery materials will take the remaining $93 billion. Energy storage might form a relatively small piece of the overall financing required, but it is a strategically critical piece of the puzzle. Manufacturing the additional 2.7

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US shale production—the chief source of rapid growth that made the United States the world’s largest oil producer—is slowing down fast, says a new report by IHS Markit. It all represents the strongest headwinds for shale producers since the oil price collapse in 2015. —Raoul LeBlanc. —Raoul LeBlanc.

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Düsseldorf, Germany-base E.ON, one of the world’s largest investor-owned power and gas companies, is adopting a new strategic direction under which is will split itself in two. In 2015, E.ON will take necessary preparatory steps for the New Company’s public listing. billion) compared to the previously planned 2015 capex of €4.3

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In its Form 10-K (annual report) filed with the SEC on 17 March, cellulosic renewable fuels company KiOR said it has “ substantial doubts about [its] ability to continue as a going concern ”. Other than that commitment, however, Kior said it has no other near-term sources of financing. Earlier post.).

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In a notice to be published in the Federal Register , the agency said that it intends to take action on the 2014 standards rule in 2015 prior to or in conjunction with action on the 2015 standards rule. The RFS supports companies that invest in, build and start up new advanced and cellulosic biorefineries here in the United States.

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The firm forecasts an immediate boom in demand for ternary Li-ion batteries—mainly used to power alternative energy vehicles—from 4.4GWh in 2015 to 10 GWh in 2016. billion (US$5 billion) as of the end of 2015. The companies will be fined and the funds recovered, the ministry said. Subsidies totaled RMB33.44

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The central government’s plan, posted on its website, is targeting the production of 500,000 plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles by 2015, with output to grow to 2 million units of those types by 2020. The report said only a few companies have participated in the construction of infrastructure facilities, such as charging stations.

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million) investment from KIC InnoEnergy, an investment company dedicated to promoting sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe’s energy industry. The company aims to reach the ambitious target of 20 Wh/kg energy density for its technology by 2020. Source: Skeleton , May 2015. Energy density. Click to enlarge.

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(LGCMI) is targeting the launch of commercial production of automotive lithium-ion battery cells in July, 2013 at its Holland, Michigan facility once it has successfully completed the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) and gained customer approval. The company is also working to procure additional programs for future production.

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The investments made by these companies take the total capital raised to just under £24 million (US$31.3 Since being founded in April 2015, it has contributed financing to nine innovative companies active in sectors related to Safran’s businesses (Industry 4.0,

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Electra Vehicles is a B2B company that provides AI-based software solutions to electric vehicles, electric fleets, and multiple battery-electric verticals for improved battery pack range, lifetime, and safety performance. US-based Electra Vehicles, Inc. Club degli Investitori, and BlackBerry Limited. Existing investors LIFTT S.p.A.,

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In the Friday call, he said that the company would only operate the Columbus facility during Q1 “ only to the extent we want to test and prove optimization projects. ” During the call, Cannon said that KiOR had produced 894,000 gallons of total fuel product in 2013, with 385,000 gallons of that in the fourth quarter. Earlier post.)

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Tesla Motors reported total GAAP revenue of $937 million in Q3 2015, up 10% from the prior year. For its non-GAAP accounting, Tesla recorded a net increase of $307 million in deferred revenue as a result of lease accounting, bringing the figure the company calculates as its non-GAAP automotive revenue to $1.16

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Additive manufacturing (3D printing) company Carbon3D Inc. was named one of the World Economic Forum’s 49 Technology Pioneers for 2015. Carbon3D joins the Technology Pioneers program as the first additive manufacturing company to be selected. As a result, the Carbon3D team argues, those processes are “ inordinately slow ”.

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Enovate has already owed its employees two months of salary arrears and its factory in Changsha, Hunan province, has shut down production this year, according to local media. Another source with access to the financing said that it is indeed happening and that specific plans are being negotiated.

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The financing was led by advanced ceramics manufacturer Kyocera Group and leading global trading company, ITOCHU Corporation. 24M introduced its novel SemiSolid lithium-ion battery design in 2015, and has since leveraged its own semi-automated pilot facility to substantially advance both cell design and production readiness.

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gene knock in/out, direct transformation/electroporation, and plasmid-based expression system—to incorporate complex metabolic pathways into methanotrophs for the production of industrial products. Intrexon developed a suite of tools enabling the rapid manipulation of methanotrophic organisms—e.g.,

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Ballard Power Systems successfully closed a $5-million strategic equity investment in the Company by Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. in Japan, as previously announced by Ballard on 27 October 2015. Earlier post.). Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.

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In the opening keynote at Ford’s annual trends conference, 2015 Further With Ford, CEO Mark Fields announced the next phase of the company’s Smart Mobility plan, originally announced in January this year at CES ( earlier post ). Ford CEO Mark Fields at 2015 Further with Ford. Click to enlarge. —Mark Fields.

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The participating companies, including BMW, Daimler AG, Elring Klinger, Manz AG, and Rockwood Lithium, signed a letter of intent at the groundbreaking ceremony on 29 May in Ulm. The new line will also make it possible to study cost-influencing factors in the production process with the aim of reducing battery manufacturing costs.

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Cellulosic gasoline and diesel company KiOR, Inc. is pursuing plans to double production capacity at its Columbus, Mississippi, facility through construction of a second facility incorporating KiOR’s commercially proven technology. Khosla Ventures incubated KiOR in 2007 and is the lead investor. Earlier post.). —Fred Cannon.

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oil analyst cited in this article, who has tracked oil companies’ budgets for many years, estimates that Aramco and its Kuwaiti and UAE counterparts will increase their investment in oil exploration and production in 2015 by 4.5 as the drop in oil prices over the last year has put a strain on the nation’s finances.".

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a Canadian emerging mid-tier junior mining company and the lead partner in Grafoid Inc., a Canadian emerging mid-tier junior mining company and the lead partner in Grafoid Inc., A new, Focus-owned facility will transform first production graphite sourced from Focus Metals’ Lac Knife, Québec high-grade deposit to battery grade material.

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billion financing effort to commission a spodumene (lithium ore) mine at Nemaska, 300 km north of Chibougamau in Eeyou-Istchee James Bay territory. Nemaska Lithium will use a novel and patented electrochemical process that will produce lithium salts by membrane electrolysis, which generates products of high purity.

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ADB’s first policy-based loan worth $300 million, approved in 2015, focused on strengthening policy reforms and regulatory capacity in Hebei province. million), approved in 2016, aimed at improving small and medium-sized enterprises’ access to finance and helped them scale up investments in pollution-reduction projects in the region.

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Recently, Volkswagen announced that its charging station subsidiary Electrify America has completed its first round of financing, with Siemens leading the investment and Volkswagen following. EA, which was established less than 6 years ago, is actually the product of Volkswagen’s atonement for the “emission gate” incident.

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Soaring prices for and profits from LiPF 6 —lithium hexafluorophosphate, the dominant Li-salt used in electrolytes in commercial rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) based on a graphite anode and a 3–4 V cathode material—has encouraged enterprises in China to expand LiPF 6 production while also attracting new players.

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Around two-thirds of the total investment amount will flow into increasingly efficient vehicles, drives and more environmentally friendly production. billion)—roughly 64%—the Group will spend most of the total capex in the Automotive Division on modernizing and extending the product range for all its brands. billion (US$51.3

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China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) has raised $400 million through the first Green Bond sale on the offshore market from a Chinese automobile company to support the design, development and production of range-extended electric vehicles by its UK subsidiary, the LondonTaxi Company (LTC), manufacturer of the iconic London Black Cab.

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But the Italian automaker also has to make the finances work before it’s willing to move forward with the program. The model has been Lancia’s only product since 2015 and the newest version (unveiled just last month) uses the Common Modular Platform that underpins loads of small vehicles built under the Stellantis umbrella.

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Oil prices have stabilized and the cost cutting measures implemented over the past three years should allow companies to turn a profit even though crude trades for about half of what it did back in 2014. In fact, Reuters put together a series of charts depicting the fall in costs for shale production in different parts of the United States.

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Taking on a host of unfamiliar responsibilities like finance and sales required a significant shift in mind-set. Rattner cofounded Yembo in 2016 to develop an AI-based tool for moving companies that creates an inventory of objects in a home by analyzing video taken with a smartphone.

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Toyota Tsusho and Orocobre have been long-term partners in the development of the Salar de Olaroz Lithium Facility in Jujuy Province in northern Argentina, a lithium brine project, which was brought into successful production in 2014. Lithium brine operations typically have a much lower cost of production than hard-rock lithium deposits.

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Between 2014 and 2018, Audi will invest a total of around €22 billion (US$30 billion) into new models, innovations and the continuous expansion of the worldwide production network. million deliveries per year by 2015, but we already achieved that quite comfortably in 2013. We had set the goal of 1.5 At the Hungarian site in Gy?r,

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Since it was established in April 2015, Cuberg has grown with several rounds of financing and grant funding, and signed a multimillion-dollar joint development agreement with an industrial battery manufacturer. This is Boeing HorizonX Ventures’ first investment in an energy storage company since the fund was established in April 2017.

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At least 38 national governments have enacted blending mandates or targets to accelerate the expansion of biofuels production and consumption in the transportation sector. growth in the industry over the next decade, Pike expects production volumes to fall short of an estimated 71.8 Pike expects ethanol production to maintain its.

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