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This lithium-free battery startup just raised $78M in Series C funding

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Alsym Energy, which was founded in April 2015, has developed a non-flammable, high-performance rechargeable battery chemistry that’s lithium- and cobalt-free. It can be used for a range of stationary storage use cases, including utility grids, home storage, microgrids, industrial applications, and more.

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EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

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This entails leveraging re-dispatch over the grid to substitute generation at the most carbon-intensive affected EGUs with generation from less carbon-intensive affected EGUs (including natural gas combined cycle [NGCC] units that are under construction). mercury and hydrogen chloride), as well as ecosystem effects and visibility impairment.

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Texas Clean Energy Project signs long-term CO2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery; 90% CO2 capture from IGCC coal polygen plant

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TCEP will be an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) 400 MW power/poly-gen plant that will capture 90% of the carbon dioxide, 99% of the sulfur, more than 95% of the mercury, and eliminate more than 90% of the nitrogen oxides produced by the process. the regional electrical grid by a high voltage transmission line system.

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