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TMRC consortium awarded second phase of DOE contract targeting production of mixed rare earth oxides from PA coal waste

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TMRC’s project partners include Penn State, Jeddo Coal Company and McCarl’s. In 2019 a consortium including Texas Mineral Resources consortium successfully completed a US Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy grant to produce multiple separated rare earth minerals from Pennsylvania coal mining waste material.

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INCITE supercomputing grants awarded to 56 projects; sustainable energy to next-gen materials

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Researchers from academia, government research facilities, and industry received computing time through the Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment, or INCITE, program. The diverse projects will advance knowledge in critical areas ranging from sustainable energy technologies to next-generation materials.

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EEA: increase in EU GHG emissions, mostly due to transport, hampers progress towards 2030 targets

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emissions increase in 2017 from 2016. While the EU remains on track to meet its 2020 emissions reduction target, updated data shows Member States cannot afford to take progress beyond that date for granted. in 2017 from 2016. The largest declines compared with 2016 occurred in Denmark, Finland and the United Kingdom.

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Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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That report, authored by group co-chairs, Agriculture and Energy Secretaries Vilsack and Chu, and EPA Administrator Jackson, lays out a strategy to advance the development and commercialization of a sustainable biofuels industry to meet or exceed the nation’s biofuels targets. President Obama. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2).

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Opinion: Why Lithium Will See Another Price Spike This Fall

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So far, lithium has been the hottest metal of 2016, beating out gold, with exponential demand expected over the coming years. Given this new investment, plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales are expected to experience 62% year-over-year growth in 2016 , 60% in 2017, and likely 100% in 2018. by James Stafford of Oilprice.com.

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UK launches new $1.6B commercialization program for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and first UK CCS Roadmap; making a play for global leadership

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Proximity of the UK’s largest industrial emitters to CO 2 storage sites in the North and Irish Seas. billion) direct grant support for capital funding, and additional support, subject to affordability, through low-carbon Contracts for Difference. removing key barriers to the deployment of CCS for both the power and industrial sectors.

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EIA Energy Outlook 2011 more than doubles estimates of US shale gas resources; higher production at lower prices

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Among the transportation-related updates going into AEO2011, the EIA increased the limit for blending ethanol into gasoline for approved vehicles from 10% to 15%, as a result of the waiver granted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in October 2010. Industrial natural gas demand recovers, reversing recent trend.

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