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Taseko Mines: EPA issues draft permit for Florence Copper Project in Arizona

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Canada-based Taseko Mines Limited said that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has publicly issued a draft Underground Injection Control (UIC) permit for Taseko’s Florence Copper Project in Arizona. First copper cathode harvest at Florence Copper in 2019. —Stuart McDonald, Taseko’s President and CEO.

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Volkswagen Group of America opens next-gen charging station at Arizona global test center

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This next-generation charging station at its Arizona Proving Grounds will be used to help VWGoA evaluate battery and charging performance under extreme hot-weather conditions. Construction began in early 2019 and was completed in February 2020. Engineers will also receive real time data to see how various chargers compare.

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Georgia Tech named winner of DOE/GM/Mathworks EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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The teams applied advanced propulsion systems, electrification, SAE Level 2 automation, and vehicle connectivity to improve the energy efficiency of a 2019 Chevrolet Blazer. The Ohio State University finished in second place and University of Alabama came in third.

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Researchers map CO2 emissions for entire Los Angeles Megacity to help improve environmental policymaking

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The same is true for buildings. It’s the first megacity for which we’ve quantified emissions down to the scale of every building and roadway. 2019) “The Hestia fossil fuel CO 2 emissions data product for the Los Angeles megacity (Hestia-LA),” Earth Syst. Data , 11, 1309–1335 doi: 10.5194/essd-11-1309-2019. Patarasuk, R.,

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TSMC to Build Chip Fab in Japan

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(TSMC), the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, announced in an online earnings briefing Thursday that it would build a semiconductor plant in Japan. The announcement comes just a few months after the chip giant announced its intention to build a $12 billion fab in Arizona. During the earnings briefing C.C.

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Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

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It builds on a project launched last year to demonstrate how hydrogen production facilities could be installed at operating nuclear power plants. Commercial hydrogen production via low-temperature electrolysis will be demonstrated by a previously awarded project, which launched in September 2019.

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Volkswagen starts operation of $22M North American Battery Engineering Lab in Chattanooga

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Building the Battery Engineering Lab from the ground up allowed Volkswagen to install highly specialized equipment such as the electrical Multi-Axial Shaker Table (eMAST). When batteries are discharged during testing, the energy produced will be transferred back into the building, and local public grid and scrapped materials will be recycled.

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