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Deep Red Alabama Dives Headlong Into Green Energy

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Alabama is poised to kick its solar output into high gear, and the global auto maker Mercedes-Benz can take part of the credit.

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Westwater Resources is building a facility in Alabama to process one of the largest graphite deposits in the US

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Westwater holds mineral rights to the Coosa graphite deposit, which is located across 42,000 acres in Alabama. The company is currently building a graphite processing plant in Kellyton, Alabama. Fast forward to today and Westwater is building a graphite plant in Alabama, and people are eager to buy our capacity.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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Anovion, with its partners, collaborators and stakeholders, will build 35,000 tons per annum of new synthetic graphite anode material capacity for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and critical energy storage applications. NOVONIX Anode Materials LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NOVONIX Limited, was formed in 2017.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. University of Alabama.

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Mercedes-Benz unveils EQS SUV

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On 15 March 2022, Mercedes-Benz opened a state-of-the-art battery plant in Bibb County, not far from the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The energy storage units are assembled into a complete system on an approximately 984 yard long production line with more than 70 workstations.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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efficiency of green energy applications such as wind turbines. University of Alabama. type Hexaferrite The University of Alabama led team will demonstrate. Fluctuations for Advanced Thermal Energy Storage NAVITASMAX will develop a novel heat storage method for. for Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Storage.

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