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Volkswagen expands Redwood Materials collaboration with consumer battery recycling program

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According to Redwood, its technology can recover more than 95% of the critical minerals from batteries (such as nickel, cobalt, lithium, and copper) and then manufacture the metals into battery components that are supplied to US battery manufacturers for new electric vehicles and energy storage products.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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Or, solar thermal can directly provide heat for industrial processes to make steel, cement, and chemicals—all energy-intensive sectors that are difficult to clean up. Even so, solar-thermal developments continue to unfurl across the planet's sunniest expanses, driven by the growing demand for energy storage and cleaner heat sources.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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Or, solar thermal can directly provide heat for industrial processes to make steel, cement, and chemicals—all energy-intensive sectors that are difficult to clean up. Even so, solar-thermal developments continue to unfurl across the planet's sunniest expanses, driven by the growing demand for energy storage and cleaner heat sources.

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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CSP technologies concentrate the sun’s energy and capture that energy as heat, which then drives an engine or turbine to produce electrical power. CSP plants can include low-cost energy storage, allowing them to provide electricity even when the sun is not shining. PPG Industries, Inc. Albuquerque, NM – up to $4.3

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Sandia Successfully Completes Hydrogen Storage System for GM

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With this new body of knowledge and information, we will be able to quickly design viable systems as new storage materials emerge. Jim Spearot, GM lead executive for hydrogen storage. With main facilities in Albuquerque, N.M., Tags: Hydrogen Storage. Terry Johnson. and Livermore, Calif.,

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. Praj Industries Ltd. NovaCentrix (Austin, Texas).

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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In collaboration with the Administration, 46 industry members signed on to the following Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. This commitment signifies the beginning of a collaboration between the government and industry to increase the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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