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

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The new project is the first to pair a commercial electricity generator with high-temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) technology. It builds on a project launched last year to demonstrate how hydrogen production facilities could be installed at operating nuclear power plants.

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Bridgestone awarded $35M USDA Climate-Smart Grant to advance guayule natural rubber production

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The grant will be used to expand Bridgestone’s guayule production in the Southwestern US with lowered greenhouse gas emissions and to create regional jobs for farmers and Native American tribes to build a rubber bioeconomy based on climate-smart and sustainable practices.

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OriginOil and Sustainable Resources to build new Advanced Algae Center in New Mexico to support commercialization

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(SRI) will contract with OriginOil, the developer of a technology to transform algae into a competitor to petroleum, to plan and deploy a new Advanced Algae Center devoted to algae commercialization. We are also very excited that they intend to use our facility for their own commercial testing and to integrate with other technologies.

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Nikola and Republic Services end collaboration on electric refuse truck; 2,500-unit order cancelled

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The goal of the collaboration was to design and build an industry-first fully integrated refuse truck based on a zero-emissions battery-electric drive platform and body while also integrating multiple new systems into a new state-of-the-art vehicle. Nikola is also planning to break ground on its first commercial hydrogen station in 2021.

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Delphi Technologies invests in innovative capacitor start-up PolyCharge

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Delphi Technologies PLC, a leader in vehicle propulsion technologies, has invested in PolyCharge America, Inc, a start-up established to commercialize a new capacitor technology. The company’s headquarters, engineering, and product development center are located in Tucson, Arizona. —Liam Butterworth, Delphi Technologies CEO.

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Heliostat Consortium announces 7 projects to receive combined $3.5M in funding; DOE launches Heliostat Prize

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories, co-leads of the Heliostat Consortium , announced seven awardees from a request for proposals (RFP) aimed at achieving DOE’s goals for heliostat cost reduction, sustained multifaceted innovation, and improved solar field performance.

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DOE awards up to $10M to 6 projects for non-food biomass and algal biofuels and biochemicals

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The projects selected include the following: Arizona State University. Arizona State University. This type of increased production rate will significantly reduce the cost of enclosed algal cultivation systems and will boost total fuel potential, especially in the southwest United States. Duke University. White Dog Labs.

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