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Resolution Copper project advances in US permitting; one of largest and deepest copper mines in US

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Rio Tinto’s Resolution Copper project in Arizona has achieved a major permitting milestone with the release of an independently prepared Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the project. The project would progress through three distinct phases: construction (10 years), production (40–50 years), and reclamation (5–10 years).

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy.

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American Sands Energy announces successful operation of oil sand pilot facility in Utah

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The pilot facility, which is based in Phoenix, Arizona, has been operational since early July. At full production, AMSE expects to produce 50,000 barrels of oil per day, employing conventional underground mining and an extraction and recovery system using a proprietary solvent. The extraction system consumes no water in its process.

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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. This project will engineer cyanobacteria for the production of ethyl laurate, which is easily converted to “drop-in” ready biofuels or bioproducts. Arizona State University.

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Diversified Energy Hits Gasifier Development Milestones in DOE-Sponsored Program

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The fabrication activities will occur during the winter in Diversified Energy’s laboratories in Gilbert, Arizona. Separately, Diversified Energy Corporation and North Carolina State University, as part of a team led by Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, received one of the 37 ARPA-E awards. Earlier post.) The 24-month, $5.2M

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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Perhaps most important, it requires transparency in the algorithms used to provide product and content recommendations. An 885-kilometer bidirectional high-voltage direct-current transmission line will run from New Mexico and south-central Arizona. Revenge of the Geosynchronous Satellites! Laptops will have to follow sometime in 2026.

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Is Elon Musk Back In “Production Hell” With Tesla’s 4680 Battery?

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We are nearing the end of manufacturing validation at Kato: field quality and yield are at viable levels and our focus is now on improving the 10% of manufacturing processes that currently bottleneck production output. While substantial progress has been made, we still have work ahead of us before we can achieve volume production.

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