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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Gulf Coast Basin (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas): The University of Texas at Austin plans to quantify coal from mines and coal ash from power plant resources and refuse as feedstocks for rare earth elements and critical minerals within the US Gulf Coast Basin. DOE Funding: $1,500,000. DOE Funding: $1,499,647.

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DOE awards $45M to 38 advanced transportation technology projects; $3M from the Army

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This project will demonstrate laser-assisted joining of aluminum and carbon fiber components to reduce vehicle weight. In the last four years, the cost of a plug-in electric vehicle battery has come down by nearly 50%. Arkansas Power Electronics International. 587,248 (jointly funded). Envia Systems.