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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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E) will award $39 million in funding to 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. The projects selected projects as part of the MINER program are: University of Texas at Arlington. Idaho National Laboratory.

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GM workaround for transport snags: Broker pickup from the manufacturing unit

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” Provide chain snarls have strained stock around the business for a number of years, from manufacturing unit shutdowns early within the coronavirus pandemic to microchip shortages to ongoing constraints in trucking and rail. “Everyone’s running on such a tight days’ supply,” Guelcher stated.

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Chevrolet one of 16 organizations across US recognized by EPA for Climate Action; only automaker

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded 2015 Climate Leadership Awards to 16 organizations and one individual representing a wide array of industries from finance and manufacturing to retail and technology for showing what the agency said was exemplary corporate, organizational, and individual leadership in response to climate change.

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What is Tesla’s Mystery Magnet?

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And at a recent magnetics conference Ping Liu , a professor at the University of Texas in Arlington, asked other researchers what they thought of Tesla’s announcement. “No These magnets are weak and, more important, the world supply of cobalt is so fraught that they make up less than 2 percent of the permanent-magnet market.

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US Navy-led study of ultracapacitors finds Skeleton outperforms Ioxus, Maxwell, JM Energy for transient load applications

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Among the new power architectures that hold a great deal of promise are hybrid energy storage modules that integrate energy dense batteries with power dense ultracapacitors (UCs) into a single power supply that augments traditional generation technologies. It also allows for more efficient energy storage systems due to the cell’s low ESR.

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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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manufacturing process that, if successful, has the potential to. the use of a new motor design, addition of emerging materials, and the incorporation of advanced manufacturing techniques. Arlington). advanced manufacturing process that, if successful, has the potential to yield a several-fold reduction in wire costs.

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