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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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Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,499,987. DOE Funding: $1,499,647. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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DOE to Award $106M to Six CO2 Conversion Projects; $156M in Matching Private Funding

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Skyonic Corporation (Austin, TX) Skyonic Corporation will continue the development of SkyMine mineralization technology-a potential replacement for existing scrubber technology. Novomer will develop a process for converting waste CO 2 into a number of polycarbonate products (plastics) for use in the packaging industry. Alcoa, Inc.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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Process intensification breakthroughs can dramatically shrink the footprint of equipment needed on a crowded factory floor or eliminate waste by using the raw input materials more efficiently. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Louisiana State U.; Missouri U. of Science & Technology; Montana Gallatin College; Montana State U.;

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Louis, San Antonio/Austin, and Oklahoma City as well as a refueling corridor along I-10 in Louisiana (New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles). A CNG fueling station will be constructed at 2 of the recipient’s, Allied Waste, locations. The Treasure Valley Clean Cities Coalition’s Idaho Petroleum Reduction Leadership Project.

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

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NovaCentrix (Austin, Texas). Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. Prometheus Innovations (Lafayette, Louisiana). Prometheus Innovations, LLC (Lafayette, Louisiana). Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania).