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Automakers and suppliers part of DOE Better Climate Challenge

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This national public-private partnership calls on organizations across the country to set portfolio-wide greenhouse gas reduction targets and share their innovative solutions and best practices with partners and across industries. Any organization with a portfolio of buildings/plants/housing in the US is welcome to join. Commitment.

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US DOT awards $13.6M to 8 projects to advance fuel cell technology for transit industry

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million in federal funding to 8 projects to advance the commercialization of American-made fuel cell buses for the transit industry. million) and the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), two non-profit organizations that are responsible for developing and managing projects as part of the National Fuel Cell Bus Program.

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Alcoa opens 3D printing metal powder plant

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Located at the Alcoa Technology Center, the world’s largest light metals research center, the plant will produce proprietary titanium, nickel and aluminum powders optimized for 3D printed aerospace parts. Metal powders used for 3D printing durable, high-quality aerospace parts are available in limited quantities. Earlier post.).

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Alcoa facility to cut in half energy used to recycle aluminum for forged wheels

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The casthouse takes chips and solids from an existing Alcoa wheel machining plant on the same campus in Barberton, as well as from Alcoa’s Cleveland forging plant, and recycles them into aluminum billets. It is now up and running at full capacity. The billets are then shipped to other wheel-processing facilities to forge into aluminum wheels.

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Aleris to invest $350M to upgrade Kentucky aluminum rolling mill for anticipated growth in automotive demand

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The investment positions Aleris to meet anticipated significant growth in North American automotive demand as the industry pursues broader aluminum use for the production of lighter, more fuel-efficient vehicles. For inner panels and structural parts, Aleris developed different Ecolite grades with different strength levels.

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Alcoa expands R&D Center to deepen additive manufacturing capabilities; Ampliforge process

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Alcoa will produce materials designed specifically for a range of additive technologies to meet increasing demand for complex, high-performance 3D-printed parts for aerospace and other high-growth markets such as automotive, medical and building and construction. Alcoa is piloting the technique in Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

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Punching above its weight

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They’ve all been incredibly important to building our chapter in terms of inspiration, organizational effort, and effective visioning.” He has been working with electric vehicles (EVs) since 1986, when he was involved with electric and hybrid development in the bus industry. We show up at a parking lot and we’ll shoot the breeze.