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APRIL 28, 2022

Oberon Fuels announced commercial availability of a blend of propane and Oberon’s renewable DME (dimethyl ether). The milestone builds on Oberon’s 2021 start of commercial production at its Maverick plant in Brawley, California. The plant was upgraded in 2020 with a grant from the California Energy Commission.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

UK-based automotive engineering specialist Drive System Design (DSD) will present a system-level approach for EV powertrain design in a paper at the 17 th CTI China Symposium in Shanghai from 23-25 September. Our system approach to the design of EV powertrains helps to future-proof them against the uncertainties that lie ahead.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

The FLITE (Fuel via Low Carbon Integrated Technology from Ethanol) consortium, led by SkyNRG and with LanzaTech as the technology provider, will build the first-of-its-kind LanzaJet Alcohol to Jet (AtJ) facility. The facility will convert waste-based ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at a scale of more than 30,000 tons/yr.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

General Motors announced the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, an all-new facility that will significantly expand the company's battery technology operations and accelerate development and commercialization of longer range, more affordable electric vehicle batteries. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

Albemarle’s vision for the ATP spans from novel lithium materials and manufacturing processes to new product commercialization in close partnership with strategic customers. The company anticipates creating at least 200 jobs at the site, with an average salary of $94,000 per year.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Kenworth designed and built the Class 8 T680 FCEVs, while Toyota designed and built the powertrain’s fuel cell electric power system powered by hydrogen. The program paves the way for further development and commercial opportunities for hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric transportation in California and beyond. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 26, 2024

million in federal grant funding via the US DOT’s Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) grant program. TeraWatt’s grant is one of 47 awarded to projects nationwide in the first $623-million tranche of the CFI program, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Each site will have 9 pull-through stalls.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2022

This funding will accelerate the path to commercialization through developing a next-generation electrolyte, automating manual processes to assemble more cells, and perform pre-FEED studies ahead of investing in the next scale of manufacturing facilities. Solid-state sodium-ion battery company LiNa Energy has closed out a £3-million (US$3.4-million)

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Anovion, with its partners, collaborators and stakeholders, will build 35,000 tons per annum of new synthetic graphite anode material capacity for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and critical energy storage applications. This investment would allow Albemarle to process 8,000 tons per day (2.7 Li 2 O spodumene concentrate.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In addition to a significant manufacturing complex in Vietnam, VinFast has announced plans to build a large EV manufacturing facility in North Carolina in March 2022. VinFast was granted an incentive package of $1.2 Earlier post.)

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JUNE 7, 2023

million in grant funding from various programs sponsored by the Government of Ontario to develop and commercialize its lithium metal production technology. As Li-Metal continues to build out its product portfolio, the development of alloy products will further enhance itss ability to support the needs of its growing customer network.

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This growth is creating new business opportunities for commercial and industrial building owners who can meet EV driver needs for charging during the day while they are at work or visiting shopping malls, restaurants, and other commercial and industrial (C&I) destinations. How big is the opportunity?

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MARCH 22, 2012

The funding is targeted to support first-of-its-kind engineering, design certification and licensing for up to two SMR designs over five years, subject to congressional appropriations. Earlier post. ). The Vogtle license is the first for new nuclear power plant construction in more than three decades.

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JUNE 16, 2019

OXIS is currently working on the design of the Brazilian Plant with NORDIKA Pharmaceutical of Brazil. OXIS Energy Ltd is involved in the design, development and now the move towards commercial production of lithium sulfur cells for battery systems.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

reflectivity compares to a reflectivity of 80–90% for other white paints designed to reflect sunlight that are currently available. Such paints are considered to be a potential technology for keeping cities cooler and reducing electricity use; buildings with a coating of this would need to rely far less on energy-hungry air conditioning.

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JUNE 14, 2019

Oberon Fuels, a producer of clean-burning dimethyl ether (DME) transportation fuel ( earlier post ), has been awarded a grant for $2,876,139 from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for a first-of-its-kind, multi-phase project to produce the first renewable dimethyl ether (rDME), a clean-burning, ultra-low-carbon transportation fuel, in the US.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Yachts de Luxe (YdL) of Singapore has placed a commercial 10-year worldwide contract with OXIS Energy valued at $5 million to build the world’s first luxury boat to be powered by Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) battery cells and battery systems technology. With more than 42 patent families, OXIS has been granted 204 patents with 106 pending.

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APRIL 21, 2024

The company aims to address the challenges of electric vehicle adoption in the two-wheeler space, particularly focusing on safety concerns, range anxiety, and perceived compromises in design and performance. Where was the design done and how were the engineering aspects developed? How are you going to market these e2wheelers?

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

million) grant, should include a three-year study at the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes (CBP). The pre-commercial pilot is designed for an isobutene production capacity of up to 100 tons per year. million grant from the BMBF within the “BioEconomy Cluster” framework. million (US$7.7-million)

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FEBRUARY 13, 2021

British Airways will invest in LanzaJet’s first commercial-scale Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Georgia and acquire cleaner burning sustainable aviation fuel from the plant. In addition, the partnership will involve LanzaJet implementing early stage planning and design for a potential commercial facility for British Airways in the UK.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

Commercial real estate and electric vehicle (EV) charging are a natural fit. According to research firm Nareit, commercial real estate in the United States was valued at nearly $21 trillion in the second quarter of 2021. Commercial real estate owners and investors are always looking for ways to increase the value of their properties.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

This funding will enable the company to advance their technology through expanding their laboratory facilities, stepping-up recruitment and buying new equipment which will accelerate their commercialization plan and ultimately when they are market-ready. —Dr Gene Lewis, CEO of LiNa Energy.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The NSF grant will address challenges that remain before the renewable strategy can be applied practically on a commercial scale. We include experts in catalysts and electrolyzer design, polymer engineering, density functional theory simulations and carbon dioxide capture. —Haotian Wang. —Haotian Wang.

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MARCH 17, 2024

How do you perceive design, and what are the guiding principles for design at Tata Motors? A good design is about being responsible, and being understandable. Automotive design, on the other hand, is an applied art, and caters to a business. The design guide book has a shelf life of 3-5 years, and it keeps evolving.

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MARCH 10, 2022

The converters are designed to process all available forms of material: freshly minded raw material, intermediate products, and secondary (recycled) raw material. In October 2021, Rock Tech announced its intention to build Europe’s first lithium converter in Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. Rock Tech owns its own mine in Canada.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

the public-private consortium behind the Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) grant, “Securing the Future of Natural Rubber—an American Tire and Bioenergy Platform from Guayule,” reported several key advancements emerging from the group’s work over the past year. At its recent annual meeting in Albany, Calif.,

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APRIL 7, 2022

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, and Veolia recently signed a long-term partnership agreement on the refining of crude methanol generated in pulp production at the Äänekoski bioproduct mill into commercial biomethanol. The €50-million investment is supported by a grant from the Finnish ministry of economy and employment.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Li-Cycle Technology uses a combination of mechanical size reduction and hydrometallurgical resource recovery specifically designed for lithium-ion battery recycling. Founded in 2016 in Ontario, Canada, Li-Cycle was awarded a grant through Sustainable Development Technology Canada to construct a demonstration facility.

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MARCH 4, 2022

Managed by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control ( DNREC ), the ZEV program is designed to accelerate the commercialization of battery-electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell electric vehicles. million grant program to expand Delaware’s electric charging network. DNREC Secretary Shawn M.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

million technology commercialization grant for its Phase 1 lithium hydroxide hydromet plant from the federally-funded Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). The Phase 1 plant, designed to produce 500 tonnes per year of high purity lithium hydroxide, is designed be a module of a larger commercial hydromet plant.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

(OTC BB: BFRE.OB), has signed agreements with GS Caltex—a joint venture between GS Holdings and Chevron, and a leading Korea-based petroleum company—to build a cellulose to sugar plant in Korea. BlueFire received an increase to its grant totaling $88 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in December of 2009.

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MARCH 30, 2014

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) announced its latest round of seed grants to support early-stage innovative energy projects. Computational tools for catalyst design: The ability to convert methane gas directly to liquid methanol at often-remote recovery sites would significantly alter the storage, transport, and use of the gas.

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JUNE 2, 2023

We are honored to receive the grant NOPAs from the California Energy Commission to help accelerate our zero-emission vehicle infrastructure. We intend to help drive common standards for HD gaseous and liquid hydrogen fueling to accelerate commercialization. Both projects strive to support California’s goal to achieve NetZero.

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MARCH 7, 2021

The SBIR and STTR programs fund a diverse portfolio of startups and small businesses across technology areas and markets to stimulate technological breakthroughs, meet Federal research and development (R&D) needs, and increase commercialization to transition R&D into impact.

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JUNE 25, 2020

With more than $32 million in pending orders from commercial and government fleets, commercial electric vehicle supplier Lightning Systems is more than tripling the size of its manufacturing, research and development facility in Loveland, Colorado.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

1PointFive is building Stratos, the world’s largest DAC plant, which is expected to be commercially operational in mid-2025, in Ector County, Texas. Carbon Engineering’s research and development activities and Innovation Center will remain in Squamish, British Columbia. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Alcoa would use a combination of processes and technologies that are under development, including mechanical vapor recompression and electric calcination to develop this future-focused design. The ASTRAEA metal purification process developed by Alcoa for recycling post-consumer, aluminum scrap into high-purity aluminum. Earlier post.)

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