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Kentucky-Argonne Partnership to Help Build US Advanced Battery Industry

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APRIL 8, 2009

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, the University of Kentucky (UK) and University of Louisville (U of L) are partnering with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory to establish a national Battery Manufacturing R&D Center to help develop and deploy a domestic supply of advanced battery technologies for vehicle applications.

Kentucky

Kentucky Industrial Industry Building

NETL says rare earth recovery projects meeting and exceeding expectations

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Another project goal is to develop REE recovery processes that are environmentally benign and that will lead to the economic recovery of REEs from coal and coal-based materials for potential future deployment at commercial scale. The project team plans to implement and test their technology at multiple field locations in Kentucky.

North Dakota

North Dakota Coal Kentucky West Virginia

DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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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. Materials Separation & Processing (Cathode Minerals). Li 2 O spodumene concentrate.

Parts

Parts Batteries Battery Lithium Ion

Cornell spin-off lithium-sulfur battery company NOHMs to locate in Lexington, KY

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that start-up lithium-sulfur battery company NOHMs (Nano Organic Hybrid Materials) Technologies Inc. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that start-up lithium-sulfur battery company NOHMs (Nano Organic Hybrid Materials) Technologies Inc. NOHMs technology portfolio. Source: NOHMs.

Lithium Sulfur

Lithium Sulfur Companies Kentucky Lithium Ion

President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build US strength in manufacturing advanced composites, the first of four new competitions to be launched this year. There are significant challenges for new lightweight and modern metals to reach widespread commercial production. UTRC; Wolf Robotics.

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Manufacturer Obama Illinois Chicago

DOE awarding $6.5M to 9 large-scale Phase I pilot coal projects

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The design of the large pilot plant will incorporate an advanced combustion design and control features that have been verified through performance testing on the sub-pilot unit at Ohio State University and further testing on the small-scale pilot at Babcock & Wilcox. University of Illinois. University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Coal

Coal North Dakota Illinois Universal

New lightweight metals institute will be headquartered in Detroit

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JULY 23, 2014

ALMMII is a public-private partnership led by Ohio-based manufacturing technology nonprofit EWI, the University of Michigan and Ohio State University. The building will house offices, meeting rooms, training space and laboratories for developing and testing technologies for manufacturing.

Detroit

Detroit Ohio Michigan Kentucky

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

will prepare an initial engineering design study to use commercial-scale membrane CO 2 capture technology at the CEMEX Balcones cement plant in New Braunfels, TX. Praxair will complete an initial engineering design study for a Linde-BASF CO 2 capture system at a commercial steam methane reforming (SMR) hydrogen plant in Convent, LA.

Carbon

Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas

DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

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AUGUST 20, 2010

CoalTek, teaming with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research in Lexington, Ky., Duke University in Durham, N.C., and the University of North Dakota Energy and Environment Research Center in Grand Forks, N.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Va.)-Partnering

Coal

Coal Hydrogen Fuel Power

Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities. 46 organizations have signed on to the principles so far. General Motors. Hawaiian Electric.

Obama

Obama Charging Financing DC

Argonne National Labs Ramping Up Lithium-Air Research and Development; Li-ion as EV Bridge Technology

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

Accordingly, there are numerous research initiatives underway, with recent reports from Japan’s AIST ( earlier post ), IBM’s Almaden Lab ( earlier post ), and the University of Dayton ( earlier post ) among them. Li-air technical barriers and needs (from the DOE report Basic Research Needs for Electrical Energy Storage ).

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Li-ion Lithium Air Energy Storage Kentucky

Hyperbaric Centrifuge Technology Successfully Dewaters Coal Fines

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

the technology reduced the moisture to a level that the waste coal can now be marketed commercially. Based on the successful test result, the company is currently building a full-size commercial unit with a capacity of 600 gallons per minute. as part of a license agreement with Virginia Tech.

Coal

Coal Virginia West Virginia Waste

DOE awards ~$25M to 8 projects for CO2 capture and compression; $15M for novel Direct Fuel Cell system

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The carbon capture fuel cell system will be a modification of the Company’s commercial DFC3000 fuel cell power plant and will be installed next to an existing coal-fired power plant. The project will install and operate a two-megawatt Direct FuelCell (DFC) system configured for carbon capture in addition to power generation. Click to enlarge.

Fuel

Fuel Coal CO2 Exhaust

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. Alabama A&M University. FY2017 Low-No projects. City of Las Cruces. 1,450,000.

Purchase

Purchase St. Louis Jacksonville Fleet

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

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JUNE 26, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

Commercial

Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Columbia University , New York, N.Y. Montana State University , Bozeman, Mont. PEM is commercializing a carbon-14 field-ready analyzer with a sensitivity of approximately 1 part per million of fossil fuel-produced CO 2 in ambient air. Stanford University , Stanford, Calif. Planetary Emissions Management Inc.

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CO2 Coal Austin Store

Broad-Based Challenges in Battery Implementation

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MAY 26, 2009

Dr. Takeuchi is the Greatbatch Professor of Advanced Power Sources at the University of Buffalo, and has the distinction of being the most prolific woman inventor in the US, holding 143 patents at last count. Prior to joining the university, she spent 23 years at Greatbatch, Inc.,

Batteries

Batteries Battery Nickel Metal Hydride Li-ion

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. NC State University. Medical University of South Carolina. U of Kentucky). Columbia University.

Carbon

Carbon Batteries Battery Li-ion

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

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. Fleets include transportation authorities, cities, school districts, the University of Michigan, FedEx, and Meijer. The project also includes construction of a B20 station.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant

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Kentucky-Argonne Partnership to Help Build US Advanced Battery Industry

NETL says rare earth recovery projects meeting and exceeding expectations

DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

Cornell spin-off lithium-sulfur battery company NOHMs to locate in Lexington, KY

President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

DOE awarding $6.5M to 9 large-scale Phase I pilot coal projects

New lightweight metals institute will be headquartered in Detroit

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Argonne National Labs Ramping Up Lithium-Air Research and Development; Li-ion as EV Bridge Technology

Hyperbaric Centrifuge Technology Successfully Dewaters Coal Fines

DOE awards ~$25M to 8 projects for CO2 capture and compression; $15M for novel Direct Fuel Cell system

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

Broad-Based Challenges in Battery Implementation

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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

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