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Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. An all-new $5.6-billion billion mega-campus in Stanton, Tenn. (a

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Kentucky Tennessee Ford Building

Ford Issues Official Statement On UAW Contract Ratification

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The company avoided opportunities to promote itself as the brand that seemed most willing to accommodate the UAW and only brushed against assertions that paying workers more would add to its operational costs. 1 brand again and we want to build on that in 2024. Ford is America’s No. We’ll see where it all leads.

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Ford F-150 Kentucky Illinois

Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Separately, Ford today also announced a cash tender offer to repurchase up to $5 billion of the company’s higher-cost debt. Clean Manufacturing – Further reducing the environmental footprint of Ford’s operations through renewable energy, sustainable water and wastewater management, waste management, and energy-efficient buildings.

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Financing Ford Clean Cleaning

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

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. The project team will develop a cost-effective method for synthesizing sufficient quantities of solvent to perform a 0.5 ION Clean Energy Inc.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas

DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Group14’s next-generation silicon-carbon composite to displace graphite in lithium-ion battery (LIB) anodes, called SCC55, facilitates significant reductions in battery cost and carbon footprint on a per unit basis compared to incumbent graphite anode material. Group14 intends to build two 2,000 ton per year commercial manufacturing modules.

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Manufacturer Parts Batteries Battery

DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

Group14’s next-generation silicon-carbon composite to displace graphite in lithium-ion battery (LIB) anodes, called SCC55, facilitates significant reductions in battery cost and carbon footprint on a per unit basis compared to incumbent graphite anode material. Group14 intends to build two 2,000 ton per year commercial manufacturing modules.

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Manufacturer Parts Batteries Battery

USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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JUNE 24, 2010

Assuming an average biorefinery size of 40 million gallons per year, USDA estimates it meeting the RFS2 advanced biofuels goals will mean building of 527 biorefineries, at a cost of $168 billion. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.

Renewable

Renewable Standards Fuel Rhode Island

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. Waste coal slurry went through the centrifuge at a rate of 30 gallons per minute and was dewatered to 13-19% moisture with coal recovery greater than 97%. Roe-Hoan Yoon. as part of a license agreement with Virginia Tech. Roe-Hoan Yoon.

Coal

Coal Virginia West Virginia Waste

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. U of Kentucky). Earlier post.). Earlier post.) per gallon. Water will be the primary byproduct. Penn State. (U

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

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 25 cost-share projects under the Clean Cities program that will be funded with nearly $300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition’s Hybrid Electric School Buses Provide New Horsepower for Kentucky. Click to enlarge.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant

Hitachi Restructures, Spinning Off Automotive Systems Business; to Launch Group-Wide Strategies for Li-ion Battery and Renewables Businesses

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MARCH 16, 2009

Hitachi intends for its restructuring to enable it to save ¥200 billion (US$2.037 billion) in fixed costs and ¥300 billion (US$3.055 billion) in materials costs in fiscal 2009 from the levels projected for the year through March 31. Hitachi is also spinning off its consumer business into a separate subsidiary.

Li-ion

Li-ion Renewable Lithium Ion Batteries

NSF Awards $40M in 20 Grants for Research on Natural Systems, Including 8 Projects for Obtaining Hydrocarbons from Plants and Microorganisms

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

They will also investigate methods for making hydrocarbon production fast, continuous, scalable, and cost-effective. In a challenge to the current prototype for ethanol production from waste cellulose, this team will focus on a recently emerging biotechnology for direct production of hydrocarbons from plant material.

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Grant Puerto Rico Conversion Montana

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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AUGUST 25, 2009

million of non-Federal cost sharing. In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed. The projects’ total value is approximately $35.8 million over four years, with $27.6

CO2

CO2 Coal Austin Store

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.

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York

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Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

Ford Issues Official Statement On UAW Contract Ratification

Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

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

DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

Hyperbaric Centrifuge Technology Successfully Dewaters Coal Fines

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

Hitachi Restructures, Spinning Off Automotive Systems Business; to Launch Group-Wide Strategies for Li-ion Battery and Renewables Businesses

NSF Awards $40M in 20 Grants for Research on Natural Systems, Including 8 Projects for Obtaining Hydrocarbons from Plants and Microorganisms

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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

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