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LG Energy Solution and Honda break ground for new JV EV battery plant in Ohio

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Honda and LG Energy Solution held the official groundbreaking ceremony for a new joint venture EV battery plant more than 2 million square feet in size, to be located in Fayette County, near Jeffersonville, Ohio—about 40 miles southwest of Columbus. Earlier post.) The two companies have committed to invest $3.5

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DOE VTO awarding $3.6M to 6 projects to commercialize lab-developed clean transportation technologies

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VTO’s six selected TCF projects are: Argonne National Laboratory 5 MT/year Supercritical Hydrothermal Continuous One-Step Manufacturing Processing, $900,000 – ACTion Battery Technologies, Carrollton, Georgia Automotive Magnesium from Domestic Aluminum-Magnesium Scrap, $250,000 – Galvotec Alloys, McAllen, Texas National Renewable Energy Laboratory Energy (..)

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OSU team demonstrates Coal-Direct Chemical Looping for more efficient and low carbon coal heat release

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An Ohio State University team has demonstrated the successful operation of Coal-Direct Chemical Looping (CDCL)—which chemically harnesses coal’s energy and efficiently contains the carbon dioxide produced before it can be released into the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide is separated and can be recycled or sequestered for storage.

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ADM, Gevo sign MoU to produce up to 500M gallons of sustainable aviation fuel

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ADM and Gevo signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other low carbon-footprint hydrocarbon fuels. The isobutanol is expected to be produced at a proposed new facility in Decatur that would employ ADM’s carbon capture and sequestration capabilities.

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Honda and LG Energy Solution to invest initial $3.5B in JV 40 GWh EV battery plant in Ohio

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Honda and LG Energy Solution announced that their new joint venture (JV) battery plant will be located in Fayette County, Ohio, about 40 miles southwest of Columbus, where the two companies will commit to investing $3.5 billion and creating 2,200 jobs, pending final government approvals. Earlier post.).

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Battelle wins $6M in contracts to advance carbon management and shale development

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Battelle recently won multiple awards from the US Department of Energy and the World Bank for projects totaling about $6 million to address carbon management and oilfield-produced waters. Battelle experts have managed and safely executed more than $100 million worth of carbon capture and storage field programs during the last five years.

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KiOR ships first cellulosic diesel

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developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable rude oil from biomass ( earlier post ), has begun initial shipments of cellulosic diesel from its plant in Columbus, Mississippi. KiOR’s renewable gasoline is the first renewable cellulosic gasoline registered by the Environmental Protection Agency for sale in the US.

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