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DOE Makes First Awards from $1.4B for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

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billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the capture carbon dioxide from industrial sources for storage or beneficial use. Secretary Chu on Carbon Capture. Noting that coal accounts for roughly 25% of the world energy supply and 40% of the carbon emissions. The first phase of these projects will include $21.6

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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Both synthetic and natural graphite compete for use in lithium-ion battery anodes, along with an increasing amount of needle coke and other existing carbon materials. Other projects are also planned in Austria, Canada, India, Russia and the US.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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That plant, in Norco, Louisiana, will have the capacity to produce more than 9,300 barrels per day of renewable diesel product. More recently, UOP signed an agreement to license technology to Emerald Biofuels LLC to produce Honeywell Green Diesel at another facility in Louisiana. Earlier post.) Hydroprocessing. Earlier post.)

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