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Albemarle to build $180M lithium materials research facility in N Carolina

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Albemarle’s vision for the ATP spans from novel lithium materials and manufacturing processes to new product commercialization in close partnership with strategic customers. Albemarle expects initial occupancy of the new facility by early 2025 and completion of the ATP campus by late 2026.

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Camber Ridge opening $60M tire testing facility with 0.5-mile oval indoor track

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The new facility is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the midst of the region’s growing automotive research and manufacturing cluster. The facility aims to offer all the advantages of testing real tires on real surfaces, but with the precision, environmental control and repeatability of a laboratory environment.

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Panda Power finances conversion of retired coal plant to natural gas; one of largest power conversion projects in US

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The Panda Hummel generating station will also help preserve Pennsylvania’s fresh water resources by using 97% less water for cooling purposes than the retired coal-fired Sunbury plant. The turbines for the Hummel generating station will be manufactured at Siemens’ manufacturing facility in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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

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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.