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Hyzon Motors to build US’ largest fuel cell MEA line for commercial vehicles in Chicago area

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a supplier of hydrogen fuel cell powered heavy vehicles ( earlier post ), plans to build the largest fuel cell membrane electrode assembly (MEA) production line for commercial vehicles in the United States at its new Hyzon Innovation Center located in Bolingbrook, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. Hyzon Motors Inc.,

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U of I at Chicago team to optimize new traffic-powered source of electricity

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The Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department of the University of Illinois at Chicago has entered into an agreement with New Energy Innovations, Inc. The University of Illinois at Chicago Senior Mechanical Engineering and Design Team will be working on optimizing the best mechanical system.

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Titanium Corporation receives patent for improved solvent recovery from oil sands tailings

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Titanium Corporation Inc. Titanium Corporation’s process will intercept forth treatment plant (FTP) tailings near their discharge into the tailings pond. Titanium Corporation is developing unique technologies to recover heavy minerals, primarily zircon, and a significant portion of bitumen from this tailings stream.

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SiNode and JNC partner to form NanoGraf to improve battery energy density by 50%; Si-graphene composit anode materials

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NanoGraf’s technology enhances the performance of battery materials via a proprietary graphene-wrapped silicon anode originally invented at Northwestern University. Our new company, NanoGraf Corporation, embodies our vision to create materials solutions that will change the battery industry. million investment.

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Chevrolet purchasing and retiring up to $5M in carbon credits to help 11 colleges pay for efficiency projects

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As we kept inching closer to our carbon-reduction goal, we wanted to support colleges going above and beyond to help combat climate change, and open the door for other companies to contribute to such campus clean energy projects. — Greg Martin, executive director of sustainability, General Motors. Of the nearly 8.2

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A Brief History of the World’s First Planetarium

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It was such a novel concept that when von Miller approached the Carl Zeiss company in Jena, Germany, to manufacture such a projector, they initially rebuffed him. In 1924, public demonstrations of the Zeiss planetarium took place on the roof of the company’s factory in Jena, Germany. He called it a “classroom under the heavens.”

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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In Atlanta, Nissan workplace outreach has resulted in more than 100 LEAF sales to Southern Company employees. Energy companies have been a major proponent in developing the West Coast Electric Highway that has helped to educate consumers and raise awareness for EVs. Chicago and Denver (tied).

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