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$4M ARPA-E award to Lanzatech to improve design of bioreactors for waste-gas-to-fuels fermentation technology

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LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, was awarded a $4-million grant by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) as one of the 15 REMOTE projects ( earlier post ) receiving a combined $34 million to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation.

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

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Price rises are the result of a perfect storm of conditions in China, Roskill said. First, environmental plant closures in the raw material coal needle coke industry hampered the production of graphite electrodes. Rising flake graphite prices spur new development outside of China.

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