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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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Currently, NAM is building its first mass production site in the United States, which will produce 10,000 metric tons per year of battery grade synthetic graphite. Albemarle is finalizing the site selection for the lithium hydroxide conversion plant in the southeastern United States.

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Study finds carbon capture & storage could be financial opportunity for conventional ethanol plants

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A promising class of technologies for carbon dioxide removal is known as bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS), which involves the capture and permanent sequestration of biogenic CO 2 produced during energy conversion. —Sean McCoy. Sanchez, Nils Johnson, Sean T. McCoy, Peter A. Turner, Katharine J.

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U. Mich study: natural-gas-based ICE, BEV and FCV all show promise for environmental benefits relative to conventional ICE

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Results of a lifecycle analysis by a team at the University of Michigan suggest that multiple types of natural gas-powered vehicles—i.e., A mid-sized ICE vehicle driven in the United States was also investigated as a basis for comparison. Their study appears in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. … Click to enlarge.

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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This project will investigate the use of ionic liquids as a new class of multi-functional (anti-wear and friction modifier) lubricant additives to allow the use of lower viscosity engine oils, to improve engine efficiency. United States Automotive Materials Partnership, LLC. United States Automotive Materials Partnership, LLC.

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The U.S.-China Chip Ban, Explained

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Additionally, the rules restrict the sale of fabrication equipment if it will knowingly be used to make certain classes of advanced logic or memory chips. Most chip trade and chip production in China is unimpacted,” says Christopher Miller , a historian who studies the semiconductor trade at Tufts University. Most of all, the U.S.

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Cobalt Technologies Produces Renewable Biobutanol Fuel From Beetle-Killed Pine

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An additional challenge in such processing of pine for cellulosic biofuels, said Dr. Rick Wilson, Cobalt’s CEO, is the sap, which contains terpenes, a large and varied class of hydrocarbons which can be toxic to yeast and bacteria used in fermentation. Converting beetle-killed pine for biofuels is an extremely difficult process.

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Tesla driving test hell: How DMV examiners’ biases are inhibiting the EV transition

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After moving from the East Coast to teach at the University of California, it became pertinent for the 38-year old engineer and scientist to have his own driver’s license again. And it’s not just the United States either. The Professor was looking forward to getting a new US driver’s license.

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