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Ascend Elements to invest up to $1B in Southwest Kentucky EV battery materials manufacturing facility; Hydro-to-Cathode

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This closed-loop manufacturing system generates minimal waste and carbon emissions compared to traditional cathode manufacturing, the company says. That will go a long way toward making electric vehicle batteries cleaner. billion in economic impact to Kentucky over the construction period and first 10 years of operation.

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Toyota ‘turns garbage into good’ with landfill energy production

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Toyota has embarked on a new scheme to make its Georgetown factory cleaner and greener by powering the plant with landfill site gas. Working in partnership with Waste Services of the Bluegrass, Toyota plans to capture the gas produced by decomposing landfill and use it to power the Kentucky facto[.].

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Hyperbaric Centrifuge Technology Successfully Dewaters Coal Fines

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the technology reduced the moisture to a level that the waste coal can now be marketed commercially. Waste coal slurry went through the centrifuge at a rate of 30 gallons per minute and was dewatered to 13-19% moisture with coal recovery greater than 97%. Roe-Hoan Yoon. as part of a license agreement with Virginia Tech. Roe-Hoan Yoon.

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Peterbilt Launches Model 320 Hydraulic Hybrid, Full Lineup of Natural Gas Powered Vehicles

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Among its other product introductions at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, Peterbilt announced the limited production availability of the Model 320 Hybrid Class 8 refuse truck, equipped with Eaton’s Hydraulic Launch Assist ( HLA ) technology ( earlier post ). The Model 320 Hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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