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Mitsubishi Heavy invests in Monolith Materials to support clean hydrogen production

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to support its commercial-scale, emissions-free hydrogen manufacturing technology. Monolith Materials is the first US manufacturer to produce “turquoise hydrogen” on a commercial scale. Monolith’s hydrogen is classified as “turquoise hydrogen”. Monolith Materials, Inc. Monolith process.

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Monolith to collaborate with Goodyear on carbon black for its tire production; methane pyrolysis

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Monolith , a leader in clean carbon black production, signed a collaboration agreement and letter of intent (LOI) with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, one of the world's largest tire companies. Monolith’s Olive Creek 1 facility in Hallam, Nebraska.

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Monolith receives conditional approval for a $1B loan from DOE

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Methane pyrolysis technology company Monolith, a leader in clean materials production (e.g., hydrogen, earlier post ; carbon black, earlier post ), has received conditional approval for a $1.04-billion Monolith cleanly produces essential materials utilized by a wide variety of industries including hydrogen, ammonia and carbon black.

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Goodyear announces first tire to use carbon black produced via methane pyrolysis; Monolith’s carbon black

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While traditional carbon black commonly comes from the combustion of fossil fuel oils, Monolith’s plasma-based process takes advantage of renewable electricity to complete methane pyrolysis and results in the output of only carbon and hydrogen, with no combustion required.

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UNL-led team greatly increases hydrogen production by T maritima; breaking the theoretical limit

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Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), with colleagues from North Carolina State University and the University of Connecticut, have engineered the hyperthermophilic anaerobe Thermotoga maritima to produce 46% more hydrogen per cell than the wild type. The team’s highest reported yield—5.7 —Raghuveer Singh.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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Low-cost advanced composites are also needed to make the storage tanks for vehicles that run on hydrogen and natural gas. .; Rockwell Collins; Rolls-Royce; Siemens; System Insights; The Dow Chemical Company; UPS.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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million for hydrogen fuel cell buses. Juneau, the Capital City of Alaska, has a clean, renewable source of energy, local hydropower. Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit will receive funding to purchase New Flyer 60' zero-emission fuel cell electric buses with supporting hydrogen infrastructure. City of Lincoln, Nebraska.

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