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FREYR and 24M sign licensing and services agreement for mass production of Li-ion battery cells; Glencore for raw materials

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24M’s SemiSolid platform technology provides opportunities for the production of cost-optimized, application-specific designs in both grid and electric mobility markets. The license agreement provides FREYR with rights to unlimited production of battery cells based on 24M’s current and all future technology.

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Volvo and CATL have big plans for old EV batteries

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As one of the first legacy automakers to commit to an all-electric future, Volvo is already making massive strides to reduce its carbon footprint. In fact, Volvo’s last diesel-powered car rolled off the production line last month as the automaker looks toward a cleaner future.

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Report: Volkswagen Group to use CO2 MAC in Phaeton, A8

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The Volkswagen Group and Daimler are both looking to CO 2 as an alternate low global warming potential coolant to R-1234yf, to which Daimler originally objected in 2012, citing safety concerns. It has a high cooling capacity and is available worldwide at low cost in the required qualities. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Novel sorbent achieves 90% carbon capture in DOE-sponsored test

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Concern over the impact of greenhouse gas emissions and increasing CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere are driving the search for low-cost and efficient technologies to capture and store or utilize CO2 produced from sources such as power plants. Since a typical 500?megawatt

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GWU research team C2CNT advances to the final round of the Carbon XPRIZE; CO2 to carbon nanotubes

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The C2CNT team uses low-energy, low-cost technology developed in the Licht lab located at GW’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus to transform carbon dioxide into widely useful and highly valued products—carbon nanotubes.

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DOE to award Thar Energy $9.4M to help advance more efficient supercritical-CO2-based power cycles

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The selected project is designed to apply focused research and development to produce scalable, cost-effective recuperator technologies suitable for future deployment in large-scale SCO 2 power cycle applications.

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Group of European Companies Call for Deeper CO2 Cuts of 30% by 2020

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30 European companies recently called on the European Union to increase its ambition to cut EU emissions to 30% by 2020 from 1990 levels in the interests of strengthening Europe’s economic future, boosting jobs and providing greater certainty and predictability for investors.

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