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Solid-state battery company Solid Power named “Emerging Cleantech Company of the Year” by CCIA

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has been named “Emerging Cleantech Company of the Year” by the Colorado Cleantech Industries Association ( CCIA ). The cathode is made up of exceptionally cost-effective, Earth-abundant precursor materials. The result is ultra-high-energy, safe and low-cost solid-state rechargeable batteries. Solid Power Inc.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. Colorado State University. Marquette University.

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Solid-state battery company Solid Power closes $20M in Series A; Hyundai, Samsung, A123 among investors

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The automotive industry, in its pursuit of vehicle electrification, is particularly interested in ASSB to boost vehicle range, while using an overall safer and simpler energy storage system as compared to current state of the art lithium-ion batteries. Solid Power originated as a spin-out from the University of Colorado Boulder.

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DOE awards $17M for vehicle technologies; batteries, PEEM, engines, materials, fuel

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The newly selected projects are in five areas: energy storage; power electronics and electric motors (PEEM); advanced combustion engines; materials technologies, and fuels and lubricant technologies. Energy storage (Area of Interest 1). University of Colorado Boulder. Earlier post.). Awardees are: AWARD TABLE.

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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UNO MK3 allows CO 2 to be withdrawn and stored as solid potassium bicarbonate during high energy demand, eliminating stripper energy and enabling profitable regeneration. Colorado State University. Synergistic Heat Pumped Thermal Storage and Flexible Carbon Capture System - $1,000,000.

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3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

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Developments by PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) and Princeton of lithium air batteries incorporating graphene as a cathode material set the highest energy storage capacity ever recorded, 15,000 mAh g -1. When combined with other advanced battery materials, it could effectively lower battery life cycle cost by up to 70%.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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The US Department of Energy is awarding $106 million in funding for 37 research projects selected in the second round by the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Better Batteries - Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST). Planar Energy Devices. Earlier post.).

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