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Solid Power awarded up to $12.5M to develop nickel- and cobalt-free all-solid-state battery cells; ?500 Wh/kg target

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Solid Power, Inc., Solid Power expects to receive up to $12.5 Solid Power’s objective is to produce multi-layer cells meeting intelligence application needs for high energy density, high power density, long calendar life, quiet operation, and robustness to extreme environmental conditions.

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Sionic Energy, formerly NOHMs, launches to commercialize next-generation silicon-anode Li-ion battery cells

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Sionic’s silicon-anode battery cell designs incorporate the company’s complete technology innovations that deliver up to 50% greater energy density, 30% lower cost, and increased safety, and can be integrated into cylindrical, pouch, or prismatic cell formats in existing cell production supply chains and infrastructure.

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

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IACMI is dedicated to overcoming these barriers by developing low-cost, high-production, energy-efficient manufacturing and recycling processes for composites applications. In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy.

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

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Solid Power Inc. has been named “Emerging Cleantech Company of the Year” by the Colorado Cleantech Industries Association ( CCIA ). The result is ultra-high-energy, safe and low-cost solid-state rechargeable batteries. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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PPPL researchers find way to build high-temperature superconducting magnets for fusion devices

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Such powerful magnets would more easily fit within the tight space inside spherical tokamaks, which are shaped more like a cored apple than the doughnut-like shape of conventional tokamaks, and are being explored as a possible design for future fusion power plants. —Jon Menard, PPPL’s deputy director for research and co-author.

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

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Solid Power, a developer of all solid-state batteries (ASSB), closed $20 million in a Series A investment round. The company’s ultimate objective is to displace lithium-ion as the battery of choice for high performance, mobile power applications. Solid Power originated as a spin-out from the University of Colorado Boulder.

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ARPA-E announces $11M for innovations in energy-water processing and agricultural sensing technologies; fourth, fifth OPEN+ cohorts

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The Sensors teams will develop ultra-low-energy distributed sensors to improve production efficiency in agriculture, boosting viability for bioenergy crops and reducing the energy and water requirements for agriculture more broadly. Energy-Water Technologies cohort. Sensors for Bioenergy and Agriculture cohort.

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