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DOE awards $1.95M for conceptual designs that extract critical minerals and rare earth elements from coal sources

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DOE’s Critical Minerals Sustainability Program (previously called the Feasibility of Recovering Rare Earth Elements Program) has demonstrated the technical feasibility of extracting these resources from coal-based materials. Concurrent Technologies Corporation (Johnstown, PA). Energy Fuels Resources (Lakewood, CO). Sharon, PA).

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Boeing to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences to advance autonomous technology capabilities

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Boeing plans to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation ; Aurora specializes in autonomous systems technologies to enable advanced robotic aircraft for future aerospace applications and vehicles. Once acquired, Aurora will be a subsidiary under Boeing Engineering, Test & Technology known as Aurora Flight Sciences, A Boeing Company.

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KiOR and Catchlight Energy sign feedstock supply agreement

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developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable oil from biomass, and Catchlight Energy LLC (CLE), a 50-50 joint venture between subsidiaries of Chevron Corporation and Weyerhaeuser Company focused on providing liquid transportation fuels from sustainable forest-based resources, have signed a feedstock supply agreement.

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KiOR signs second offtake agreement for renewable gasoline and diesel blendstocks

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This is the second offtake agreement KiOR has signed for its Columbus, MS, facility, having announced an agreement with Hunt Refining Company in March of 2011. KiOR expects to begin production at its Columbus facility in the second half of 2012. Earlier post.)

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AEP Signs on as Corporate Sponsor of Pickens’ Energy Plan

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American Electric Power has signed on as a corporate sponsor of The Pickens Plan, proposed by oil and gas industry veteran T. We can’t significantly develop renewable energy resources, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and introduce competition for liquid transportation fuels without a well-designed, reliable national transmission grid.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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Improved energy storage technologies will allow for expanded integration of renewable energy resources like wind and photovoltaic systems and will improve frequency regulation and peak energy management. NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation (MA). New York State Electric & Gas Corporation. Beacon Power Corporation (MA).

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Schlumberger Carbon Services , Columbus, Ohio. West Virginia University Research Corporation , Morgantown, W.V. Advanced Resources International , Arlington, Va. Battelle Memorial Institute , Columbus, Ohio. Ideally, this will be followed by long-term deployment at large-scale operating CO 2 storage projects.

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