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Linear Labs closes $4.5M seed round to fund commercialization of new electric motor technology

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Linear Labs motors significantly beat Department of Energy and ARPA-E goals for Cost Density and Power Density. The data has shown that the Linear Labs (LL) configuration is capable of producing nearly 100% more torque and continuous power than its commercial counterparts within the same frame size and geometrical envelope.

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UT Arlington licenses technology for portable, modular GTL conversion units; targeting stranded gas

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The University of Texas at Arlington has licensed technology for converting natural gas to synthetic liquid fuels (GTL) in portable units at a cost lower than current market rates to 1 st Resource Group Inc. of Fort Worth for commercialization. 1 st Resource has partnered with UMED Holdings Inc. ,

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App-based mobile gas station Booster Fuels raises $20M in Series B

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Because Booster exclusively operates in lots where density is high, it provides customers free delivery and competitive pricing while covering operating costs. In addition to being offered by major companies, leading commercial real estate owners recognize that Booster is an attractive benefit for large office parks to offer tenants.

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Edeniq and Flint Hills Resources Renewables establish joint development relationship for ethanol

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Flint Hills will also conduct commercial testing and scale-up of Edeniq’s Pathway platform. Edeniq owns and operates a demonstration-scale production facility in Visalia, California to convert cellulosic feedstock into low-cost cellulosic sugars and cellulosic ethanol. —Brian Thome, president and CEO of Edeniq.

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NRG Energy selects AeroVironment to expand eVgo EV charging ecosystem to Dallas/Fort Worth Area

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Planned Dallas/Fort Worth network. to expand the privately funded, comprehensive eVgo electric vehicle (EV) charging ecosystem launched first in Houston to EV drivers in the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) market, the fourth-largest metropolitan area by population in the US. Level 2 Commercial Charging Station.

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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

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Two days after the launch, Goddard received its first MSS image, showing the Dallas–Fort Worth area. (In Today’s commercial high-resolution satellites can have a resolution of 30 centimeters. In the false-color image, shown at top, reds are vegetation and grays and whites are urban or rocky land.)

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MP Materials has an ambitious US rare earth supply chain strategy to fuel EV innovation

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Recycling rare earth materials is vital to the cost-competitiveness of magnet manufacturing. What’s more, the company is developing a facility in Fort Worth, Texas where it plans to manufacture alloys and magnets from Mountain Pass materials. We broke ground at the Fort Worth site in April of 2022.

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