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Haldor Topsøe acquires 18% of Na-ion battery company Faradion Ltd

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Haldor Topsøe A/S, a global market leader in catalysis and related process technologies, recently acquired 18% of the shares in sodium-ion battery technology company Faradion Ltd, based in Sheffield, UK. Other partners in the investment included Finance Yorkshire’s Seedcorn Fund and Rising Stars Growth Fund II LP.

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Skyonic awards $117M construction contract to Toyo-Thai-USA for commercial-scale carbon capture and utilization plant

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Skyonic Corporation, developer of the SkyMine mineralization process which can serve as a potential replacement for existing scrubber technology ( earlier post ), recently awarded the $117M construction contract for the Capitol SkyMine plant in San Antonio, Texas, to Toyo-Thai-USA Corporation (TTUS).

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PNNL: single-crystal nickel-rich cathode holds promise for next-generation Li-ion batteries

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Nickel offers relatively low cost, wide availability and low toxicity compared to other key battery materials, such as cobalt. The PNNL researchers have developed a process to grow high-performance crystals in molten salts—sodium chloride, common table salt—at high temperature.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Advanced Membranes for Redox Flow Batteries, $300,000 The Chemours Company, Wilmington, Del.

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Making battery energy storage an integral part of ‘Net-Zero’ – ET Auto

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These BES systems can thus act as a compliment to the power banking facilities provided by transmission companies. With this background, Sodium-ion (Na-ion) technology is emerging as a credible alternative. Additionally, it is important to pool in low-cost financing options for renewable energy projects consisting of BES.

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

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Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio). The project will be implemented by a unique Texas not-for-profit corporation created to research, develop and implement smart grid clean energy systems. 29,561,142. 125,006,103.

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NYSERDA Commits $8M to Develop and Commercialize 19 New York Battery and Energy-Storage Technology Projects

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The awards are being made to companies and universities across New York that are involved in advanced research and development of energy storage applications that could benefit transportation, utility Smart Grid applications, renewable energy technologies, and other industries. Ultralife Corporation. Hollingsworth & Vose, Co.