Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Advanced materials technology company Sylvatex (SVX) announced a new proprietary waterless production method that delivers premium EV-grade cathode active materials (CAM) at lower costs and that allows for a broader material input supply base to enable demand growth. SVX recently closed a Series A funding of $8.4

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 2, 2022

He imagined a shower head that would sense when the person showering moved out from under the stream of water. The shower head would then automatically turn the water off, turning it back on again when the person moved back into range. With such a device, he thought, people could enjoy a long shower without wasting water.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Power management company Eaton’ Vehicle Group has partnered with Ballard Fuel Cell Systems and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop heavy-duty truck fuel cell technology.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2013

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Microvi Biotechnologies a grant to develop a new technology to improve significantly the yield and performance of biobutanol processes. Microvi’s technology is also expected to provide economic advantages such as reduced water usage, waste production and energy use.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2021

The Government of British Columbia and Eagle Graphite confirmed release of the first tranche of grant funding in support of a 2-year program to develop and commercialize silicon-modified battery anodes made with graphite from Eagle’s Black Crystal graphite quarry and plant in Valhalla, British Columbia.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

the public-private consortium behind the Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) grant, “Securing the Future of Natural Rubber—an American Tire and Bioenergy Platform from Guayule,” reported several key advancements emerging from the group’s work over the past year. At its recent annual meeting in Albany, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2023

Aclara Resources, a development-stage company that focuses on heavy rare earth mineral resources, has started the continuous operation of its newly constructed pilot plant for the Penco Module near Concepcion, Chile. The first has been granted in all the countries that were requested viz.

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Chile Brazil Water Grant 221

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

Element 1 Corporation (e1NA), Zhejiang Methanol Hydrogen Technology (ZMHT) and Zhejiang Element 1 (e1China) have formed a joint venture company—Zhejiang Hydrogen One Energy Technology Co., e1NA has granted the JV an exclusive license for Greater China and will have a 10% direct ownership interest in the JV.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

Carbon transformation company Twelve and biotechnology company LanzaTech have transformed CO 2 emissions into ethanol as a part of an ongoing research and development partnership. In Fall 2021, Twelve and LanzaTech also announced plans to develop polypropylene from CO 2 with a grant from Impact Squared.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2023

Element 1 Corporation (e1) and NEXA Capital Partners LLC (NEXA) formed a new joint venture named Hydrogen Aviation Development Company (HADC or the JV). Upon formation of the JV, e1 granted HADC a worldwide exclusive license to its technology for all aerospace applications.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Researchers at Washington State University Tri-Cities have been awarded a $50,000 National Science Foundation I-Corps grant to explore the commercialization potential of their new pathway for biojet from biomass waste. For the NSF I-Corps grant, Yang and his team are working under the mentorship of Terri L. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Concord Energy, one of Singapore’s leading crude oil and refined petroleum product trading companies, has signed an agreement with cellulosic biogasoline company Cool Planet Energy Systems ( earlier post ) to establish a joint venture in the Asia-Pacific Region.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2021

Essen-based energy company STEAG, Duisburg-based steel producer thyssenkrupp Steel and Dortmund-based thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers, specializing in electrolysis technology, are working on a joint feasibility study. In this context, the cooperation between three companies based in the region is an important element.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2013

NUNAOIL is the the only national oil company only in the Arctic; it participates in every license on behalf of the government of Greenland. It is with great pleasure, I note that we were able to attract the largest oil companies in the world to explore for oil and gas in our area. —Runi M. Petroleum exploration in Greenland.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The reformer module is combined with the fuel cell module by balancing the heat and water in the system. A key property of the PowerCell fuel cell system using diesel is that it does not require any additional water for the reforming process as long as the ambient air temperature is below 40°C.

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Teslarati

APRIL 15, 2024

Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium has been granted approval to set up mining operations in North Carolina, though it still may face some barriers in developing a future operation. The site is expected to include both a Lithium hydroxide conversion facility and a Spodumene concentrator, as can be seen in the company’s renderings below.

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North Carolina Tesla Charlotte Grant 122

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2022

Inclusive of Ballard’s announcement in March 2021, the company will provide a total of 14 fuel cell modules, each module with a rated power output of 200 kW, to support this program. With the ERA grant, CP is building upon its early program research to convert an additional line-haul locomotive and a yard switcher locomotive.

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Hydrogen North America Fuel Grant 186

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By co-locating these critical activities and collaborations, the company expects ATP will become a lithium innovation hub that anchors technology leadership in the Southeast US, where the EV industry is rapidly expanding. The company anticipates creating at least 200 jobs at the site, with an average salary of $94,000 per year.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

International Battery has received an $800,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) to design, manufacture and test an 800 kilowatt-hour bulk energy storage system (BESS), expandable to one megawatt. International Battery will join forces with an inverter company for this project.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Construction of the concentrator and the near-by Rapasaari mine will be started once their environmental permits have been granted. Circulated process water will account for about 80% of the refinery’s total process water consumption.

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Lithium Ion Finland Water Grant 221

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2012

The Utah Water Quality Board, in a 9-2 vote this week, agreed with the August 2012 recommendations of an administrative law judge (ALJ) upholding a permit-by-rule issued by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for the proposed PR Spring an oil sands mine on state land in eastern Utah. Overlay of the proposed plant site on the terrain.

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Oil-Sands Utah Water Oil 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

the developer of a process for harvesting algae and cleaning up oil & gas water, announced that its second original equipment manufacturer’s (OEM) agreement will target oil service companies in the Canadian oil sands market. OriginOil, Inc., LH was an early private investor in Athabasca Oil Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2023

The seven projects, each involving a group of companies working in partnership on green transport technology, will each benefit from industry support, together with a government grant. FCVGEN2.0 – Ford Motor Company Ltd. £8 Hydrogen is a clean fuel, producing only water when burned. The £77 million is made up of £38.4

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Two awards will advance flexible operation of light-water reactors with integrated hydrogen production systems. The following project was selected under the Regulatory Assistance Grants pathway: Evaluation of Metal Fuel for LWR using BISON. These projects, valued at $26.9 Total Award Value: $12,500,000.

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Hydrogen Idaho Grant Water 321

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The California Energy Commission approved $8 million in grants to two biofuel companies stemming from a solicitation issued earlier this year (PON-13-609: Pilot-Scale and Commercial-Scale Advanced Biofuels Production Facilities). It also includes other emerging feedstocks such as algae.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 11, 2022

That’s granting the workers who pocketed great salaries and benefits, while filling our air and water with toxic waste, a free pass from taking any responsibility for their actions. So the justice I want to see is first, second and third for the victims in the sacrifice zones created by the oil, gas and coal companies.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The Commissioners of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) voted unanimously to grant the air quality permits necessary for the $3.5 Among the environmental features of the project is Tenaska’s commitment to use dry cooling technology to reduce Trailblazer’s water use by 90%. The project has also been awarded a $7.7-million

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2013

Shell is ready to invest several hundred million dollars in emerging technology companies, with the aim to accelerate the deployment of innovations that add value to the company’s operations. As well as promising technology companies, Shell is looking to invest in technology spin-outs and externally-managed venture capital funds.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Mining is environmentally harmful—it scars landscapes, adversely affects ecosystems and habitat, is water- and energy-intensive, and can pollute air and water resources. Evaporation ponds are water-intensive, can require thousands of square miles of land, and are environmentally destructive.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Siemens Energy a $200,000 grant for the research initiative. The studies will evaluate multiple forms of hydrogen production, including green hydrogen, which is created from water and has no byproducts. Siemens Energy and Clemson University also have net-zero carbon goals to reach by 2030.

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Universal Hydrogen Energy South Carolina 262

Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Granted by the State Office for the Environment (LfU), the new early approval would allow the company to construct tanks for antifreeze and windscreen washer fluid, among others. Tesla’s new early approval is the company’s 17th to date. The facility is expected to be capable of producing 500,000 vehicles per year. .

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Cars That Think

MAY 31, 2024

South 8 swapped out the carbonate for some industrial liquified gases with low freezing points (a recipe the company won’t disclose). His company, based in Carlsbad, Calif., The company developed the cold plate under an ARPA-E grant and is now measuring the energy savings of liquid cooling through an ARPA-E program.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

UK-based ITM Power has been awarded a grant by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to undertake a £100k (US$160k), 12-month engineering feasibility study of producing synthetic methane using carbon dioxide from industrial processes and hydrogen produced by electrolysis.

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Teslarati

JULY 12, 2023

While it is capable of producing Model Y units with excellent quality, and while it is home to the company’s most advanced paint shop, Giga Berlin is also the facility that constantly attracted opposition during its buildout process. An rbb24 report indicated that the company is in the public consultation stage for Phase 2.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Rice University led by RPI Professor Nikhil Koratkar have shown that flowing water with various molarities of hydrochloric acid (HCl) over graphene generates induced voltages an order of magnitude higher as compared to carbon nanotubes. Credit: ACS, Dhiman et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2018

Army researchers have developed a novel, structurally-stable, aluminum-based nanogalvanic alloy powder that, when combined with water or any water-based liquid, reacts to produce on-demand hydrogen for power generation at room temperature without chemicals, catalysts or externally supplied power. Source: ARL. kWh of energy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2022

Canada-based battery materials company Euro Manganese (EMN) reported that the first shipment of the components of its demonstration plant to be sited in Chvaletice, Czech Republic is underway from China, where the components of the plant are being assembled. Background. In May 2016, Euro Manganese Inc.

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