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Ramaco Carbon partnering with ORNL on new processes to make graphite from coal

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Researchers at the University of Wyoming, for example, developed a process to convert coal powder to graphite using a microwave oven, while researchers at The George Washington University have proposed another method to convert coal to battery-grade graphite.

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Peabody Energy Grants $2M to Develop Coal Energy Technology Lab at the University of Wyoming

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The University of Wyoming (UW) has received a $2 million grant from coal giant Peabody Energy to create the Peabody Energy Clean Coal Technology Laboratory in the UW Energy Resources Center in Laramie. This gift will be doubled by the Wyoming State Legislature matching fund.

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Clean Air Power demonstrates Freightliner Class 66 locomotive running on combination of diesel, biogas and hydrogen

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The Class 66 locomotive was built by Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) (JT42CWRM), now part of Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company. Clean Air Power’s main project partner was rail freight operator, Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W).

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Study finds high sodium bicarbonate concentrations in water from coal-bed natural gas production harms aquatic life; water treatment can mitigate effects

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The study area included the Tongue and Powder Rivers in Montana and Wyoming, where several types of experiments and assessments were used for 13 aquatic species. “New methods of energy production can also bring new risks to the environment that have not yet been evaluated or quantified.” —USGS Director Marcia McNutt. Farag, A.M.,

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MTU researchers develop optimization model to fill in the gaps in connected vehicle data

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Researchers at Michigan Technological University (MTU) have developed a data-driven optimization modeling framework to reconstruct the location-duration-path choices for the missing observations from incomplete data from connected vehicles. A paper on the work is published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.

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New Research Alliance to Promote Low-Impact Drilling Technologies

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The Houston Advanced Research Center ( HARC ) and the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University are establishing a collaborative research program to promote advanced technology for low-impact oil and gas drilling. University of Colorado. Utah State University. Sam Houston State University.

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ADA Technologies Receives $100,000 To Further Its Li-Ion Battery Research

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The company also recently completed a Phase I SBIR, also funded by the DOE, for the development of high-performance carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical capacitors. ADA recently completed a Phase I SBIR project , funded by the DOE, that focused on the development of high-capacity / high-rate nanocomposite high-voltage cathodes.

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