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Utah-based Energy Fuels to enter commercial rare earth business in Q1-2021

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The monazite sands will be from Chemours’ Offerman Mineral Sand Plant in Georgia. Shipments of monazite sands from Georgia to the White Mesa Mill in Utah are expected to commence in the first quarter of 2021. Utilizing existing facilities avoids the significant time and cost required to license and develop new facilities.

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. Big Benefits One of the main values of connecting regional networks is that it enables, and is in fact critical for, incorporating renewable energy. The cost of the project, estimated at US $1.9

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Michelin 2048 goals: tires made with 80% sustainable material and 100% tire recycling

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At the Movin’On 2018 mobility summit, Michelin announced its ambition that by 2048, all of its tires will be manufactured using 80% sustainable materials (recycled and renewable materials) and that 100% of all tires will be recycled. and 2% recycled materials such as steel or recycled powdered tires). recycling rate.

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Dow Planning to Build and Operate a Pilot-Scale Algae-to-Ethanol Biorefinery with Algenol Biofuels

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Dow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Membrane Technology & Research, Inc. By comparison, corn produces around 400 gallons/acre/year. The Dow Chemical Company plans to work with Algenol Biofuels, Inc.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

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In comparison, the state’s goal is to achieve this amount by 2050. Further, the system was designed for one-way power, not for distributed renewable-energy devices sending power back into the system. To achieve the reduction in greenhouse gases desired, renewable-energy generation of electricity will need to replace fossil fuels.

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DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

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Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Ga.) Georgia Tech will team with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., Princeton will design, simulate, and analyze 20 process configurations to enable meaningful cross-configuration comparisons and insights into the potential impacts of advanced technologies.

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Idaho National Laboratory low-energy electrochemical process could eliminate need for steam cracking of hydrocarbons

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A team of Idaho National Laboratory (INL) researchers, with colleagues at Georgia Tech, has pioneered an electrochemical process that could eliminate the need for high-energy steam cracking. Comparison of process energies and carbon footprint in NDP and steam cracking. (a)

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