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EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

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RWE's FUREC project, which aims to produce circular and green hydrogen from non-recyclable municipal solid waste in Limburg, the Netherlands, received a €108-million grant from the EU’s Innovation Fund. For comparison: This is equivalent to the output of a 700-megawatt offshore wind farm with coupled electrolyzers.

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Business Finland awards Keliber €7M to improve environmental protection in lithium hydroxide production

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Business Finland has granted Keliber Technology Oy, a Finnish mining and battery chemical company that aims to start the sustainable production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide utilizing its own ore, investment funding of a maximum of €7 million. The project is part of the Smart Mobility and Batteries from Finland programme.

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Ilika leading £8M project on high silicon content electrode SSBs for EVs

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Ilika will receive a grant of £2.8 Solid state batteries with their solid electrolyte are expected to provide greater safety and performance in comparison to lithium-ion batteries which presently power electric vehicles and have a liquid electrolyte. BMW Group and WAE Technologies will join the project’s steering committee.

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Promising results for low-pressure casting of aluminum bolts

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This enables the metal to be used directly in the manufacture of parts such as suspension components in cars. In order to investigate and demonstrate the potential of the technology, Hydro invited SINTEF and Raufoss Technology to join forces as part of a project called HyForge. —SINTEF researcher Siri Marthe Arbo.

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OSU researchers find small particles from tires inhibit growth of organisms in freshwater, coastal estuaries

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The findings are part of a continued effort by scientists to unravel the impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics on aquatic ecosystems and aquatic organisms. Exposure to nano tire particles enhanced toxicity in comparison to leachate alone. Tire particles are one of the most common microplastic types in aquatic ecosystems.

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Researchers advance detonation wave propulsion for hypersonic flight

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This, in large part, hinges on having reliable propulsion systems for hypersonic and supersonic flight. Flow diagnostics, such as high-speed shadowgraph and chemiluminescence imaging, show detonation initiation and stabilization and are corroborated through comparison to simulations.

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Drive System Design presents design methodology for accommodating future uncertainty in EV powertrain design: ePOP

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The detail within each of the powertrain variants generated allows intelligent cost functions to be used alongside performance and energy consumption comparisons, enabling studies that not only optimise products, but also determine those electrification strategies most robust against potential cost instabilities and the resulting market scenarios.

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