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Albemarle profit just misses estimates on weak lithium prices – ET Auto

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. “Our team demonstrated agility in dynamic market conditions by continuing to deliver solid volumetric growth, ramping new conversion facilities, and executing cost reduction and productivity improvements,” said Kent Masters, CEO of the North Carolina-based company, in a statement.

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EV News keeps on coming

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EV chargers Take it with you British start-up ZipCharge introduced Go , its portable EV charger, at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. A truck from Flux Hybrids out to do a conversion. The Hyundai Seven. Both Kia and Hyundai unveiled large SUV concept vehicles with noteworthy features at the show. Lucid Big prize!

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UGA/NCSU team engineers hyperthermophilic bacterium to produce industrial chemical building blocks from CO2 and H2; ARPA-E project

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Researchers at the University of Georgia and North Carolina State University have used a unique temperature-dependent approach in engineering a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus to be able to use CO 2 and hydrogen to produce 3-hydroxypropionic acid, one of the top 12 industrial chemical building blocks. Earlier post.).

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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City of Charlotte/Charlotte Area Transit System, North Carolina: $3,000,000. System improvements include high performance fluorescent lighting, LED exit signs, retrofitting existing pole lights; and installing occupancy sensors for private offices, conference rooms and bathrooms.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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Academically, he earned a Masters in Environmental Science from Drexel University and an MBA with a focus on Sustainability from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. In my conversations, I focus primarily on the overall total cost of ownership and I have encouraged some friends to convert.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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conferring hydrocarbon biosynthesis, enhanced carbon. North Carolina State. Jet Fuel From Camelina Sativa : A Systems Approach North Carolina State University will engineer the oilseed crop. conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture. unprecedented solar-to-fuel conversion efficiencies of more.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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Academically, he earned a Masters in Environmental Science from Drexel University and an MBA with a focus on Sustainability from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. In my conversations, I focus primarily on the overall total cost of ownership and I have encouraged some friends to convert.