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QM Power and University of Kentucky demonstrate 50 kW/liter electric motor; DOE 2025 power density goal

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QM Power and the SPARK Lab at University of Kentucky shared the combined results of a large-scale, multi-objective design optimization study, and lab testing of a prototype motor designed to meet the 2025 power density goals set by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Ionel, FIEEE, who serves as the inaugural L.

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Rivian to turn coal mine to solar energy center in Kentucky

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Rivian plans to convert the Starfire Mine in Kentucky to a solar energy center. The conversion is estimated to be a $1 billion solar project. The Starfire Mine, Kentucky, was once one of the largest coal mines in the United States. It will be one of Kentucky’s largest renewable power projects once converted.

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U Kentucky CAER receives $1M for carbon fiber research

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The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) received a $1 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to continue their research in developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber. The center is home to the largest carbon fiber spinline at any university in North America.

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LLNL-led team to use microorganisms to separate and purify rare-earth elements; biomining

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In the new project, the LLNL team will leverage the diversity, specificity and customizability of environmental microbiology, synthetic biology and protein engineering to enable new biomining methods for the separation, purification and conversion of REEs into manufacturing-ready forms.

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DEED sets records

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Visitors had a chance to see EVs like the Rivian R1T, and to converse with exhibitors including representatives from the Air District and other nonprofit organizations. In addition, chapter members posted signs on street corners. “We We had a very visible location in a mall parking lot in Manteca,” said Atherton.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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Such a plant would feed a 50,000 metric ton per year conversion plant to produce battery grade lithium hydroxide to support domestic manufacturing of the lithium-ion battery cells to power 750,000 electric vehicles per year. It will produce enough material to supply more than 250,000 electric vehicles annually.

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US Fuels acquires coal-to-diesel IP for scalable plants near mine sites

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USF is planning a first facility located near Central City in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. For the conversion of coal to syngas, US Fuel will utilize slow pyrolysis. For the conversion of syngas to diesel, US Fuel will integrate a modified, more efficient Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) process.

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