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Lithium Americas begins construction at Thacker Pass

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Aquatech International LLC has been awarded the contract for the magnesium sulfate and lithium carbonate chemical plants. In Q4 2022, Bechtel Corporation was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for the construction of Thacker Pass Phase 1 with detailed engineering underway.

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Clean Energy Fuels delivered 143M gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas in 2019, up 30% year-on-year

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Fox Rent A Car has renewed a fuel contract for approximately 210,000 gallons of Redeem over three years to power its 17 CNG rental car shuttles at Los Angeles International Airport and McCarren Airport in Las Vegas. Philadelphia will be consuming an estimated 250,000 gallons of CNG when it reaches 43 trucks in 2021.

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Pennsylvania invests $7.9M in 21 alt-fuel projects

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Awards include (ranked by amount): PHL Taxi Management LLC —$900,000 – to purchase and deploy 50 new CNG taxis in Philadelphia that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and to build a publicly accessible CNG fueling station in the city. International Battery Inc. Giant Eagle Inc.

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President Biden calls on Congress, States for fuel tax holiday; increase in refinery capacity

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Particularly on the East Coast, which has lost 70% of its pre-2009 refining capacity, incremental supplies have historically been imported from international markets to supplement domestic manufacturing. including refineries in Canada, are being similarly converted. However, the cost of refining in other nations is currently higher.

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Pennsylvania Awards Axion Power $800,000 to Demonstrate PbC Batteries in Hybrids, PHEVs and EVs

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The Pennsylvania Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) program has awarded Axion Power International, Inc. 321,680 to convert ground support equipment fleet at Philadelphia International Airport to run on electricity rather than fossil fuels. City of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Academies, Inc.

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Lead-Carbon Battery Company Axion Power Completes $26M Private Placement Stock Offering

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Axion Power International, Inc., The placement agents for the offering were Dallas-based Stonegate Securities; King of Prussia PA-based Emerging Growth Equities; and Philadelphia-based The Philadelphia Brokerage. per share for total gross proceeds of $26,081,490.

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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

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In the early 1980s, Goetzberger conducted pioneering research into fluorescent planar collector-concentrators, utilizing photovoltaic (PV) material mixed with fluorescent dyes to separate the various wavelengths of light and convert them using solar cells with different band gaps. government as a telecommunications contractor.

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