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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,204,129. DOE Funding: $1,483,787. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

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Clean Manufacturing – Further reducing the environmental footprint of Ford’s operations through renewable energy, sustainable water and wastewater management, waste management, and energy-efficient buildings.

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Ford Issues Official Statement On UAW Contract Ratification

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It was still a corporate press release, however, and came with plenty of the usual trappings. Thankfully, we are on track to reach full production schedules in the coming days at our assembly plants in Michigan, Kentucky and Illinois that were affected during the strike. Now, we are getting back to work as one Ford team.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Georgia Tech Research Corporation plans to develop and test MIL-101(Cr)-based sorbents in the form of powders, in composite polymer/MOF fibers and on the surface of monoliths. University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, KY) plans to develop an enhanced depolarized electro-membrane system. Susteon Inc.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Of the lead recipients, 24% are small businesses, 57% are educational institutions, 11% are national labs, and 8% are large corporations. The project also includes a proprietary process to convert waste biomass into carbon dioxide and hydrogen to feed the bioreactor, allowing butanol production from waste feedstocks.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Clermont, Kentucky). Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Eaton Corporation (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin). Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. Framatome Inc.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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West Virginia University Research Corporation , Morgantown, W.V. Arches geologic province (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio) by building a geologic model and completing reservoir simulations necessary for large-scale CO 2 storage. DOE share: $1,046,917; recipient share: $470,646; duration: 36 months).

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