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DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

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The projects will feature collaborations with EERE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office on manufacturing reliable and affordable electrolyzers and with EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office on developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber for hydrogen storage tanks. Collaborative Composite Solutions Corporation. Nikola Corporation.

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DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

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DOE funding: $5,577,738; cost share: $5,925,475; Total costs: $11,503,213. American Battery Metals Corporation; Field Demonstration of Selective Leaching, Targeted Purification, and Electro-Chemical Production of Battery Grade Lithium Hydroxide Precursor from Domestic Claystone Resources. 525 Solutions, Inc.;

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Enovix Corporation. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Exelon Corporation. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec Corporation). Marquette University.

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DOE announces SBIR/STTR FY16 Phase 1 Release 1 awards; four for fuel cell membrane development

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of Virginia, will develop and demonstrate high-temperature, hydrocarbon-based membranes that meet the chemical, thermal, and mechanical properties necessary to qualify for the demanding environments that exist within a fuel cell vehicle’s lifetime. These projects are awarded through the Office of Basic Energy Sciences.

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DOE to award $4M to 9 projects to recover rare earth elements from coal and by-products

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Low-Cost Rare Earth Element (REE) Recovery from Acid Mine Drainage Sludge Research Triangle Institute plans to use a staged, membrane-based treatment approach to separate, concentrate, and ultimately recover REEs from acid mine drainage (AMD) sludge that will take place over an 18-month performance period. Research Triangle Institute.

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DOE awards $60M to 24 R&D projects to accelerate advancements in zero-emissions vehicles

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West Virginia University Research Corporation. AOI 6: Low?cost cost Infrastructure?based Scalable Ultra Power-Dense Extended Range (SUPER) Inverter. AOI 4: Integrated Simulation of Combustion and Aftertreatment ? Optimizing for Near?Zero Zero Emissions (ISCA?ONE). University of Wisconsin-Madison. Material Glider System.

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New seamless charging network across18 states

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The Electric Highway Coalition—made up of American Electric Power, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Entergy Corporation, Southern Company, and the Tennessee Valley Authority—announced a plan to enable EV drivers seamless travel across major regions of the country through a network of Direct Current (DC) fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs).