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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: $1,499,999. DOE Funding: $1,483,787.

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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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The US Department of Energy (DOE), General Motors and MathWorks launched the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, the latest DOE-sponsored Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition ( AVTC ), revealed the 12 competing universities and named the Chevrolet Blazer as the vehicle platform selected for the competition. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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DOE awards $1.95M for conceptual designs that extract critical minerals and rare earth elements from coal sources

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Concurrent Technologies Corporation (Johnstown, PA). University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND). University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND). West Virginia University Research Corporation (Morgantown, WV). BioCarbon Technologies LLC (Missoula, MT). Energy Fuels Resources (Lakewood, CO).

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DOE invests $17.4M in projects to advance recovery of rare earth elements from coal and coal byproducts

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The following two bench-scale projects were selected under area of interest 1: The University of North Dakota Institute for Energy Studies will use North Dakota sub-bituminous lignite coal and coal-related material as feedstock to test their REE recovery system. will use coal fly ash physically processed near Trapp, KY. as their feedstock.

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

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Clemson University will develop a lightweight, multi-material passenger vehicle body structure, addressing challenges in joining dissimilar materials. SUNY University @ Stony Brook. Penn State University. Penn State University. University of California, San Diego. University of Illinois at Chicago.

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

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The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Enovix Corporation. Marquette University. Exelon Corporation. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Regents of University of Minnesota. Group14 Technologies Inc.

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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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The Ohio State University. University of Kentucky Research Foundation. The University of North Dakota. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The University of Utah. Wayne State University. Organization. Description. DOE Funding: $322,352 Non-DOE Funding: $82,617 Total Funding: $404,969.

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