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MIT study finds shift to green energy sources could mean crunch in supply of key rare earth elements

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The study by researchers at MIT also points out that production of the two metals has been increasing by only a few percentage points per year.the availability of REEs appears to be at risk based on a number of factors. Of particular significance, one country (China) controls 98% of current supply (production). —Alonso et al.

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MITEI releases report on Electrification of the Transportation System

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The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has released a report on the proceedings—and papers that informed those proceedings—of the 8 April 2010 symposium on The Electrification of the Transportation System: Issues and Opportunities. The symposium was sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative, together with Ormat, Hess, Cummins and Entergy.

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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This project will determine levels at which higher alcohols and other advanced oxygenated fuel components can be readily integrated into the existing fuel supply (i.e., Vehma International of America, Inc. Miltec UV International, LLC. DENSO International America, Inc. Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC—NREL.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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These investments are one reason why the International Energy Agency (IEA) in September insisted that there’s still hope to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 °C Jenkins: Energy systems became globalized in the middle of the 20th century and then encountered global supply shocks, like the oil embargoes of the ’70s. C in this century.

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The New Supersonic Boom

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government established a Supersonic Transport Advisory Committee, which began discussions with international partners about building a supersonic airliner. There are a couple of problems with that logic," says Dan Rutherford, who is aviation and shipping program director for the International Council on Clean Transportation.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. The vehicles will be controlled centrally and the computer will match supply to demand and provide routing instructions. We are all stampeding towards an electric vehicle future.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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The selected projects will focus on technologies such as revolutionizing fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and technologies to generate less nuclear waste and reduce the cost of fuel. These dendrites can cause battery failure and pose a safety hazard due to internal short-circuit. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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