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MAY 3, 2023

announced that its subsidiary SoCal Biomethane will supply renewable natural gas (RNG) as facilitated by renewable fuels marketer Anew Climate to FuelCell Energy’s Tri-gen system to produce carbon-negative hydrogen and electricity for Toyota Motor North America, Inc.’s Anaergia Inc. The fuel cells will also produce a net 2.3

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

E) will award $39 million in funding to 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. Olivine is a CO 2 -reactive waste product that can be returned as tailings after capture carbon from the air.

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APRIL 9, 2022

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Seaborg signed a partnership agreement to develop floating nuclear power plants based on Seaborg’s inherently safe Compact Molten Salt Reactor (CMSR). The floating nuclear power plant comes as a turn-key product, ready to be moored at an industrial harbor.

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JUNE 27, 2023

General Motors and Australia-based Element 25 Limited announced an agreement for Element 25 to supply up to 32,500 metric tons of manganese sulfate (MnSO 4 ) annually to support the annual production of more than 1 million GM EVs in North America. GM continues to strengthen its domestic supply base for EV production.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Capturing this waste carbon then allows for algae to be cultivated into a variety of biofuels and bioproducts. Capturing this waste carbon then allows for algae to be cultivated into a variety of biofuels and bioproducts. power, cement, or other industrial sources). ethanol production), biogas purification (e.g.,

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NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Lithium Australia NL reported that its wholly owned subsidiary VSPC Ltd has successfully produced Li-ion battery cathode material, and Li-ion batteries (LIBs), from tri-lithium phosphate produced directly from mine waste using the SiLeach process. LFP and batteries from waste. SiLeach background. Reactions occur rapidly at about 90 ?C,

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MAY 1, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), announced the publication of an independent study that finds ClearFlame’s technology could help fleet owners and other heavy-duty truck operators lower total costs while meeting sustainability goals sooner than currently available alternatives.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

General Motors has joined the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), adding another element to company programs that support the sustainability and human rights of the EV supply chain. GM already requires suppliers to meet its standards and adhere to company values throughout the supply chain.

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MAY 6, 2021

Demand outlooks and supply vulnerabilities vary widely by mineral, but the energy sector’s overall needs for critical minerals could increase by as much as six times by 2040, depending on how rapidly governments act to reduce emissions. Ensure adequate investment in diversified sources of new supply. Source: IEA. Source: IEA.

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MARCH 17, 2023

Aqua Metals has successfully recovered high-purity nickel from lithium battery black mass using its proprietary Li AquaRefining process, utilizing electricity, and without a polluting smelter or the significant chemical waste typical in recycling. Earlier post.)

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JULY 25, 2023

The 10 projects were selected from two Topic Areas: Field Validation of Lithium Hydroxide Production from Geothermal Brines : Pilot or demonstration projects to validate cost-effective, innovative lithium extraction and lithium hydroxide conversion technologies.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Electra’s process emits zero carbon dioxide emissions and carries zero green premium, meaning it will cost the same or less than existing production methods powered by fossil fuels. If the steel industry were a country, its carbon emissions would rank third in the world behind China and the United States.

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Coal Boston Carbon Green 360

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Danish fuel cell manufacturer Blue World Technologies is developing a methanol fuel cell-powered auxiliary power unit (APU) to replace conventional diesel generators for power supply on board ships. Furthermore, waste heat can also be used for additional energy recovery.

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Mariner Fuel Waste Gas-Electric 273

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APRIL 5, 2024

“There are concerns about a lack of capacity for EV battery recycling, but the opposite is true,” says Dylan Khoo, Electric Vehicles Industry Analyst at ABI Research. Current plans for recycling plants see capacity greatly outstripping the supplies of waste batteries.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Beyond that, the use of common bulk commodities such as manganese, iron and phosphorus reduces costs. VSPC’s active program to reduce costs even further includes its evaluation of industrial waste materials as feed, as well as the production of cathode-material precursors derived from spent LIBs.

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Energy Li-ion Australia Waste 418

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

NEO Battery Materials, a developer of silicon anode materials, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with an Asia-based producer of high-purity silicon powder through recycling silicon by-product waste from solar photovoltaic cell and semiconductor manufacturing. The recycler will remain confidential until officially disclosed.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Waste 210

Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

Aqua Metals has developed a process for recycling lithium-ion batteries that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective than current methods (see our recent in-depth interview with company execs ). At full scale, Aqua will provide 30% of the nickel and lithium carbonate needed at 6K’s PlusCAM facility.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Management believes that this will lead to lower operating and feedstock costs. Although Blue Biofuels is pleased with these results, they unfortunately took longer than anticipated due to delays encountered in the supply chain. The D3 RIN is currently approximately $3.4/gallon

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JANUARY 6, 2021

BayoTech is committed to addressing the global need for consistent, cost-effective, low-carbon supply of hydrogen. This allows BayoTech to serve a diverse set of end users, including traditional consumers in the industrial gas and chemicals industries, as well as those using hydrogen to power the fast-growing fuel cell segment.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

However, supply chains could make an even more prominent impact by electrifying their fleets of vehicles, which account for more significant environmental degradation. Around 42% of organizations are ordering EVs because they believe it will make them industry leaders. What other factors make electrification such an urgent priority?

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JULY 11, 2022

Graphmatech, Graphenea, and Northvolt have succeeded in up-cycling end-of-life EV batteries into graphene oxide at industrial pilot scale. Until now, that remaining material has been waste. The upcycling of graphene oxide from recycled batteries represents a great development in our pursuit of a sustainable battery industry in Europe.

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Industrial Industry Batteries Battery 186

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

The rapid growth of the hybrid and electric vehicle segment could potentially cause demand for electrical steel to outpace supply from 2025, according to a new report by a team of analysts from the Automotive Supply Chain and Technology team at IHS Markit. Supply is extremely limited in North America.

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Supplies Cleveland Electric Electrical 243

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MAY 4, 2023

Aqua Metals is leading the development of the innovative conversion process, designed to replace chemical catalysts with clean electricity, and enables the sustainable production of cost-effective CAM precursors by eliminating embedded emissions, recurring expenses, and chemical waste byproducts.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

This partnership provides the battery manufacturing sector with a secure and steady source of recycled cathode material that will help the United States achieve a sustainable domestic supply chain. —6K’s CEO, Aaron Bent.

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Batteries Battery Lithium Ion United States 210

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

The fuel cell factory, which initially has an annual production capacity of 250,000 individual fuel cells, is located in an industrial area at the Port of Aalborg in Denmark. Throughout the development and establishment of the factory, the focus has been on lowering production costs and time while ensuring high-quality components.

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Fuel Production Denmark Waste 342

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APRIL 26, 2018

In Japan, Aichi Prefecture, Chita City, Toyota City, Chubu Electric Power, Toho Gas, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Toyota Industries have launched the Chita City and Toyota City Renewable Energy-use Low-carbon Hydrogen Project. Background. Hydrogen is a useful energy source for realizing a low-carbon society. The project.

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Hydrogen Carbon Supplies Japan 230

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JUNE 4, 2022

prescursors account for approximately 70% of cathode material costs. With this joint venture, LG Chem will be able to receive a stable supply of high-quality nickel sulfate, while procuring recycling capacities, and KEMCO will procure a stable client in the domestic market as it expands its battery materials business portfolio.

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Waste Supplies Batteries Battery 210

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This funding opportunity will support technologies to extract battery-grade lithium from geothermal brines directly—providing a cost-effective, domestic source of this critical material. Easily integrated into existing facilities or allow for co-location of capabilities along the supply chain.

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Conversion Energy Storage Batteries Battery 326

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MAY 11, 2021

KGaA, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of pumps and valves and a pioneer in industrial additive manufacturing, to develop and test the performance of the new powder in 3-D printing applications. RTFT operates an open cast ilmenite mine at Lac Tio near Havre-Saint-Pierre, on Quebec’s North Shore.

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North America Water Manufacturer Waste 417

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

These changes eliminate the need for carbon sequestration and reduce the system’s feed-stock handling costs and complexity. DGF’s fuel production system relies entirely on cellulosic waste products such as timber trimmings from the logging industry and renewable energy such as wind and solar. —Christopher J.

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France Fuel Louisiana Water 426

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

A study by a team at the University Putra Malaysia concluded that the gasification of empty fruit bunch (EFB), a waste of the palm oil industry, could, if scaled up, produce hydrogen at a supply cost of $2.11/kg The US Department of Energy (DOE) 2015 cost target for hydrogen is $2.00-$3.00/kg kg EFB ($2.11/kg

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Waste Hydrogen Oil Industrial 231

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

DE-FOA-0002423 ) Topic Areas ins the FOA support DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO’s) objectives to reduce the minimum selling price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Improvements in productivity with traditional carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) supply.

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MARCH 5, 2021

The development of this resource offers an abundant, low-cost supply of critical raw materials for EV batteries and wiring including nickel, cobalt, copper and manganese, with a lower lifecycle ESG impact than conventional mining. We are getting into this industry with a deep commitment to ocean health and a clear stop date in mind.

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APRIL 12, 2018

Dürr is building a paint shop in Mexico for the BMW Group that meets the requirements for connected Industry 4.0 The use of renewable energy sources will ensure that the plant is supplied with 100% CO 2 -free electricity. production. San Luis Potosí will build the BMW brand’s best-selling model series, the BMW 3 Series Sedan.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Energy company SG H2 Energy; the City of Lancaster, California; and Iwatani, Japan’s leading hydrogen industrial gas company and a developer of hydrogen refueling stations (HRS) in California, are launching California’s first closed-loop green hydrogen ecosystem for transportation.

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Hydrogen Green Transportation Waste 307

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APRIL 23, 2014

The Dearman project is to deliver a production-feasible waste-heat recovery system for urban commercial vehicles, which offers life-cycle CO 2 savings of up to 40%; fuel savings of 25%, with the potential of up to almost 50%; and potential payback in less than three years. The IDP10-funded project will cost £3.25 Earlier post. ).

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APRIL 1, 2021

The current US lithium stock is almost entirely imported, with only 1% of US lithium supply being sourced domestically. Advancements that minimize and/or monetize waste products. The prize is one of several DOE competitions helping to bolster workforce development within the American geothermal industry.

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