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Solvay and Orbia to create JV to supply PVDF to battery market; largest capacity in N America

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The total investment is estimated to be around $850 million, and is expected to be funded in part by a grant awarded by the US Department of Energy of $178 million to Solvay to build a facility in Augusta, Georgia. Both plants are expected to be fully operational by 2026.

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Plug Power to acquire Applied Cryo Technologies to advance development of green hydrogen infrastructure

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Plug Power has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Applied Cryo Technologies, Inc. ACT), a leading provider of technology, equipment and services for the transportation, storage and distribution of liquefied hydrogen, oxygen, argon, nitrogen and other cryogenic gases. —Andy Marsh, CEO for Plug Power.

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Phase 1 of DOE-funded ABBA Integrated Biorefinery project begins; renewable jet, gasoline, diesel and nanocellulose

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Phase 1 of the ABBA Integrated Biorefinery project, to be built at the AVAPCO Thomaston Georgia site, has begun. The project, which will co-produce full replacement renewable jet fuel, gasoline, diesel and Bioplus nanocellulose from woody biomass in an integrated biorefinery at AVAPCO’s site in Thomaston, Georgia, has received a $3.7-million

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Ford, SK Innovation to form JV to manufacture battery cells and modules; 60 GWh/year from BlueOvalSK

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The creation of the JV is subject to definitive agreements, regulatory approvals and other conditions. The first two battery plants of SK Innovation in the US are located in Georgia with a total annual capacity of 22 GWh. We will not cede our future to anyone else. —Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO.

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Tesla Model S takes “boat mode” a bit too far by going full “submarine edition”

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This was definitely the case in a recent incident involving a Tesla Model S in Helen, Georgia, earlier this month. TSLA Helen Georgia 8/17/2021 @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/XV3hmb1ES7 — A B (@KruleATL) August 18, 2021. Helen was hit by a lot of rainfall recently due to Tropical Storm Fred.

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College Admissions: Should AI Apply?

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They definitely went overboard,” says, Hathaway, remembering that the chatbots found no middle ground between short, declarative sentences that did a lot of telling, not showing, and incredibly flowery language that became recognizable as one of the bots’ hackneyed hallmarks.

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Rivian sets date for its second Earnings Call of 2022

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Production efforts will have to rebound exponentially to reach the 25,000 unit goal, but it is definitely still a possibility. The automaker is building a factory in Georgia and its Normal, Illinois plant continues to produce R1T and EDV units. As of Q2, the company has produced roughly 7,000 units in the first half of the year.