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DOE awards $3M to MP Materials for project to extract rare earths from fossil fuel waste streams

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MAY 17, 2021

MP Materials has received a $3-million award from the Department of Energy (DOE) to complete a feasibility study, working with the University of Kentucky (UK), on a system to produce rare earth oxides, metals, and other critical materials recovered from coal by-products. Mountain Pass facility. Source: MP Materials.

Kentucky

Kentucky Coal Waste Fuel

Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Net proceeds from sustainable financing will be invested and expended in four areas: Clean Transportation – Designing, developing and manufacturing zero-emissions transportation, focusing on battery-electric vehicles and the batteries that power them across the full range of design, development, manufacturing and end-of-life.

Financing

Financing Ford Clean Cleaning

Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. An all-new $5.6-billion billion mega-campus in Stanton, Tenn. (a

Kentucky

Kentucky Tennessee Ford Building

ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Olivine is a CO 2 -reactive waste product that can be returned as tailings after capture carbon from the air. Travertine will launch a transformative process that integrates strong acid treatment of mining waste or tailings with electrolytic acid recycling. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. University of Nevada, Reno.

Supplies

Supplies Ni-Li Carbon Universal

DOE selects 10 projects to enhance research into recovery of rare earth elements from coal and coal byproducts

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

Phase 1 projects will include sampling and characterization of coal-related materials such as coal, coal mine roof and floor materials, and/or coal ash to identify suitable material for recovery of REEs; a techno-economic feasibility study; and a system design for the proposed REE recovery technology. Description.

Coal

Coal North Dakota Kentucky West Virginia

DOE to award $37M to four projects for carbon capture from coal power plants; targeting 90% removal with 35% max increase in electricity cost

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AUGUST 15, 2011

This project, located at the Colorado Springs Drake #7 power plant, will design, construct, and test a patented NeuStream absorber. Southern Company: Development and Demonstration of Waste Heat Integration with Solvent Process for More Efficient CO 2 Removal from Coal-Fired Flue Gas. Neumann Systems Group, Inc.:

Coal

Coal Carbon Power Powered

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under the first FOA (DE-FOA-0002187), Capture Research and Development (R&D): Engineering Scale Testing from Coal- and Natural-Gas-Based Flue Gas and Initial Engineering Design for Industrial Sources, DOE selected nine projects to receive $51 million for cost-shared R&D. DOE Funding: $1,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $430,524; Total: $1,930,524.

Carbon

Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition’s Hybrid Electric School Buses Provide New Horsepower for Kentucky. The project will replace 190 older diesel school buses with hybrid electric school buses to be used in school districts throughout Kentucky. Total DOE award: $14,999,927. Total DOE award: $13,181,171.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant

DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The engineering unit operations and reactor designs are validated via the company’s Washington State commercial launch factory that has already produced and shipped multiple tons of SCC55 to customers worldwide. SCC55 can be deployed directly in current LIB production equipment with very low switching costs and rapid implementation timelines.

Manufacturer

Manufacturer Parts Batteries Battery

DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

The engineering unit operations and reactor designs are validated via the company’s Washington State commercial launch factory that has already produced and shipped multiple tons of SCC55 to customers worldwide. SCC55 can be deployed directly in current LIB production equipment with very low switching costs and rapid implementation timelines.

Manufacturer

Manufacturer Parts Batteries Battery

NSF Awards $40M in 20 Grants for Research on Natural Systems, Including 8 Projects for Obtaining Hydrocarbons from Plants and Microorganisms

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The project “Lignin Deconstruction for the Production of Liquid Fuels” (0937657) will be led by Rodney Andrews, with collaboration from researchers Mark Crocker, Seth DeBolt, Mark Meier, and Samuel Morton, all from the University of Kentucky. Mountziaris, and W. Curt Conner, all from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Grant

Grant Puerto Rico Conversion Montana

Hitachi Restructures, Spinning Off Automotive Systems Business; to Launch Group-Wide Strategies for Li-ion Battery and Renewables Businesses

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MARCH 16, 2009

Also, it will focus on the development, design and manufacturing of direct injection engine systems, variable valve actuation systems and other engine systems where Hitachi’s technology are advancing. Realignment of Worldwide Bases, Including Closing Design and Manufacturing Bases. and further restructuring measures considered.

Li-ion

Li-ion Renewable Lithium Ion Batteries

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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APRIL 30, 2010

The project also includes a proprietary process to convert waste biomass into carbon dioxide and hydrogen to feed the bioreactor, allowing butanol production from waste feedstocks. U of Kentucky). Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (UC UC Berkeley, Logos Technologies). Penn State. (U Applied Materials. A123 Systems, LBNL).

Carbon

Carbon Batteries Battery Li-ion

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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AUGUST 25, 2009

The development of refined and coupled geochemical, mechanical, and flow models will yield better predictions of subsurface CO 2 behavior, thereby assisting the design and implementation of CO 2 geologic storage projects. The approach is designed to be applicable to other CO 2 injection sites.

CO2

CO2 Coal Austin Store

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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JUNE 26, 2021

Enhancement of PyARC for Westinghouse Electric Company’s Lead Fast Reactor design and modeling, $450,000. Clermont, Kentucky). Multiscale Manufacturing Design Tool Based on Machine Learning Workflow, $250,000. Capability Enhancements for System-level Thermal Hydraulic Modeling of Lead Fast Reactors, $250,000. Beam Suntory, Inc.

Commercial

Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York

EV Driven

DOE awards $3M to MP Materials for project to extract rare earths from fossil fuel waste streams

Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

DOE selects 10 projects to enhance research into recovery of rare earth elements from coal and coal byproducts

DOE to award $37M to four projects for carbon capture from coal power plants; targeting 90% removal with 35% max increase in electricity cost

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

NSF Awards $40M in 20 Grants for Research on Natural Systems, Including 8 Projects for Obtaining Hydrocarbons from Plants and Microorganisms

Hitachi Restructures, Spinning Off Automotive Systems Business; to Launch Group-Wide Strategies for Li-ion Battery and Renewables Businesses

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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