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Utah-based Energy Fuels to enter commercial rare earth business in Q1-2021

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REEs are the building-blocks of a wide array of clean energy and advanced technologies, including wind turbines, electric vehicles, cell phones, computers, flat panel displays, advanced optics, catalysts, medicine, and national defense applications. —Mark S. Chalmers, President and CEO of Energy Fuels. Energy Fuels currently has 1.5

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Intermountain Power Agency orders MHPS JAC Gas Turbine technology for renewable-hydrogen energy hub, operated by LA DWP

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The Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) has awarded Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) a contract for two M501JAC power trains for the Intermountain Power Plant (IPP) in Delta, Utah. It will provide 840 MW of reliable energy to the IPA purchasers it serves, including Los Angeles and municipalities in other parts of California and Utah.

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Los Angeles takes steps to transition out of coal-fired power earlier than required by state law

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LADWP’s Board of Water and Power Commissioners also approved a contract that will enable LADWP to completely transition out of coal power from the Intermountain Power Plant in Delta, Utah by 2025 at the latest, with efforts to begin that transition no later than 2020. —Aram Benyamin, LADWP Senior Assistant General Manager – Power.

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NuScale Power submits industry-first certification application for small modular reactor to NRC

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NuScale Power formally announced the submittal of a Design Certification Application (DCA) for their innovative small modular reactor (SMR) design ( earlier post ) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for their review and approval. Without the leadership, vision and support of the U.S.

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ARPA-E awarding $16.5M to six projects for technologies supporting the biofuels supply chain

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SMARTFARM teams will work to design and develop systems to quantify feedstock production life cycle GHG emissions at the field level reliably, accurately, and cost-effectively. University of Utah. These sensors include an optical absorption cell, a short-range miniature wind LiDAR, and a camera for plant health and ground assessment.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Selected Labs and Partners. Ames Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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Enefit’s modular design allows easy maintenance, process optimization and streamlined adaptability to the individual characteristics of different oil shale deposits. In the US state of Utah, Eesti Energia purchased Oil Shale Exploration Company in 2011. The efficiency of the technology comes from its 100% use of the mined oil shale.

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