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ARPA-E to award up to $5M to investigate extracting rare earth and other critical minerals from macroalgae

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REEs and PGMs are critical in the manufacture of modern energy and national security technologies, including high-performance magnets required for wind turbines, electric vehicles, high-energy-density battery electric storage, high efficiency lighting, solar panels, and other technologies either core or ancillary to the renewable energy industry.

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Geely supporting Danish initiative on e-methanol with vehicle trials in Aalborg

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While the country is one of the world’s largest producers of wind and solar renewable energy, it faces the issue of renewable energy being weather-dependent and prone to fluctuation. For testing and demonstration of methanol vehicles, Denmark is the best choice in the EU.

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Successful trial of seabed polymetallic nodule collector suffers temporary stranding of robot on ocean floor

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Furthermore, the deployment of clean energy technologies such as electric vehicle batteries and wind turbines will only widen the supply gap. Recent reports have suggested that some automotive brands have ruled out the use of seabed minerals in their supply chains.

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Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

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The challenges set out in the letter are: The metal resource needed to make all cars and vans electric by 2050 and all sales to be purely battery-electric by 2035. This will demand a 20% increase in UK generated electricity. Dr Bramley Murton, Associate Head of Marine Geosciences at the National Oceanography Centre.

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California ISO releases five-year strategic plan; grid integration of renewable power, support for electric vehicle charging

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Between now and 2020, wind and solar generation will quadruple within the ISO transmission grid at the same time electric vehicle charging increases significantly. The California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO), California’s non-profit grid operator, released its new five-year (2012-2016) strategic plan.

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NPD study finds substantial mineral resources on Norwegian shelf

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Costly, rare minerals such as neodymium and dysprosium are extremely important for magnets in wind turbines and the engines in electric vehicles. Of the metals found on the seabed in the study area, magnesium, niobium, cobalt and rare earth minerals are found on the European Commission’s list of critical minerals.

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Electric motor manufacturer YASA secures $21M growth funding, opens new Oxford production facility

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YASA’s innovative axial-flux electric motor design offers best-in-class power and torque densities and is suited to both hybrid and pure electric vehicle applications. With YASA’s technology, automotive manufacturers have greater design flexibility to improve vehicle performance while reducing vehicle weight.