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DOE announces 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

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Lithium, a critical material used in high-charge-density batteries for electric vehicles and grid-scale electricity storage, is a crucial element in the clean energy supply chain. Texas Tech University – Tech Desal. University of Texas at Austin – Freeman Lab. Nearly all of the US lithium stock is imported.

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DOE announces Stage 1 CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize Winners

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For their Intercalation compounds of carbon fibers (ICF) project, the University of Texas at Austin team will create an high conductivity carbon fiber, which competes with CNTs in conductivity, by alternating layers of carbon fiber with transition metal chlorides.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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That is, PHEVLERs can store electricity whenever sun and wind-generated electricity is plentiful, and then can send stored power back into the smart grid at times when more electric power is needed. PHEVLERs are better than BEVs in support of the electric grid. braunii - Green Car Congress 07 April 2016. [

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Mad Power thoughts

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Yet whenever we troublemakers raised this issue, we were told not to worry – it would resolve itself, they said, either because wind is usually blowing somewhere, or through the development of electricity storage in giant battery farms. Then came the shale gas revolution, pioneered in Texas. This was plain wrong.

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