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ICL breaks ground on $400M LFP battery materials manufacturing plant in St. Louis

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ICL, a global specialty minerals company, celebrated the groundbreaking of its battery materials manufacturing plant in St. Louis, which is expected to be the first large-scale lithium iron phosphate (LFP) facility in the US. The new plant will be located on ICL’s existing Carondelet campus in St.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS).

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

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Integrated Power Block Heat Exchanger/Thermal Energy Storage System for CSP Plants, $348,000 CFOAM LLC, Triadelphia, W. Cold Spray Manufacturing of High-Performance Magnets and Energy-Harvesting Materials, $300,000 TTEC LLC, Berryville, Va. Louis , Mo. Amesbury, Mass. Touchstone Research Laboratory, Triadelphia, W.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority will receive funds to purchase all-electric transit buses and an energy storage system. St Louis Metro Transit will receive funds to replace older model diesel buses with battery electric city transit buses in the St Louis region.

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WUSL team develops bifunctional catalyst for unitized regenerative fuel cells

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A team at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSL) has developed a bifunctional catalyst for the oxygen electrode in a unitized regenerative fuel cell (URFC). With such high efficiency, the URFCs would be well suited for applications such as submersibles, drones, spacecrafts and space stations, as well as for off-grid energy storage.

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 19 new projects to receive a total of $43 million to develop breakthrough energy storage technologies and support promising small businesses. Advanced Management And Protection Of Energy-Storage Devices (AMPED).

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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With the initiation of the EFRCs in April 2008, the Department of Energy (DOE) budgeted approximately $100 million for multiple EFRC awards starting in FY 2009. Understanding Charge Separation and Transfer at Interfaces in Energy Materials and Devices (CST). $15. Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion. $20.

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