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Estonian startup UP Catalyst secures €2.09M; sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO2

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million in grant funding secured earlier this year. This has a major negative impact on the environment as they are either mined or synthesized from energy-dense fossil resources. UP Catalyst uses a molten salt carbon capture and electrochemical transformation method to reprocess the CO 2.

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Boulder Ionics raises $4.3M for high-throughput production of ionic liquid electrolytes for energy storage devices

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Boulder Ionics Corporation, a startup that has developed a novel, high-throughput, low-cost synthesis platform for producing ionic liquid electrolytes for use in advanced energy storage devices, completed a $4.3-million million Series A financing. With this $4.3

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UP Catalyst offering carbon-negative graphite for European battery supply chain

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According to the European Carbon and Graphite Association (ECGA), there are only two small mines in the EU—located in Austria and in Germany—but the mined grades are not suitable for energy storage applications. The process is powered by either wind, solar or hydro energy resulting in a carbon negative production line.

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Five Cool Tech Demos From the ARPA-E Summit

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Nearly 400 exhibitors representing the boldest energy innovations in the United States came together last week at the annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit. Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy ( ARPA-E ), showcased the agency’s bets on early-stage energy technologies that can disrupt the status quo.

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Hydro-Québec and Technifin form partnership to license lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO) technologies for Li-ion battery applications

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Zaghib currently serves as Administrator of the energy storage and conversion unit at Hydro-Québec. A number of licences have recently been granted for patents within the IP pooled portfolio. Its research institute, IREQ, conducts R&D in energy efficiency, energy storage and other energy-related fields.

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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Gretchen Ertl/CFS/MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center CFS, a startup spun out of decades of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is among the leaders of a new wave of fusion-energy projects that have emerged in the past decade, taking advantage of technological advances as well as a surge in private-sector investment.

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