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

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Energy Fuels Inc. Energy Fuels expects to process this monazite at its 100%-owned White Mesa Mill starting in Q1-2021, recover the contained uranium, and produce a marketable mixed REE carbonate, representing an important step toward re-establishing a fully-integrated US REE supply chain. Chalmers, President and CEO of Energy Fuels.

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US renewables’ installed generating capacity beats coal

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Photo by Los Muertos Crew on Pexels.com Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables’ installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data. The new Vogtle-4 nuclear reactor nearing completion in Georgia would add 1,100 MW. of the total.

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Renewables expand to 23% of US electrical generation in 2023, with solar in the lead

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Photo: EDF Renewables North America Renewables provided over 22.7% of US electrical generation in 2023, according to newly released end-of-year US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data. Small-scale solar alone grew by 20.1% – faster than any other energy source. The combination of all renewables (i.e.,

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. These investments are one reason why the International Energy Agency (IEA) in September insisted that there’s still hope to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 °C In the past two years, the U.S. C in this century.

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. Many Lines, Stable Power High-voltage transmission lines move large amounts of energy over long distances, linking power generation to consumption. Department of Energy reveals the severity of the problem.

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Neo Performance Materials and Energy Fuels launching US-European rare earth production initiative

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Neo Performance Materials and Energy Fuels Inc. Energy Fuels will process the monazite sands into a mixed rare earth carbonate (RE Carbonate) in Utah for use as feed material for Neo’s value-added separated rare earth production plant in Europe.

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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The US Department of Energy announced $11.5 million in funding for 12 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E’s) FLExible Carbon Capture and Storage (FLECCS) program. Flexible Oxy-Fuel Combustion for High-Penetration Variable Renewables - $717,658. Colorado State University.

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