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DOE awards $2M to Ohio University to develop products for energy storage and motors from coal waste

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The Department of Energy (DOE) is funding six research and development projects that will repurpose domestic coal resources for high-value graphitic products and carbon-metal composites that can be employed in clean energy technologies. Earlier post.) Industry partners include MetalKraft Technologies LLC, Fisk Alloy Inc.,

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Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

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Energy Vault, a company developing grid-scale gravity energy storage solutions, has entered into an energy storage system agreement with DG Fuels, a developer of renewable hydrogen and biogenic-based, synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel fuel. Under the terms of the agreement, Energy Vault agreed to provide 1.6

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NEO Battery Materials to expand into US with subsidiary; silicon anodes and battery materials

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The Ohio R&D Center and office will be added for the first phase of the US business expansion plan. As a private company, NBM America will focus on securing funding opportunities from state-level programs to federal-level initiatives that include the “Inflation Reduction Act” and Department of Energy funding. billion investment).

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OSU team develops process to clean coal mine drainage and extract rare earth elements

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Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a novel process to clean coal mine drainage and extract rare-earth elements from it. This work was supported by the Environmental Research Education Foundation and the US Department of Energy. Coal mine drainage (CMD) impairs tens of thousands of kilometers of U.S.

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Simulation study suggests ORC waste heat recovery system could deliver potential 7% improvement in fuel consumption in a PHEV on highway

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The analysis used the Ohio State University EcoCAR, a student prototype PHEV, as the basis for the preliminary fuel economy evaluation. The analysis used the Ohio State University EcoCAR, a student prototype PHEV, as the basis for the preliminary fuel economy evaluation.

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Neste investing €1.9B to expand renewable products refinery in Rotterdam; 1.2 Mtpa of SAF

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Separately, Neste announced it has acquired the European rights to Alterra Energy’s thermochemical liquefaction technology. Alterra Energy is a US-based company that has developed a proprietary thermochemical solution for liquefaction of hard-to-recycle plastic. In 2020, Neste acquired a minority stake in Alterra Energy.

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Honda Transmission contracts with Juhl Wind for two utility-scale wind turbines at Ohio plant; up to 10% of electricity for operations

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Once the turbines begin operating later this year, the Honda transmission plant in Russells Point, Ohio will be the first major automotive manufacturing facility in the United States to obtain a substantial amount of its electricity directly from wind turbines located on its property. Honda of America Mfg.

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