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Piedmont Lithium selects Tennessee for second lithium hydroxide project; 30,000 metric tons per year

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Piedmont Lithium has ( earlier post ) selected Etowah, Tennessee as the location of the company’s planned 30,000 metric ton per year (tpy) LHP­2 lithium hydroxide operation (“Tennessee Lithium”). Conceptual design of the 30,000 TPY Tennessee Lithium plant. Planned completion and start of production is in 2025.

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GM Spring Hill to run on 100% solar power by 2022

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A green tariff agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority is expected to supply up to 100 megawatts of solar energy per year, or the amount of electricity consumed by 18,000 United States households annually. The energy will be supplied by a solar farm in Lowndes County, Mississippi, currently under development by Origis Energy.

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DOE awarding $73.9M to 10 battery recycling projects

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With demand for critical battery minerals, such as lithium and graphite, projected to increase by as much as 4,000% in the coming decades, this latest round of funding supports the recycling and reuse segment of the domestic battery supply chain. Tennessee Technological University. Second Life Scale-Up Demonstration Projects.

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GM and LG Energy Solution investing $2.3B in second Ultium Cells manufacturing plant in US

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The facility will be located in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Early conceptual rendering of Ultium Cells LLC battery cell manufacturing facility in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Once operational, the facility will supply battery cells to GM’s Spring Hill assembly plant. Ultium Cells will build the new plant on land leased from GM.

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Dow and X-energy to deploy first advanced small modular nuclear reactor at industrial site

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X-energy manufactures its own proprietary version (TRISO-X) to ensure supply and quality control. The JDA includes up to $50 million in engineering work, up to half of which is eligible to be funded through ARDP, and the other half by Dow. X-energy was selected by DOE in 2020 to receive up to $1.2

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GM may have found its solution to its Ultium bottlenecks

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In October, GM delayed the opening of its Ultium Cell production plant in Tennessee, but this was due to construction timeline issues. GM delays opening of Ultium Cell plant in Tennessee Ultium was developed by GM to enable a lineup of new EVs and bring a software-based mentality to the cars.

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Nissan begins construction of new plant for 4-cylinder engines for Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz

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The new plant will produce Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines for Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz models. Production of the new engines will begin in 2014 with installed capacity of 250,000 units per year. The new facility will be the first location Mercedes-Benz manufactures engines in the North America Free Trade region.

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