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Alcoa outlines technology roadmap to decarbonize aluminum industry

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outlined a technology roadmap to support its vision to reinvent the aluminum industry for a sustainable future. Alcoa would use a combination of processes and technologies that are under development, including mechanical vapor recompression and electric calcination to develop this future-focused design. Alcoa Corp. Earlier post.)

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Tesla sets the record straight once more about Giga Berlin’s water consumption

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Among the most notable arguments against Giga Berlin is the facility’s water consumption, which critics have alleged is dangerously high. Tesla, for its part, has been doubling down on its efforts to set the record straight about Giga Berlin’s water usage. By doing this, Tesla is able to use far less water than originally planned. “We

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Toyota develops electrolyzer using Mirai technology; deploying at DENSO plant

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Toyota has developed new electrolysis equipment to produce hydrogen from electrolyzing water using the fuel cell (FC) stack and other technology from the Mirai. The hydrogen utilization at DENSO Fukushima will be implemented as a project subsidized by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).

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SwRI successfully demonstrates drone autonomy technology

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SwRI’s UAS, or drone, technology can potentially assist in life-saving search-and-rescue missions and hazardous inspections at industrial facilities and infrastructure following natural disasters and other incidents. Fusing data from computer vision sensors, the technology maps routes as it explores new locations.

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US DOE announces $26.9M for advanced nuclear technology

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced funding for three domestic projects that will accelerate advanced nuclear technology development. million including industry cost-share contributions, will allow industry-led teams to advance the state of domestic commercial nuclear capability. These projects, valued at $26.9

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Schlumberger, TechMet invest in EnergySource Minerals to scale lithium extraction technology

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EnergySource Minerals developed the ILiAD technology for its lithium extraction operation at the John L. ILiAD is commercially ready to deploy today, reduces water footprint, does not consume reagents, demonstrates order-of-magnitude longer operating life, and highest lithium recovery rates. Featherstone Geothermal Plant.

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Oleophobic hydrophobic magnetic sponge selectively soaks up oil, sparing water and wildlife

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A Northwestern Engineering-led team has developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. The research was published in the ACS journal Industrial Engineering and Chemical Research. Oil spill clean-up is an expensive and complicated process that often harms marine life and further damages the environment.

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