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SwRI, UTSA researchers show biochar is low-cost, effective method to treat fracking water

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It is made from materials such as wood chips, paper, leaves, soybean oil, corn oil and other forms of agricultural waste heated to high temperatures in an oxygen-deprived environment. This project extensively studied the adsorption capacity of different biochar for potential inorganic ions and organic contaminants.

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DOE launches Clean Fuels & Products Shot

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The Clean Fuels & Products Shot supports the national goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 by developing the sustainable feedstocks and conversion technologies necessary to produce crucial fuels, materials, and carbon-based products that are better for the environment than current petroleum-derived components.

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

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NEO Battery Materials, a low-cost silicon anode materials developer that enables longer-running, rapid-charging lithium-ion batteries ( earlier post ), is under the process to establish NBM America, a US subsidiary, in February. Ohio has been recognized as a strategic hub for the growing US battery supply chain.

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INEOS Bio Begins Advanced Waste-to-Ethanol Plant Feasibility Study

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The INEOS Bio waste-to-ethanol process, originally developed by BRI. Converting household organic wastes into bio-fuel and clean energy can deliver very attractive environmental and social benefits to the North East and the UK as a whole. The challenge now, in the current economic environment, is to commercialize in Europe.

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SDSU-led project to design bacteria that extract rare earth elements in DARPA EMBER project

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—principal investigator Marina Kalyuzhnaya To do this, the researchers will tap into the natural propensity of methane-consuming bacteria living in extreme conditions to capture REEs from the environment. REEs are relatively abundant in mine tailings, the waste products of some metal ores, such as aluminum.

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ARPA-E adds five new funding topics to FOA to advance critical energy innovation

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Waste into X (WiX); $5.0 With nearly 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated globally, this feedstock may constitute the largest resource for the recovery of CMs and other metals. Schematic showing the solid streams in ARPA-E’s conceptualization of zero waste going to landfill. million; 1-5 awards.

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Koch Strategic Platforms leads $102M Series D in 6K to accelerate battery material production and recycling

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The investment is expected to reach more than $150M in total, aimed at building a low cost, sustainable domestic supply chain for battery materials. 6K is the only company capable of battery material production at costs lower than Asia, while also reducing impact on the environment by 70%-90%.