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Niron Magnetics raises $21.3M to commercialize rare-earth-free iron-nitride magnets

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The Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Volta Energy Technologies join existing investors Anzu Partners and the University of Minnesota. Niron will use the funding to build its pilot production facility in Minnesota and accelerate the development of its Clean Earth Magnet technology. million in new financing. Background. 2019.165962.

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DOE awards $35M to 12 ARPA-E projects to reduce methane emissions; 5 on natural gas engines

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DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) Reducing Emissions of Methane Every Day of the Year (REMEDY) program ( earlier post ) was unveiled earlier this year for universities and private companies focused on significantly reducing US methane emissions. Selection amount: $3,257,089). Selection amount: $1,500,000).

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What is Tesla’s Mystery Magnet?

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Tesla’s investor day on 1 March began with a rambling, detailed discourse on energy and the environment before transitioning into a series of mostly predictable announcements and boasts. It was a stunning disclosure, which left most experts in permanent magnetism wary and perplexed. The problem here is physics, which not even Tesla can alter.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Honeywell (Plymouth, Minnesota). Carl ZEISS Industry Metrology (Maple Grove, Minnesota). Framatome Inc.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 16 REFUEL projects for energy-dense carbon-neutral liquid fuels; leveraging ammonia

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PEM systems are commonly used for hydrogen generation, and Opus 12’s innovation changes the environment of the PEM electrolyzer to have high selectivity for carbon dioxide utilization. University of Delaware. University of Minnesota Twin Cities. University of South Carolina. Wichita State University.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., Teaming with Ohio State University are PSRI, CONSOL Energy, Shell/CRI, and Babcock and Wilcox to accelerate this technology towards commercialization and deployment. DOE grant:$5,349,932). DOE grant: $5,000,000). CO 2 Capture with Enzyme Synthetic Analogue.

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Tesla supplier Talon Metals on Manchin EV Bill, Tesla & more

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The two companies signed an offtake partnership in January of this year to supply nickel from Talon’s project in central Minnesota. proposal and pointed out that there was not a universal view among the automakers or the rest of the battery supply chain. Minnesota, we think that Senator Manchin has struck a good balance in this bill.

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