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Eos Energy launches $500M Project AMAZE with $398.6M conditional loan guarantee from DOE; long-term zinc-based storage

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The issuance of conditional commitment by the DOE was preceded by legal, technical and commercial due diligence by the LPO to evaluate the loan and the project’s potential to meet market demand and commercial and environmental benchmarks.

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DOE issues RFI on renewable fuel scale-up and demonstration

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The RFI also seeks input on how existing first-generation ethanol and other existing industries could be leveraged to provide low-cost feedstock and infrastructure for biofuels production, including information on practices that can reduce the carbon intensity of corn production.

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FreeWire Technologies raises $125M in Series D; battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging stations

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The financing consists of a Senior Convertible Note provided exclusively by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. In addition to lowering total operating costs, FreeWire’s integrated battery enables distributed energy services that would otherwise not have existed.

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Bank of America joins Stanford’s Global Climate & Energy Project

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Bank of America has joined Stanford University’s Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP), a collaboration of academic and business experts that identifies and supports new avenues of research to make environmentally sustainable, low-cost energy available to everyone.

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Grant Thornton LLP Warns of Potential Collapse of Automotive Supply Chain

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Coordinate with Anti-trust Officials: The government should consider the application of certain provisions of anti-trust regulations and how the automakers and interested parties can openly discuss how best to facilitate consolidation in the industry without fear of government or civil legal action. The Role of Banks. Laura Marcero.

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RESPONSE TO: Ministry of Transport’s Charging Our Future: Discussion Document

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It could be an informal arrangement or a legal entity. In addition, the government could explore low cost capital loan funds for carbon transformation which have a low administrative burden to access, with a slightly broader mandate. We have more than 70 members from the sector. through funding or partnership).

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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