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GM makes its largest green energy purchase to date; 50 MW wind deal

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General Motors has made its largest renewable energy procurement to date, purchasing enough wind power to equal the electricity needs of 16 of its US facilities, including business offices in Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, a major assembly and stamping complex in Arlington, Texas, and 13 parts warehouses east of the Mississippi River.

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US DOD awards MP Materials $35M heavy rare earth processing contract

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They are essential inputs to many critical defense and commercial technologies, particularly permanent magnets instrumental to the performance of electric vehicles, wind turbines, drones, and missile systems. HREEs have higher atomic weights and are generally less abundant than light rare earth elements (LREEs).

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Fort Worth approves $68.9M incentive package for Linear Labs for electric motor manufacturing

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The City of Fort Worth, Texas has approved a $68.9-million Fort Worth is our home and we can see the strategic moves the city is making to shape its infrastructure into the next major technology hub. Copper savings. Toroidally discrete would coils maximize sstator slot fill factor to approximately 90%.

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Linear Labs closes $4.5M seed round to fund commercialization of new electric motor technology

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The funding will be used to market the company’s electric motor—the Hunstable Electric Turbine (HET)—across the electric vehicle (EV) industry as well as the micro-mobility (scooters), robotics, wind turbine and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industries. —Fred Hunstable, CTO of Linear Labs.

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Why Wall Street is throwing billions at the Permian

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On August 25, Blackstone Group announced its decision to inject $1 billion into Permian assets in a partnership with a Fort Worth-based affiliate of Jetta Operating Co. The West Texas shale basin has captured two-thirds of the 90 oil rigs that have been added since hitting a nadir in May.

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New RNP Flight Path Designed by GE Aviation Debuts at Bradley International

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The inaugural flight using the newly-approved approach to Bradley International Airport’s Runway 15 was American Airlines Flight 1916, which arrived from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. —Captain Brian Will, American Airlines’ Director – Airspace Modernization and Advanced Technologies. Animations of other RNP approaches.