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JULY 19, 2022

Regional air mobility integrates perspectives from manufacturers, operators, airports, and utilities. How that happens exactly—whether from on-site renewables or grid supplied—is a site-by-site discussion. Even smaller airports might take on a larger role, using on-site renewable energy. Image from NASA.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

LanzaJet, a sustainable fuels technology company and renewable fuels producer, has secured financing for its Freedom Pines Fuels plant in Soperton, Georgia ( earlier post ), through the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund. LanzaJet produces SAF and renewable diesel from low-carbon, sustainable ethanol sources.

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MARCH 8, 2021

are launching a new rare earth production initiative spanning European and North American critical material supply chains. The initiative will produce value-added rare earth products from natural monazite sands, a byproduct of heavy mineral sands mined in the southeastern United States. Neo Performance Materials and Energy Fuels Inc.

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OCTOBER 17, 2021

A team at yhe Universiy of Georgia has estimated the break-even price and life cycle carbon emissions of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) derived from oil obtained from Brassica carinata—a non-edible oilseed crop—in the Southeastern United States. With co-product credit only, the break-even price ranged from $0.34

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a conditional commitment for a $70-million loan guarantee to help build a cellulosic biorefinery in central Georgia. Ensyn Georgia Biorefinery I, LLC (Ensyn) will construct and operate a cellulosic biofuel refinery in Dooly County, Georgia.

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MAY 21, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) entered into an agreement with the State of Georgia to build its first dedicated full electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facilities in the US. The new EV plant and battery manufacturing facilities represent an investment of approximately US$5.54

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $10 million in research grants to spur production of biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products that will lead to the development of sustainable regional systems and help create jobs. University of Georgia, $345,689. environmental implications of direct and indirect land use change.

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Anellotech has developed an innovative manufacturing process to produce cost-competitive renewable chemicals and fuels from non-food biomass. Co-product gas streams from Bio-TCat can be used to make significant amounts of renewable electricity, hydrogen or cellulosic ethanol using third party technologies.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 6, 2022

These goals all begin with an investment in technology and research, facilities, people, and product. As part of this, the group announced in May 2022 an all-new dedicated EV plant and battery manufacturing facility will be built in the U.S. in Bryan County, Georgia. Signing on to make Georgia an EV center. In the U.S.,

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The latest customer is the US Department of Homeland Security, which has ordered 47 Beam EV ARC systems and 16 ARC Mobility trailers to enable efficient transportation of the products. It prioritizes federal investment in resilient EV charging infrastructure powered by locally produced renewable energy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2019

The joint grant was funded by the US Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Transportation Office under the recently announced FY19 Commercial Trucks and Off-Road Applications FOA. Sanjeev Mukerjee and Georgia Institute of Technology Prof. Nikola’s trucks will be manufactured in Coolidge, Ariz.

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JUNE 21, 2016

At an event in Washington, President Obama announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute is the ninth manufacturing hub awarded by the Obama Administration.

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MARCH 28, 2016

with an $11-million loan guarantee through the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program. The Novus plant will process agricultural waste into fuel, natural gas, organic fertilizer and other bio-based products. Daily, the plant is expected to generate 3.8

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Rivian also said in its first environmental impact report, released last month, that it aims to launch EVs “with half the lifecycle carbon footprint” of its 2022 R1 models by 2030—through increased recycled-materials content, manufacturing powered by renewable energy, a decarbonized charging network, and more.

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JULY 10, 2019

Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colo. Cold Spray Manufacturing of High-Performance Magnets and Energy-Harvesting Materials, $300,000 TTEC LLC, Berryville, Va. Selected Labs and Partners. Tustin, Calif.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, and grid energy storage all rely on efficient and affordable energy storage solutions, primarily lithium-ion batteries. But there are also broader implications for manufacturing and the possibilities that arise from this dramatic shift. But that doesn’t mean prices are set in stone.

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JANUARY 29, 2016

sonnen, the European market leader for smart energy storage systems, announced a partnership with SolarWorld, the largest crystalline-silicon solar manufacturer in the US and PetersenDean, the nation’s largest residential roofing company with more than a million roofs under its belt.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2018

At the Movin’On 2018 mobility summit, Michelin announced its ambition that by 2048, all of its tires will be manufactured using 80% sustainable materials (recycled and renewable materials) and that 100% of all tires will be recycled. and 2% recycled materials such as steel or recycled powdered tires). recycling rate.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

This investment follows the FY2015 Project Development for Pilot and Demonstration Scale Manufacturing of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biopower FOA, under which LanzaTech’s proposal was selected for a feasibility study to plan and design an integrated biorefinery that will produce low-carbon jet and diesel fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

In addition to program in support of the coal and electric power industries, the center has expanded over time to address issues in carbon capture and management, electrochemical energy storage, biomass energy and biofuels, and other renewable energy systems such as photovoltaic and thermoelectric power. Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2016

With funding from Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has been working with industry-partner LanzaTech to convert alcohols derived from captured carbon monoxide, a byproduct in the production of steel, into synthetic paraffinic kerosene, a non-fossil-based jet fuel. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 23, 2012

and Renmatix, a manufacturer of biobased sugar intermediates for global chemical and fuel markets, have entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) to explore the feasibility of converting post-consumer waste into affordable, sufficient-quality sugars for manufacturing biobased materials using Renmatix’ supercritical hydrolysis technology.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

The company’s hydrogen vision extends to trains, ships, power generators, construction, steelmaking, robotics, and air mobility, and manufacturing itself. Also, at the company’s upcoming EV “Metaplant” in Georgia it’s aiming to make up to 300,000 EVs annually, it plans to deploy more of these fuel-cell trucks for logistics. In the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

Jennifer Holmgren, chief executive of LanzaTech, said this funding will accelerate the development of next generation integrated biorefineries using the LanzaTech technology platform for the production of sustainable low carbon chemicals as well as fuels.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

Awards are in three areas: Reprocessing and Conditioning of Coal/Biomass Mixtures for Simultaneous Co-Feeding Systems; Reactive Properties of Coal/Biomass Mixed Fuels; and Design Concepts for Co-Production of Power, Fuels and Chemicals. Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Ga.) GreenFields Coal Company in Beckley, W.Va.;

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2009

In addition, on 1 April, the company will introduce organizations to plan and propose R&D and business strategies for the whole Hitachi Group regarding lithium-ion battery and renewable energy-related businesses. Stepping Up Product Field Prioritization in the Automotive Systems Business.

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MAY 27, 2015

MyEnergi Lifestyle, designed to address China’s energy needs and air quality concerns, showcases how combining renewable energy sources, efficient home appliances and a plug-in vehicle can significantly reduce energy costs and carbon footprint. —John Lawler, chairman and CEO, Ford China. 35% reduction of PM 10. 38% reduction of NO x.

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JUNE 29, 2009

Dow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Membrane Technology & Research, Inc. The Direct to Ethanol process links sugar production to photosynthesis with naturally occuring enzymes within individual algae cells. Algenol’s Direct to Ethanol technology.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

The Obama Administration and academic and industry partners announced a series of commitments in support of the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI, earlier post ), a public-private endeavor that aims to cut in half the time it takes to develop novel materials that can fuel advanced manufacturing. DOE building on FY12 investments to advance MGI.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. coli as an electrofuels chassis for isooctane production. coli; Product: Isooctane. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

Ford accordingly is highlighting greener, smarter and more-accessible product and mobility innovations intended to reshape how consumers in China and around the world move on an increasingly urbanized and congested planet in the next five years. Greening manufacturing. MyEnergi Lifestyle.

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

As part of DOE’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, these projects will also help improve existing recycling processes that break plastics into chemical building blocks, which can then be used to make new products. Partners include BASF and University of Georgia. Partners include Allonia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

These efforts aim to design initial engineering studies to develop technologies to capture CO 2 generated as a byproduct of manufacturing at industrial sites. Enabling Production of Low Carbon Emissions Steel Through CO 2 Capture from Blast Furnace Gases. AOI 1 (Subtopic 1.1): CO 2 Capture and Compression from Industrial Sources.

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AUGUST 9, 2016

Vanderbilt University, Nissan North America and Georgia Institute of Technology are collaborating to test a new technique to electospin low-platinum-metal-group (low PGM) electrocatalysts with a proton-conducting binder to improve durability and performance of fuel cell electrodes. Earlier post.). Brodt et al. Peter Pintauro.

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

Iowa State University will bring its expertise in biorenewable technologies and pilot plant operations to the country’s 10th Manufacturing USA Institute. The recently announced advanced manufacturing institute is dedicated to improving the productivity and efficiency of chemical manufacturing. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

The pump was developed by researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, with collaborators from Purdue University and Stanford University. The gears were custom-manufactured by a commercial supplier and modified in Henry’s lab in the Carbon Neutral Energy Solutions (CNES) Laboratory at Georgia Tech. —Asegun Henry.

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APRIL 5, 2018

A team of Idaho National Laboratory (INL) researchers, with colleagues at Georgia Tech, has pioneered an electrochemical process that could eliminate the need for high-energy steam cracking. Ethylene production is energy-intensive and uses steam-cracking—the most energy-consuming single process in chemical industry.

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