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Farmer-owned cooperative CHS investing $406M in Montana refinery to boost diesel production

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a leading farmer-owned cooperative in the US and a global energy, grains and foods company, will invest $406 million in its Laurel, Mont., refinery to boost efficiency and increase diesel production.The investments consist of related projects, some of which will begin this fall, and are expected to be completed in phases through 2019.

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ZAF Energy Systems opens NiZn battery manufacturing production plant in Missouri

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The additional production capability will enable the company to meet growing customer demand which will accelerate licensing and joint venture negotiations and commercialize NiZn batteries on a global scale. The existing facility in Montana will continue to serve as ZAF’s research and development hub.

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Ideanomics and GEP unveil the EV street sweeper coming to a city near you

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Ideanomics and Global Environmental Products (GEP) announced today that it has developed a series of zero-emissions, electric vehicle street sweepers that will soon come to New York City, cities in California, Helena, Montana, and Washington D.C. and two to Helena, Montana, Ideanomics said.

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Montana Company Licenses Lawrence Livermore Zinc Air Fuel Cell Technology

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Global zinc production in 21 months would be sufficient to produce one billion 10 kWh zinc air batteries—by contrast it would take 180 years of lithium production to produce those same batteries. —Annemarie Meike, LLNL business development executive. Lithium primarily is found outside the United States.

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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

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This new global emission estimate is startling. The global warming potential of nitrous oxide is 300-fold greater than carbon dioxide; nitrous oxide accounts for some 6% of human-induced climate change, scientists estimate. —Henry Gholz, program director in NSF’s Division of Environmental Biology, which funded the research.

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DOE selects 4 more algae technology projects for up to $8.8M in funding; > $16M total

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The Colorado School of Mines, in partnership with Global Algae Innovations, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Colorado State University, will improve the productivity of robust wild algal strains using advanced directed evolution approaches in combination with high-performance, custom-built, solar simulation bioreactors.

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IHS Markit: average age of cars and light trucks in US rises again in 2019 to 11.8 years

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—Mark Seng, director, global automotive aftermarket practice at IHS Markit. The state of Montana has the oldest average age with light vehicles averaging 16.6 The 40 percent drop in new vehicle sales due to the recession created an acceleration in average age like we’ve never seen before. million (2.2%) since 2018.

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