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Nidec and Embraer to form JV to develop electric propulsion system for aerospace

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To be unveiled at the 54 th biennial Paris Air Show this week, the JV aims to unlock new opportunities by providing an agnostic portfolio of products and services worldwide, driven initially by the growth of the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry. The headquarters, located at Nidec Motor Corporation (NMC) in St.

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Production of 100th GILLIG battery-electric bus

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The milestone bus will be delivered to Metro Transit in St. Louis, Missouri this month. Cummins and GILLIG announced the production of the 100 th GILLIG battery-electric bus built since the two companies began partnering on the heavy-duty transit vehicle. Earlier post.) GILLIG is currently booking new bus orders into 2023.

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Using Industrial Automation to Monitor Vertical Farms

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To find out about the latest technologies being used by the agricultural industry, I virtually attended the second annual AgTech Innovation Summit , held in February in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A typical facility can produce more than 1 million kilograms of leafy greens annually. that has an R&D facility.

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HEI study links fossil fuel combustion with more than 1 million deaths globally

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across the industrialized nations of the global north, windblown dust was a major source of PM 2.5 The study team, led by Dr. Erin McDuffie and Dr. Randall Martin of Washington University in St. The new report noted that major sources of PM 2.5 While fossil fuel combustion made up most of the PM 2.5 in African countries.

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ICL breaks ground on $400M LFP battery materials manufacturing plant in St. Louis

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ICL, a global specialty minerals company, celebrated the groundbreaking of its battery materials manufacturing plant in St. Louis, which is expected to be the first large-scale lithium iron phosphate (LFP) facility in the US. The new plant will be located on ICL’s existing Carondelet campus in St.

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WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make n -butanol. As scientists learn more about these microbes, their potential uses are more and more promising, Bose said, though she acknowledged that improvements are needed before the techniques can be rolled out on industrial scales.

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UPS enters into RNG supply agreements with Kinetrex and TruStar; up to 80M gallon equivalents

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The RNG will be used to fuel UPS’s LNG-powered trucks in Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Toledo. Over the next seven years, UPS has agreed to purchase 250 million gallon equivalents of RNG total, making the company the largest consumer of RNG in the transportation industry.

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