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Syrah begins production of active anode material in Louisiana – Charged EVs

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The 11,250-ton-per-year AAM Vidalia operation in Louisiana is supported by high EV-driven demand internationally, the need for independent natural graphite AAM critical mineral supply, and industry concerns about the emissions intensity of production and provenance of supply.

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Harvey Gulf orders Wärtsilä 746 kWh battery systems for another four LNG-powered supply vessels

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The technology group Wärtsilä will supply its advanced Energy Storage System (ESS) to be retrofitted on four Harvey Energy class LNG-fueled Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs). Louisiana-based Harvey Gulf placed this latest order with Wärtsilä in October. A fifth vessel in this class was earlier fitted with a Wärtsilä ESS.

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Biden authorizes release of more than 180M barrels of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve; 1M bpd for 6 months

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The SPR is a US Government complex of four sites with deep underground storage caverns created in salt domes along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coasts. Biden called the latest release a “wartime bridge” to increase oil supply until domestic production ramps up later this year. Awards were made for delivery of 10.8

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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billion will go to 11 projects in the materials separation and processing segment of the supply chain. Anovion , Scaling the Domestic, US Owned and Operated Anode Supply Chain for Synthetic Graphite, $117,000,000. It will produce enough material to supply more than 250,000 electric vehicles annually. Of that, $1.6

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US DFC approves $150M conditional loan commitment for Balama graphite mine in Mozambique

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If finalized, this represents the first DFC loan to a graphite operation, demonstrating importance of Balama to bolstering US supply chain security for supply of critical minerals. The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is the US Government’s development finance institution. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Kinder Morgan and Neste partner on major renewable fuels logistics project in US

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Upon completion of the project, Kinder Morgan’s Harvey, Louisiana facility will serve as the primary hub where Neste will store a variety of raw materials including, for example, the used cooking oil it collects from more than 40,000 restaurants across the United States. More than 1 million gallons of SAF have been supplied into SFO to date.

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Dresser-Rand supplying equipment for Diamond Green renewable diesel project

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will supply rotating equipment for the first full-scale production of renewable diesel fuel in the US. In January, the US Department of Energy offered Diamond Green Diesel, a joint venture between Valero Energy Corporation and Darling International Inc., Houston Business Journal. Dresser-Rand Group Inc. Earlier post.).

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