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KAUST team devises electrically-driven membrane process for seawater lithium mining

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ppm) with a nominal Li/Mg selectivity >45 million. ppm) and an abundance of interfering ions (i.e., 13000 ppm of sodium, magnesium, calcium, and potassium ions, among others). Instead, the lithium concentration and the ratio of lithium to other multivalent ions, such as Mg 2+ and Ca 2+ , are the key factors to consider.

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GAO: US government obligated $1.3+ billion in 39 battery and energy storage initiatives from FY 2009-2012; fragmented but not duplicative

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The DOD initiative with the largest obligations was the Navy and Marine Corps Energy Storage System Integration initiative, which obligated $130 million from fiscal year 2009 through 2012. Lithium-ion batteries were the most commonly supported technology among initiatives. Li-ion batteries. Sodium batteries.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Touchstone Research Laboratory, Triadelphia, W. TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash. IsoTherm Inc.,