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DOE awards $2M to Ohio University to develop products for energy storage and motors from coal waste

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Ohio University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment was awarded two of the six awards, one that explores how coal waste can be reimagined as energy storage and the second aims to develop ultra-conductive carbon metal composite wire for electric motors. Earlier post.)

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GM, LG Chem to form JV, invest $2.3B to build new EV battery cell plant in Ohio

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The JV will establish a battery cell assembly plant on a greenfield manufacturing site in the Lordstown area of Northeast Ohio that will create more than 1,100 new jobs. This announcement, along with the recent sale of GM’s manufacturing complex in Lordstown, Ohio to Lordstown Motors Corp.

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Foxconn wastes no time announcing Fisker PEAR will be built at newly acquired Lordstown plant

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Less than twenty-four hours after announcing the closing of its purchase of an Ohio assembly plant from Lordstown Motors, Foxconn and its partner Fisker Inc. The post Foxconn wastes no time announcing Fisker PEAR will be built at newly acquired Lordstown plant appeared first on Electrek.

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NEO Battery Materials to expand into US with subsidiary; silicon anodes and battery materials

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The Ohio R&D Center and office will be added for the first phase of the US business expansion plan. Numerous opportunities will create a stable financial runway for NBM America to construct additional commercial plants and value-add projects like silicon waste recycling in the US. billion investment).

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OSU team develops process to clean coal mine drainage and extract rare earth elements

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Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a novel process to clean coal mine drainage and extract rare-earth elements from it. Coal mine drainage (CMD) impairs tens of thousands of kilometers of U.S. waterways each year, in part with the leaching of low concentrations of rare earth elements (REEs). —Jeff Bielicki.

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Honda opens CNG fueling station on Troy, Ohio campus; 2nd public CNG station in N America

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Honda opened a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station on its property in Troy, Ohio. in Marysville, Ohio in August. The program is part of a strategy that has seen Honda reduce the CO 2 emissions intensity of its parts shipments by 37% since 2009 and reduce waste sent to landfills from parts distribution centers by 99.3%.

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Simulation study suggests ORC waste heat recovery system could deliver potential 7% improvement in fuel consumption in a PHEV on highway

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The analysis used the Ohio State University EcoCAR, a student prototype PHEV, as the basis for the preliminary fuel economy evaluation. This value represents the upper limit for waste heat recovery systems to convert thermal energy from the exhaust gases into mechanical energy. —Skarke et al. The OSU EcoCAR PHEV powertrain.

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