article thumbnail

Utah-based Energy Fuels to enter commercial rare earth business in Q1-2021

Green Car Congress

Our agreement with Chemours may be the beginning of a real success story, not only for Energy Fuels, but also for local communities, Native Americans, conservation groups, the State of Utah, and the US as a whole. Shipments of monazite sands from Georgia to the White Mesa Mill in Utah are expected to commence in the first quarter of 2021.

Utah 417
article thumbnail

University of Utah engineers develop fast method to convert algae to biocrude

Green Car Congress

The Utah team created a new mixing extractor, a reactor that shoots jets of solvent at jets of algae, creating a localized turbulence in which the lipids “jump” a short distance into the stream of solvent. —University of Utah chemical engineering assistant professor Swomitra “Bobby” Mohanty, co-author.

Utah 277
article thumbnail

American Sands Energy announces successful operation of oil sand pilot facility in Utah

Green Car Congress

an oil sands exploration and development company operating in the state of Utah, announced the successful operation of its oil sand recovery pilot facility. As a result, CEO William Gibbs said that the company is now ready to submit a mine permit application and begin development of a 5,000 barrel per day facility at its Utah property.

Oil-Sands 306
article thumbnail

Utah, Minnesota team discover highly conductive oxide-based materials; STO/NTO offer “different road to power electronics”

Green Car Congress

In this discovery made by the Utah and Minnesota team, the interface between STO and NTO can be at the very least as conductive as gallium nitride and likely will be much more in the future. Their findings were published in an open access paper in the journal, APL Materials, from the American Institute of Physics.

Utah 150
article thumbnail

Utah Water Quality Board upholds issuance of permit for oil sands mine in Utah

Green Car Congress

The Utah Water Quality Board, in a 9-2 vote this week, agreed with the August 2012 recommendations of an administrative law judge (ALJ) upholding a permit-by-rule issued by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for the proposed PR Spring an oil sands mine on state land in eastern Utah.

Oil-Sands 210
article thumbnail

DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

Green Car Congress

Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,499,987. DOE Funding: $1,499,817. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

article thumbnail

Enel Green Power and NextChem sign MoU for green hydrogen production in US

Green Car Congress

In the US, the company is focused on states with an existing operational presence, such as Texas, Utah and North Dakota. In the area of circular economy, NextChem is actively developing the market for its proprietary Upcycling technology MyReplast and for waste to chemicals solutions.

Green 334