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Hyundai Motor Group to build $5.54B EV plant and battery factory in Georgia

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Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) entered into an agreement with the State of Georgia to build its first dedicated full electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facilities in the US. The Group plans to produce wide range of full electric vehicles for US customers at the new Georgia EV plant.

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Anovion Technologies to build $800M synthetic graphite anode materials plant in Georgia

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US-based advanced materials company Anovion Technologies has selected Decatur County in Southwest Georgia as the location of the company’s first large-scale expansion of manufacturing capacity for production of its premium synthetic graphite anode materials. Anovion plans an initial $800-million investment in the plant. Earlier post.)

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First Supercritical CO2 Circuit Breaker Debuts

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If successful, the invention, developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, could have a big impact on greenhouse gas emissions. In Georgia Techs design, supercritical carbon dioxide quenches the arc. They group is also building a 245-kV version. locationa gold standard certification facility.

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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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EcoCAR is a collegiate automotive competition aimed at developing a highly skilled, domestic workforce by providing hands-on experience designing and building next-generation mobility solutions to meet our nation’s future energy and mobility challenges. Georgia Tech. The participating universities include: Colorado State University.

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DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

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As part of DOE’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, these projects will also help improve existing recycling processes that break plastics into chemical building blocks, which can then be used to make new products. Partners include BASF and University of Georgia.

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President Obama launches $500M Advanced Manufacturing Partnership; Ford involved as an initial partner

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The United States lags behind competitor nations in providing the business environment and skilled workforce needed for advanced manufacturing. To launch the AMP, the President today announced a number of key steps being taken by the federal government: Building domestic manufacturing capabilities in critical national security industries.

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. Georgia Institute of Technology.

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