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DOE to award $4M to 9 projects to recover rare earth elements from coal and by-products

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected nine projects to receive approximately $4 million in cost-shared federal funding to improve the technical, environmental, and economic performance of new and existing technologies that extract, separate, and recover rare earth elements (REEs) from domestic US coal and coal by-products.

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ARPA-E awards $42M to 12 projects for advanced EV batteries; EVs4ALL program

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JANUARY 11, 2023

ARPA-E selected the following 12 teams from universities, national laboratories and the private sector to address and remove key technology barriers to EV adoption by developing next-generation battery technologies: 24M Technologies will develop low-cost and fast-charging sodium metal batteries with good low-temperature performance for EVs.

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Dominion Energy & Duke Energy cancel $8B Atlantic Coast Pipeline due to delays and cost uncertainty

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JULY 7, 2020

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline as planned was a 600-mile underground natural gas transmission line meant to deliver new, lower-cost supplies of natural gas to public utilities in Virginia and North Carolina. The $8-billion project is a partnership between the regional energy companies Dominion Energy and Duke Energy. ACP construction map.

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WVU opens new research facility to extract valuable rare earth elements from acid mine drainage

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JULY 22, 2018

West Virginia University (WVU) researchers are opening a new facility to capture rare earth elements (REEs) from acid mine drainage (AMD) from coal mining. China has been able to provide a low-cost supply of rare earths using these methods, and therefore, dominates the global market. —Paul Ziemkiewicz.

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DOE selects 7 Solid Oxide Fuel Cell research projects for further development

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JULY 31, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 7 projects that will help develop low-cost solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for central power generation from fossil energy resources for further research. West Virginia University. The projects include: ?. Topic Area 1: Electrochemical Performance Enhancement Activity.

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DOE to award ~$13.5M to 16 R&D projects for solid-oxide fuel cell technologies

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JULY 2, 2018

SOFC technologies enable efficient, cost-effective electricity generation from abundant domestic coal and natural gas resources, with minimal use of water and near-zero atmospheric emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants. Sputtered Thin Films for Very High Power, Efficient, and Low-Cost Commercial SOFCs.

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DOE selects 16 research projects for more than $19M in funding to advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology

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JULY 14, 2015

The 400 kilowatt SOFC prototype system represents an important advancement in SOFC technology development and demonstration toward the ultimate goal of deploying SOFCs in highly efficient coal-based central generation systems with carbon capture. DOE: $200,000 Non DOE: $91,152 Total: $291,152 (31% cost share). Redox Power Systems, LLC.

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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AUGUST 12, 2015

DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). Ohio University. TDS is a concentration of minerals dissolved in water which requires treatment before the water can be used for other processes.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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APRIL 5, 2011

Their business model dictates that they pursue the lowest-cost power source and charge the highest premiums they can for the product in an open, but federally controlled, market. These companies have sunk costs invested in coal, gas and oil plants and are content in maximizing the return on these investments. in Connecticut.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Low Cost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors. DOE grant: $7,200,000).

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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AUGUST 25, 2009

million of non-Federal cost sharing. Coal supplies nearly 50% of domestic electricity. In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed.

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IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

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JANUARY 26, 2023

The IEEE Life Fellow spoke during a session addressing the role of technology in delivering an equitable, sustainable, and low-carbon resilient world. Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change.

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IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

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MAY 5, 2022

Rahman is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech. IEEE can also provide resources to its members so they can give talks to local schools about topics such as coal-burning power plants or solar energy. If you use less electricity, you will burn less coal. His answers have been edited for clarity.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Reduced Output.

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DOE to award $4M to 9 projects to recover rare earth elements from coal and by-products

ARPA-E awards $42M to 12 projects for advanced EV batteries; EVs4ALL program

Dominion Energy & Duke Energy cancel $8B Atlantic Coast Pipeline due to delays and cost uncertainty

WVU opens new research facility to extract valuable rare earth elements from acid mine drainage

DOE selects 7 Solid Oxide Fuel Cell research projects for further development

DOE to award ~$13.5M to 16 R&D projects for solid-oxide fuel cell technologies

DOE selects 16 research projects for more than $19M in funding to advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology

DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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