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APRIL 17, 2021

Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture of LG Energy Solution and General Motors, will invest more than $2.3 The facility will be located in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Early conceptual rendering of Ultium Cells LLC battery cell manufacturing facility in Spring Hill, Tennessee. —LG Energy Solution President and CEO Jonghyun Kim.

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MARCH 6, 2023

Dow and X-Energy Reactor Company entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) to demonstrate the first grid-scale advanced nuclear reactor for an industrial site in North America. X-energy manufactures its own proprietary version (TRISO-X) to ensure supply and quality control. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 4, 2023

A wave of new planned electric vehicle battery plants will increase North America’s battery manufacturing capacity from 55 Gigawatt-hours per year (GWh/year) in 2021 to 998 GWh/year by 2030, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). Most of the announced battery plant projects are scheduled to begin production between 2025 and 2030.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Researchers at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville have shown that a combination of photosystem I from a thermophilic bacterium and cytochrome-c 6 can, in combination with a platinum catalyst, generate a stable supply of hydrogen in vitro upon illumination. Schematic of the electron flow in the photosystem I catalytic nanoparticle.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE), through its Loan Programs Office (LPO), announced the closing of a $2.5-billion billion loan to Ultium Cells LLC to help finance the construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2015

According to the US Energy Information Administration, transportation accounts for nearly 30 percent of Tennessee’s end-use energy consumption. In connection with Clean Air Month, TDEC will host a recognition ceremony and sustainable transportation forum on 7 May 2015 in Memphis, Tennessee.

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APRIL 16, 2021

billion investment in partnership with LG Energy Solutions to build a new battery cell gigafactory in Tennessee. billion investment with LG in battery cell gigafactory in Tennessee appeared first on Electrek. GM has confirmed a $2.3 more… The post GM confirms $2.3

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APRIL 19, 2021

GM has already started reconfiguring its Tennessee factory to build electric cars. Now it has announced a new battery factory in partnership with LG Energy Solution next door.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

Four first-of-a-kind 3D-printed fuel assembly brackets, produced at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have been installed and are now under routine operating conditions at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 2 in Athens, Alabama.

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

GS Battery (USA) Inc., , the US subsidiary of Japan-based battery maker GS Yuasa, announced the deployment of its Hybrid Energy System (HES) for renewable energy storage and EV charging. Customers are initially deploying the HES systems to store energy supplied by photovoltaic arrays and using this energy to charge electric vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

The award recognizes EPA Green Power Partners who distinguish themselves using on-site renewable energy applications, such as solar photovoltaic (PV) or landfill gas. MW solar energy system, which is enough green power to meet 12% of the organization’s electricity use. Earlier post.). GWh hours of electricity per year. 2012 baseline.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

While advanced composites are used in selective industries such as aircraft, satellites and cars, these materials remain expensive, require large amounts of energy to manufacture and are difficult to recycle. Doubling the length of a turbine blade can help quadruple the amount of electricity generated. Adherent Technologies, Inc.;

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JANUARY 23, 2012

OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate a new OnStar service for managing the charging of Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy, using the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Google’s “Gfleet” based at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. A mobile app could also be used to alert customers when renewable energy is available.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Type One energy has announced its intention to use a retired TVA coal plant site, the Bull Run Fossil Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as the site for a prototype fusion reactor with the hope to eventually commercialize fusion power – and maybe even find a neat way to use old EV batteries to help power the process.

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APRIL 9, 2014

ABB will install a hybrid version of its high-efficiency ENVILINE wayside energy recovery and storage system for the Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority’s (SEPTA) light rail system serving the greater Philadelphia area.

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JULY 16, 2014

These retrofits have helped the Severstal Columbus plant achieve more than 25,251,390 kWh (25 GWh) per year in energy savings and reduced the plant’s EAF energy costs by $0.70 per ton, qualifying it for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Major Industrial Program. million annually in energy costs.

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MAY 3, 2020

A team from the University of Tennessee and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has the fuel savings due to fuel economy improvements over the past 43 years amount to approximately two trillion gallons of gasoline. Their paper is published in the journal Energy Policy. Greene et al. has almost doubled.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

an EV battery-repurposing company, is unveiling the Smartville 360 Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) during the RE+ 2023 conference in Las Vegas. The Smartville 360 is expected to be installed and operational at Nissan’s Tennessee headquarters by the second quarter of 2024. Smartville Inc.,

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a combined $2.8 Anovion, with its partners, collaborators and stakeholders, will build 35,000 tons per annum of new synthetic graphite anode material capacity for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and critical energy storage applications. Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6

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AUGUST 17, 2019

This is also considerable in context of how much energy and effort is put into the food industry. The duo selected food waste as a microbial feedstock after interviewing 80 customers across waste-to-hydrogen industries while participating in DOE’s Energy I-Corps, a program that helps accelerate commercialization efforts at DOE laboratories.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

IperionX ( earlier post ) has received key development permits for the Titan Project in Tennessee. The major development permits include the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit and Surface Mining Permit, which have now been issued by the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation.

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AUGUST 30, 2016

LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

The company has begun construction on green hydrogen production facilities in California, New York, Tennessee and Georgia that will ultimately supply 500 tons per day of liquid green hydrogen by 2025. We believe hydrogen is an important pathway for hard-to-electrify industries in a lower-carbon energy landscape.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 66 research projects to receive a total of $130 million in funding through its “OPEN 2012” program. Energy-Dense Aviation Fuels from Biomass. The Allylix project team will develop energy-dense terpenes as. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 6, 2019

Since then, Nissan has formed partnerships around the world under its Nissan Energy initiative. These partnerships will leverage the ability of electric car batteries to store energy and share it with homes, businesses and power grids—making electric vehicles even more useful, while promoting efficient energy use.

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MARCH 24, 2022

General Motors has begun retail production of the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ ( earlier post ) at GM’s Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant. billion is being invested in an all-new battery cell manufacturing plant at Spring Hill, by Ultium Cells LLC, the joint venture between GM and LG Energy Solution. An additional $2.3

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected a project led by Babcock & Wilcox (B&W), in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority and Bechtel, to design, license and help commercialize small modular reactors (SMR) in the United States. —Energy Secretary Stephen Chu. —Energy Secretary Stephen Chu.

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MAY 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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JULY 2, 2013

received a project award from Apex Compressed Air Energy Storage, LLC for the supply of equipment to be used in a new 317 MW compressed air energy storage (CAES) facility to be constructed near Tennessee Colony, Texas in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market. Dresser-Rand Group Inc.

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JULY 18, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $10.9 Additionally, the Energy Department announced today a $1.6 million investment in three university-led projects, helping to train and educate the next generation of nuclear energy scientists and engineers. Additionally, the Energy Department announced today a $1.6

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MARCH 26, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI), which will focus on growing US manufacturing of clean energy products and boosting US competitiveness through major improvements in manufacturing energy productivity. Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 22, 2021

It will be produced at GM’s Spring Hill, Tennessee assembly facility, which is receiving a $2 billion investment to support electric vehicle production. billion is being invested in an all-new battery cell manufacturing plant at Spring Hill, by Ultium Cells LLC, the joint venture between GM and LG Energy Solution. An additional $2.3

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AUGUST 11, 2020

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Gas Technology Institute (GTI) are embarking on a five-year initiative to accelerate the development and demonstration of low-carbon energy technologies.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE), General Motors and MathWorks launched the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, the latest DOE-sponsored Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition ( AVTC ), revealed the 12 competing universities and named the Chevrolet Blazer as the vehicle platform selected for the competition. University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 60 research projects for up to a combined $156 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. million in funds to approximately 120 energy projects within seven program areas. HEATS: High Energy Advanced Thermal Storage ($37.3

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

Ultium Cells LLC, the battery cell manufacturing joint venture of LG Energy Solution and General Motors, is investing an additional $275 million in the Ultium Cells Spring Hill plant to expand the facility’s battery cell output by more than 40 percent, from 35 gigawatt-hours to 50 GWh, when the plant is fully operational.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

BASF has expanded its partnership with Nissan, and is now also supplying the automaker with coatings and paints for the Pathfinder and Infiniti models at its Smyrna plant in Tennessee, USA. This shortened process leads to shorter production time, less energy consumption, streamlined paint lines and lower emissions.

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