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Ford Bronco Sport first to feature parts made of 100% recycled ocean plastic

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Ford has become the first automaker to use 100% recycled ocean plastics to produce automotive parts. The strength and durability of the nylon material equals that of previously used petroleum-based parts but with a 10% cost savings and requiring less energy to produce.

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Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for spontaneous water-splitting using sunlight

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. … Cost effective solar fuel generation is hindered by the semiconductor material not meeting certain essential criteria to achieve highly efficient solar to hydrogen conversion.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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American Battery Technology Company , Large-Scale Demonstration of Domestic Manufacturing of Low-Cost and Low- Environmental Impact Battery-Grade Lithium Hydroxide from Unconventional Domestic Sedimentary Resources, $57,744,831. Ascend Elements , Apex – Integrated Sustainable Battery Precursor, $316,186,575.

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Desktop Metal qualifies 4140 low-alloy steel for high-volume additive manufacturing of end-use parts with the Production System

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Desktop Metal is the first and only company to qualify 4140 low-alloy steel for use with metal binder jetting systems, enabling its use in mass production end-use part applications. 4140 provides excellent strength and hardness, which is essential for the spline teeth that connect this part to the rest of its assembly.

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USABC awards $3.5M low-cost/fast-charge battery technology development contract to Zenlabs Energy

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in Fremont, California for a low-cost/fast-charge (LCFC) technology development. Zenlabs has developed proprietary silicon-based formulations that offer higher specific capacity, longer cycle life, and lower cost. The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC) awarded a $3.5-million

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PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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The authors’ assessment identified further cost savings, in that CO 2 captured by EEMPA can be converted to methane on site. But these traditional solvents have relatively high water content, making methane conversion difficult. Using EEMPA instead reduces the energy needed to fuel such a reaction.

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KIT team designs low-cost photoreactor for efficient solar-driven synthesis

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Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. The photoreactors have a low level of complexity, are readily manufacturable via mass fabrication techniques in polymers, and are easy to adapt to diverse photocatalysts.

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