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Startup licenses ORNL technology for converting organic waste to hydrogen

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The technologies work as a system that converts organic waste into renewable hydrogen gas for use as a biofuel. The system combines biology and electrochemistry to degrade organic waste—such as plant biomass or food waste—to produce hydrogen.

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DOE awards Texas A&M AgriLife Research $2.2M to investigate ways to market bio waste from biofuel refineries

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million grant to researchers at Texas A&M AgriLife Research to investigate potential discoveries for waste products used in lignocellulosic biofuel production, turning them into valuable agents used in producing commercial products such as biodiesel and asphalt binding agents. in Washington State and the University of Tennessee.

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

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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: $1,204,129. DOE Funding: $1,499,999. DOE Funding: $1,483,787.

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DOE awarding $73.9M to 10 battery recycling projects

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Supplying Refined Battery Materials into the United States Electric Vehicle Battery Supply Chain by Synergizing Lithium-ion Battery Recycling with Mine Waste Reclamation. Michigan Technological University. Tennessee Technological University. The University of Alabama. Princeton NuEnergy. 10,000,000. Smartville Inc.

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CIRCLES Consortium tests AI-equipped cruise control system for impact on fuel efficiency and traffic flow

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The CIRCLES project aims to reduce instabilities in traffic flow, called phantom jams, that cause congestion and waste energy. The experiment—which ran 14 Nov. through 18 Nov. on a sensor-filled portion of US Interstate 24——is based on results from an earlier, closed-track study.

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DOE announces $18.6M to support production of low-carbon biofuels and bioproducts

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million in funding to eight university and industry projects to develop biomass feedstocks to produce affordable biofuels and bioproducts that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Currently, most biofuels are made from feedstocks such as corn grain and agricultural residues, forestry residues, and solid and wet waste streams.

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Nissan to give second life to LEAF batteries at corporate HQ, takes stake in ChargeScape – Charged EVs

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Meanwhile, in Franklin, Tennessee, the Nissan Americas Headquarters is gaining two battery systems that use second-life LEAF batteries for storage. Once the transaction closes, Nissan will become an equal 25% investor in ChargeScape and the three founding companies will each see their stakes reduced from 33.3%

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