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Great Plains Partners Opens Office at Sandia Science & Technology Park

Courtesy - Sandia Science & Technology Park

Great Plains Partners Venture Group, a private equity firm investing capital to mature and transition innovations to clients in the manufacturing, aerospace, and defense industries, opened a local...

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Highest-grade rare earth deposit to date identified in the US

Courtesy - Innovation News Network

Results from analyses performed by Activation Labs – a highly-respected independent analytical laboratory in Ancaster, Canada – have confirmed that the rare earth deposit has the highest reported total rare earth oxide (TREO) in the US. The discovery could be essential...

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How old batteries will help power tomorrow EVs

Courtesy - MIT Technology Review

To Redwood Materials, the rows of cardboard boxes in its gravel parking lot represent both the past and the future of electric vehicles. The makeshift storage space stretches for over 10 acres at Redwood’s new battery recycling site just outside Reno, Nevada. Most of the boxes are about the size of...

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New Mexico is bucking to become a hydrogen power player

Courtesy - Autoweek

Hydrogen fuel-cell advocates are working on developing solutions for transportation that doesn’t play well with batteries—long-distance trucking, container shipping, and even aircraft. New Mexico has applied to become one of four hydrogen hubs in the United States and share in $8 billion in federal funding through the Investment and Jobs Act...

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The most abundant chemical in the universe could become a hot commodity

Courtesy - Hydrogen Central

The Most Abundant Chemical in the Universe Could Become a Hot Commodity, Hydrogen and fuel cells have some cost barriers, but the upside for transportation and powering homes is huge. Hydrogen and the fuel cells that use it have some cost barriers, but the upside for transportation and powering our homes is huge...

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How the clean energy transition exposes the world to new vulnerabilities

Courtesy - South China Morning Post

As we begin the transition from fossil fuels towards clean energy, we are in danger of replacing the existential threat of global warming with a new and pernicious vulnerability. A cluster of minerals, such as copper, cobalt, lithium, nickel and rare earths, at the heart of clean technologies is poised to create pressure points – and a suite of...

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