Fact-check: Does production of lithium-ion batteries equal 8 years of driving a gas-powered car? By Andy Nguyen, PolitiFact.com
Viral posts: Manufacturing the battery for one electric car produces the same amount of carbon dioxide as running a petrol car for eight years.
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PolitiFact s ruling: Mostly False
Here s why: Electric vehicles are touted as an environmentally friendly alternative to gas-powered cars, but one Facebook post claims that the benefits are overblown, and the vehicles are much more harmful to the planet than people assume.
A cartoon posted to Facebook on April 29, shows a car in one panel with diesel written on the side and the driver thinking I feel so dirty. In another panel, a car has electric written on its side with the driver thinking I feel so clean.
IDAHO FALLS â Every year, it takes millions of gallons of water to clean, peel and slice Idahoâs potatoes before theyâre processed into any number of products from tater tots and animal feed to industrial starch.
As a result, Idaho potato processors must treat and dispose of a large amount of wastewater that contains organic matter, silt and sand.
But now, new research from Idaho National Laboratory suggests that potato wastewater might serve well as a low-cost food source for a special bacterium that could be used to recycle high-tech devices, industrial catalysts and other sources of rare earth elements.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Kathryn D. Huff, a professor of nuclear, plasma and radiological engineering in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has accepted an appointment to a senior leadership position in the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy.
As principal deputy assistant secretary for nuclear energy, Huff will oversee the five deputy assistant secretaries and the agency’s activities in areas such as nuclear facility operations, science and technology innovation, and international nuclear energy policy.
In her new position, Huff will report to Chief Operating Officer Dennis M. Miotla, who had been serving as acting assistant secretary of energy for nuclear energy since he was appointed by President Joe Biden in January.
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DETROIT, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM), (NYSE: AXL) will receive $5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance development of its next generation Electric Drive Technology.
The cooperative agreement from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) on behalf of the Vehicle Technologies Office is funding research projects in advanced batteries and electrification; advanced engine and fuel technologies, including technologies for off-road applications and alternative fueled engines; lightweight materials; new mobility technologies (energy efficient mobility systems) and alternative fuels technology demonstrations.
AAM will use the cooperative agreement funding to further the development of a low cost, high-performance, heavy rare earth-free 3-in-1 electric drive unit. AAM s 3-in-1 electric drive unit integrates power electronics with the electric motor and ge
DOE awards FuelCell Energy additional $8M for Phase 2 ARPA-E project with differentiated solid oxide platform
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded FuelCell Energy $8 million in Phase 2 funding for the previously announced ARPA-E project for development of ultra-high efficiency SOFC systems for power generation (earlier post). This additional funding commitment from the DOE represents another key step in FuelCell Energy’s path to commercialize its high efficiency solid oxide technology. The multi-stack module that forms the core of the system is a modular building block that is scalable for larger systems.
The ARPA-E project, under the “Innovative Natural-gas Technologies for Efficiency Gain in Reliable and Affordable Thermochemical Electricity-generation” (INTEGRATE) program is developing system approaches to achieving ultra-high electrical efficiency (>70%) in SOFC power generation systems.