30 Apr 2021 (Last Updated April 30th, 2021 09:40)
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $19m to fund the development of 13 projects to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals essential in the manufacture of batteries and magnets.
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The US DOE’s funding aims to support production of rare earth elements. Credit: Peggy Greb, US department of agriculture via Wikipedia.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $19m to fund the development of 13 projects to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals essential in the manufacture of batteries and magnets.
The funding is expected to help the US accelerate its rare earth elements production as it aims to reduce its dependence on China due to strained trade relations.
April 30, 2021
The University of Wyoming will receive nearly $3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for research focused on expanding and transforming the use of coal and coal-based resources to produce coal-based products, using carbon ore, rare earth elements (REE) and critical minerals (CM).
Two separate projects submitted by UW’s School of Energy Resources (SER) Center for Economic Geology Research (CEGR) were selected by the DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and announced this week. The funds will cover research in the Powder River Basin (PRB) of Wyoming and Montana and the Greater Green River and Wind River basins (GGRB-WRB) of Wyoming and Colorado.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. West Virginia clean-energy supporters say President Joe Biden s climate-action goals and jobs plan give the state a unique opportunity to move beyond its declining coal economy. At last week s international climate summit, Biden pledged to cut U.S. .
Wyoming rare earth elements project receives federal funding
June 25, 2020 GMT
Gillette, Wyo. (AP) A project in Wyoming to develop technologies and methods to extract rare earth elements from coal ash received more than $810,000 from the federal government.
Researchers at the National Energy Technology Laboratory are overseeing the project, The Gillette News Record reported Wednesday.
The project received the grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Technology Commercialization Fund.
The technology laboratory plans to establish a pilot production facility at the Advanced Carbon Products Innovation Center under development in Campbell County to demonstrate the economically viable production of elements derived from coal ash.
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Biden working group targets jobs for fossil fuel communities Source: By CUNEYT DIL, Associated Press • Posted: Monday, April 26, 2021
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Six large regions nationwide that have economies reliant on fossil fuels have been targeted for federal investment and aid to create renewable energy jobs, as detailed in a new report from President Joe Biden’s administration.
The report released Friday is part of Biden’s plan to reduce America’s use of coal and other fossil fuels in order to fight climate change. The White House held a global summit this week and Biden announced he intends to cut U.S. coal and petroleum emissions in half by 2030.