Terra CO2 Technology was picked to receive a $52.6 million federal grant to build a new manufacturing plant just west of Salt Lake City, Utah. The company has devised a method that turns common minerals into additives that can help replace Portland cement.
A new electric vehicle battery repurposing facility will set up shop in the city of Taylor, Texas. The company Moment Energy Inc. received $20.3 million to start this first UL1974 Certified manufacturing facility in the country.
Operation of Rare Element Resources’ demonstration plant in Upton, Wyoming, could still begin in the fourth quarter of 2024, despite recent construction delays caused by skyrocketing inflation.
British energy company Viaro Energy and U.S.-based Terrestrial Energy signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the Integral Molten Salt Reactor nuclear project in the U.K. The companies will explore the deployment of this technology for industrial applications, including powering artificial intelligence data centers.
Türkiye and China signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the nations’ cooperation in all areas of mining, with a particular focus on critical minerals such as rare earth elements. The agreement follows an earlier memorandum focused on cooperation in energy transformation.
Australia and Britain plan to work together to ramp up the deployment of renewable energy technologies, such as green hydrogen and offshore wind, to support decarbonization, according to a joint statement released by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
glasstec, the international trade fair for glass production, glass processing, and glass products, took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, from Oct. 22–25, 2024. More than 1,200 exhibitors from 50 countries and more than 32,000 trade visitors from 121 nations attended the trade fair.
On October 19, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art launched its latest museum, UCCA Clay, featuring a clay pottery-inspired design by Kengo Kuma. The first of UCCA’s branches dedicated to a specific medium, it is fittingly located in Yixing, a southern Chinese city renowned for its ceramics.
On Oct. 18, 2024, the Dutch government announced supplemental controls for exports of certain emerging technology items from the Netherlands. These controls will enter into force on Dec. 1, 2024. The Unilaterally Controlled Items include certain goods, technology, and software deriving from the semiconductor, quantum, and additive manufacturing sectors.
The United States produced more than three times as much solar, wind, and geothermal power in 2023 than it did in 2014 with growth in all 50 states, according to Renewables on the Rise 2024, an online dashboard by Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group.
Innovators in the flow battery space have been working to develop options that compete with lithium-ion batteries. That work seems to be paying off. In an August 2024 report, the U.S. Department of Energy found flow batteries to have the lowest levelized cost of storage of any technology that is not geologically constrained.
The Argentine salt flats have been one of the busiest sites for ventures racing to extract the battery metal. Now firms are hitting the brakes. The global lithium sector from Chile to Zimbabwe is struggling due to prices that have slumped over 80% since the start of last year on oversupply and weaker-than-expected electric vehicle demand.
Software company Cerrion launched its Fire Detection AI technology for the glass industry. Cerrion’s base AI technology detects issues such as glass jams or fallen containers, triggering alarms or machine section stops. With Fire Detection AI, glassmakers can now automate responses based on flame size and duration, which further improves safety.
