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This Week in Energy News: 10 Stories You Need to See
A roundup of the week's most newsworthy energy industry press releases from PR Newswire, including the DOE's new battery workforce challenge with Stellantis.
NEW YORK, March 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the energy and natural resources industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
- The U.S. Department of Energy and Stellantis Announce the Battery Workforce Challenge
This government and industry partnership will build the next generation of engineers, technicians, and workers to address the unprecedented demand for a domestic EV/Battery workforce. - LG Energy Solution to Invest KRW 7.2 Trillion (USD 5.5 Billion) to Build Battery Manufacturing Complex in Arizona
The complex will consist of two manufacturing facilities - one for cylindrical batteries for electric vehicles (EV) and another for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) pouch-type batteries for energy storage systems (ESS). It marks the largest single investment ever for a stand-alone battery manufacturing facility in North America. - SparkCognition's AI-Enabled Renewable Suite Announces GPT Capabilities Wind, solar, and storage owners and operators can now use generative AI to discover key operational insights in real time using simple conversational prompts.
- Air Products Wins Over $130 Million in NASA Contracts to Supply Liquid Hydrogen to Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Other NASA Facilities
NASA uses liquid hydrogen, combined with liquid oxygen, as fuel in cryogenic rocket engines, and hydrogen's unique properties support the development of aeronautics. - AutoGrid Joins RMI's VP3 Initiative
The Virtual Power Plant Partnership (VP3) initiative ams to accelerate the scaling of virtual power plants in order to enable a cleaner, more reliable, and cost-effective grid. - Birch Creek Energy Acquires Foundation Solar Partners
Together, Birch Creek and Foundation Solar have developed over 1.7 GW of solar and storage projects since 2019, and have a combined development pipeline of 13.5 GW in varying stages of development. - Cowboy Clean Fuels Completes Series A Financing to Advance Renewable Natural Gas Commercialization Plan
The innovative energy transition start-up's patented technology utilizes subsurface coal seams as geologic bio-reactors to produce carbon-negative renewable natural gas from alternative biomass feedstocks. - Nacero is Developing a World Scale Methanol to Jet Fuel Complex with TOPSOE's Support using their MTJet™ Technology for SAF
Nacero will produce SAF and LCAF from renewable natural gas (RNG) sourced from dairy farms and landfills, and from mitigated flared gas sourced in the Permian Basin. The SAF and LCAF products will contain no sulfur, while produced utilizing 100%, low-cost renewable power, and utilizing integrated carbon capture within the process. - Ballard announces 150-million-kilometer milestone
To reach this milestone, Ballard fuel cells powered over 3,800 buses and trucks, providing zero-emission mobility solutions in approximately 15 countries around the world. - Swift Current Energy Ramps Up Construction of 800 MW Double Black Diamond Solar Project with McCarthy Building Companies
"It's projects like these that have America reclaiming its legacy as an energy powerhouse," stated Dan Shugar, Nextracker founder and CEO. "We are building this country's energy security with American-made solar panels on Pittsburgh-made steel."
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Can't-Miss Earnings
In addition to these popular releases, several must-read earnings reports crossed the wire this week, including the quarterly results for Emeren Group and Hycroft Mining Holding Corp.
Catch up on all the latest earnings reports here.
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