The University of Wyoming receive close to $3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for research that focuses on expanding and transforming the use of coal and coal-based-based resources to produce coal-based products, using carbon, ore, rare earth elements (REE) and critical minerals (CM), according to the UW website.
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The Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy selected two separate projects submitted by the UW School of Energy Resources and Center for Economic Geology Research, and the DOE will provide funding to those projects. The funds, according to the UW article, will cover research in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana, as well as the Greater Green River and Wind River basins of Wyoming and Colorado.
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CASPER, Wyo. The University of Wyoming said on April 30 that the U.S. Department of Energy will provide about $3 million in funding “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,” UW said. “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.”
A student works in a lab at the University of Wyoming to retrieve rare earth elements. (Photo: University of Wyoming)
The University of Wyoming (UW) 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), according to an April 30 UW press release.
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 earlier this week, the release stated. The funds will cover research in the Powder River Basin (PRB) of Wyoming and Montana as well as in the Greater Green River and Wind River basins (GGRB-WRB) of both Wyoming and Colorado.