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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials.

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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batteries during charge and discharge cycles. Washington University in St. Louis will develop a predictive. optimal charge and discharge of the battery in real-time, enhancing battery performance and improving battery safety, charge-rate, and usable capacity. energy storage system for renewable energy generation.

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ARPA-E awards $37M for IONICS projects; improving solid-state batteries and fuel cells

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Solid ion conductors made of affordable, easily produced materials could replace today’s mostly liquid electrolytes and expensive fuel cell parts, helping create a next generation of batteries and fuel cells that are low-cost, durable, and more efficient. —ARPA-E Director Dr. Ellen D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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DOE awards $100M in 2nd funding round for 32 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Ten of these projects are new while the rest received renewed funding based both on their achievements to date and the quality of their proposals for future research. Explore the interplay of spin, charge, and heat to control the transport of spin and energy to achieve much higher energy efficiencies in nanoscale electronic devices.

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DOE reports progress on development of hydrogen storage technologies

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working with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) completed a thorough cost analysis for baseline Type IV 350- and 700-bar compressed hydrogen storage systems, for both single- and multi-tank configurations. In 2013, Strategic Analysis Inc., Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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