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EPRI-led team awarded $2.8M from ARPA-E to research uranium recovery for next-gen reactors; deep borehole disposal

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EPRI, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Southern Company Research and Development, and Deep Isolation recently were recently awarded $2.8 EPRI, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Southern Company Research and Development, and Deep Isolation recently were recently awarded $2.8 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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EPRI, CALSTART awarded $13M to develop high-power freight-charging corridor network in California; RHETTA

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded $13 million to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and CALSTART to jump start California’s high-power charging infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. 97% at full load); Modular design that can be scaled up with future BEV truck deployment; and. Momentum; ORBCOMM, Inc.;

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EPRI, 8 automakers and 15 utilities to create an open grid integration platform for plug-in electric vehicles

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The goal of this program is to develop a cloud-based, central server that would receive grid requests from a utility—such as Demand Response—and then translate and standardize that request so it could be relayed to all appropriate plug-in vehicles in the designated area. Automakers and V2G. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). .;

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ARPA-E to award $27M for advanced nuclear reactor systems operational technology: GEMINA

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These GEMINA teams are working to develop tools for the advanced reactors of tomorrow to improve operations and lower maintenance costs by designing more autonomous, and efficient processes. Advanced reactors must be designed to be financially competitive with fossil fuel power plants to gain a foothold in future energy markets.

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DOE awarding ~$44M to seven carbon capture projects

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has selected seven projects to receive approximately $44 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development through the funding opportunity announcement, Design and Testing of Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies. Description. Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.

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EcoCAR 2 winner OSU wins year one of North American EcoCAR 3 competition

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Virginia Tech and the University of Waterloo took second and third place respectively. As part of the EcoCAR 3 Competition, each university team chose a different innovation that they will incorporate into their competition vehicle. Yatsko, OSU Engineering Manager. —Al Oppenheiser, Chevrolet Camaro Vehicle Chief Engineer.

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New materials could cut parasitic energy costs for CO2 capture by up to 30-40%

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The research by scientists at Rice University; the University of California, Berkeley; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL); and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) was published in the journal Nature Materials. —Lin et al. —Berend Smit.

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