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ARPA-E awards $35M to 16 REFUEL projects for energy-dense carbon-neutral liquid fuels; leveraging ammonia

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FuelCell Energy, Inc. Protonic Ceramics for Energy Storage and Electricity Generation with Ammonia (Category 1 & 2) The FuelCell Energy, Inc. Use of such a fuel cell for transport will be facilitated by a lower-cost polymer electrolyte and catalysts capable of oxidizing ammonia effectively around 100 °C.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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With the initiation of the EFRCs in April 2008, the Department of Energy (DOE) budgeted approximately $100 million for multiple EFRC awards starting in FY 2009. Polymer-Based Materials for Harvesting Solar Energy. $16. Use novel, self-assembled polymer materials in systems for the conversion of sunlight into electricity.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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The US Department of Energy is awarding $106 million in funding for 37 research projects selected in the second round by the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Medical University of South Carolina. of South Carolina). Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation.

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