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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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Most of the projects will support the goals of EV Everywhere, an Energy Department program that aims to make PEVs as affordable and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. Grid Modernization for Electric Vehicles (Area of Interest 2). Iowa State University. The Department of the Army is contributing an additional $2.2

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

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $37 million in funding for 16 innovative new projects as part of a new ARPA-E program: Integration and Optimization of Novel Ion-Conducting Solids ( IONICS ). Li-ion conductors that enable the cycling of Li metal without shorting.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Water (1 project). ENERGY STORAGE.

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