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US DOE Selects 43 Projects for $92M in ARPA-E Funding; 3 on Automotive Power Electronics

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The awards in this tranche focus on power electronics, grid-scale energy storage, and building efficiency; of the 43, three are categorized specifically for the automotive market—power electronics projects led by HRL Laboratories, LLC; Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.;

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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A Bidirectional, Transformerless Converter Topology for Grid-tied Energy Storage Systems. kVAC), 60 kW power converter design for energy storage systems connected directly to the power grid. Power Conversion Through Novel Current Source Matrix Converter (MxC). University of Arkansas. 1,602,275. .

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