Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program Recommends Nearly $7.2M in Funding for 6 Projects; 3 Li-ion Awards
26 December 2009
The Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program recently recommended nearly $7.2 million in funding to six new projects. The Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program supports research and development that addresses the technical and cost barriers to commercialization of advanced energy components and systems, with preference to wind, biomass, and energy storage in Ohio. The awards are contingent upon State Controlling Board approval.
Fiscal Year 2010 Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program Awards include:
| Fiscal Year 2010 Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program Awards | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Grantee | Project | Description | Funding ($million) | |||
| Novolyte Technologies, Inc. | Development and Commercialization of Advanced Electrolyte Materials for Next Generation Lithium-ion Batteries | Novolyte will develop novel electrolytes for the next generation of lithium-ion batteries that will significantly improve performance and safety, and thereby expedite product commercialization. | $1.12 | |||
| R. W. Beckett Corporation | Develop and Commercialize Residential Energy Storage Technology to Store Power Collected from Any Source of Electricity for Use at a Later Time | R. W. Beckett will investigate implementing lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology into a variety of distributed power storage appliances. For use in both the utility and military markets, the product offering will also be applicable to the civilian off-grid storage market that pairs renewable energy generation with power storage. | $1.0 | |||
| GrafTech International Holdings, Inc. | Development of Thermal Management Solutions for Lithium-Ion Batteries | GrafTech will develop and commercialize a portfolio of expanded natural graphite thermal management products that improve the performance, durability and safety of lithium ion batteries. | $0.965 | |||
| quasar energy group | Accelerating Commercialization of Anaerobic Digestion for Bioenergy project | Quasar will scale-up and optimize a commercial demonstration facility that can process over 30,000 wet tons of biomass annually with more than 750 kW of electrical generation capacity. | $2.0 | |||
| Ershigs, Inc. | Development and Commercialization of Composite Towers for Wind Turbines | Ershigs and its collaborators have developed a new technology for a composite wind turbine tower. Ershigs will design, analyze, build and test a series of progressively larger components culminating in the test of a full-scale 100 meter composite tower. | $1.11 | |||
| Avtron Industrial Automation, Inc. | Absolute Magnetic Encoder Commercialization | Avtron will develop and commercialize a superior Absolute Magnetic Encoder for use in wind turbine applications. | $1.0 | |||
The Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program accelerates the development and growth of the advanced energy industry in Ohio by direct financial support to organizations seeking to: investigate near-term specific commercial objectives with respect to products, processes, or services; commercialize new products, commercialize manufacturing processes or technologies, or adapt or modify existing components or systems that can reduce the cost of advanced energy systems or address technical and commercialization barriers; or demonstrate market readiness.
Good work. Even If funding is too little.
Posted by: sulleny | 30 December 2009 at 12:24 PM