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ARPA-E awarding $36M to 22 projects in RANGE program for transformative EV storage

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ARPA-E’s new program, Robust Affordable Next Generation Energy Storage Systems (RANGE) ( earlier post ), aims to accelerate widespread EV adoption by dramatically improving driving range and reliability, and by providing low-cost, low-carbon alternatives to today’s vehicles. University of Houston. Princeton University.

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BATT Program Awards More Than $8 Million for Innovative Research Projects on Lithium Battery Anodes

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These projects focus on developing next-generation anodes to increase the energy and decrease the cost of lithium batteries while maintaining safety and cycle life. The awardees include two national laboratories, five universities, and one private non-profit research institute. Binghamton University. Drexel University.

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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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NC State University. Medical University of South Carolina. Columbia University. The critical barrier to wider deployment of electric vehicles is the high cost and low energy of today’s batteries. A123 Systems, Rutgers University). of Georgia). Clemson Univ., of South Carolina). europaea; Product: Butanol.

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

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Solid ion conductors made of affordable, easily produced materials could replace today’s mostly liquid electrolytes and expensive fuel cell parts, helping create a next generation of batteries and fuel cells that are low-cost, durable, and more efficient. Iowa State University. —ARPA-E Director Dr. Ellen D.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Bunting-Dubois (Dubois, Pennsylvania). Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania). Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Development of a Low-cost and Hardware Friendly Instantaneous Waveform Measurement Technology for Distribution System, $1,000,000. NovaCentrix (Austin, Texas).

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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batteries during charge and discharge cycles. cost associated with thermal management. Utah State University. Utah State University will develop electronic hardware and. Pennsylvania State University. Pennsylvania State University is developing an innovative. Washington University.

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DOE awards $100M in 2nd funding round for 32 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Twenty-three of the projects receiving funding are headed by universities, eight are led by the Energy Department’s National Laboratories and one project is run by a non-profit organization. University of California, Berkeley. University of California, Riverside. University of California, Riverside. Purdue University.

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