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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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UNO MK3 allows CO 2 to be withdrawn and stored as solid potassium bicarbonate during high energy demand, eliminating stripper energy and enabling profitable regeneration. Colorado State University. The team’s approach uses a novel and low-cost heat-pump thermal storage system. University of Pittsburgh.

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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Of those selected, approximately 43% of OPEN 2018 projects will be led by universities, 35% by small businesses, and the remainder by large businesses, non-profit organizations or federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). Georgia Tech Research Corporation. University of California, San Diego.

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DNA Data Drives Point Toward Exabyte Scale

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So researchers have been working for years to advance a radical approach called DNA data storage : Digital data that would typically be stored as 0s and 1s on a hard drive is instead encoded as the four bases that make up DNA sequences—A, C, G, and T—on synthetic DNA strands expressly created for the purpose of deep archival storage.

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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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This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. NC State University. of Georgia). 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.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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The projects are based in 24 states, with approximately 47% of the projects led by universities; 29% by small businesses; 15% by large businesses; 7.5% economical to store or transport. University. Researchers from Colorado State University will develop a system. University. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline.

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ARPA-E awards $33M to 13 intermediate-temp fuel cell projects; converting gaseous hydrocarbons to liquid fuels

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The US Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) is awarding $33 million to 13 new projects aimed at developing transformational fuel cell technologies for low-cost distributed power generation. Georgia Tech Research Corporation. SiEnergy’s technology will operate at relatively low temperatures of 300-500 ?C,

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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