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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 California Los Angeles.

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DOE awards $60M to 24 R&D projects to accelerate advancements in zero-emissions vehicles

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University of Illinois at Chicago. AOI 6: Low?cost cost Infrastructure?based Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. Development of Li-S Battery Cells with High Energy Density and Long Cycling Life. University of California, San Diego. Strategies to Enable Lean Electrolytes for High Loading and Stable Li-S Pouch Cells.

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DOE to award $35M to 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing

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Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. The University of Illinois will conduct research to develop a composite plastic heat exchanger for a low temperature gas streams common in industry. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Colorado State University. Yale University. Zyvex Labs, LLC.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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DOE funding $75,161,246, total project value with cost share $150,322,492). Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Design, build, and deploy a utility-scale, low-cost compressed air energy storage system to support the integration of renewable energy sources onto the grid. 24,063,978. 48,127,957. . 12,392,120.

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

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Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Highly Efficient Low-Thermal-Budget Hydrogen and Chemical Co-Production via an Electrochemical Activation of Propane, $100,000. Alumina Energy, LLC (Los Angeles, California). Reducing Protein Production Costs to Enable Cell Free Biocatalysis, $400,000.

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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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Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. University of Illinois. with Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency into the Saccharinae The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign team will. High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils. This will allow a.

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