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ARPA-E announces $11M for innovations in energy-water processing and agricultural sensing technologies; fourth, fifth OPEN+ cohorts

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The Sensors teams will develop ultra-low-energy distributed sensors to improve production efficiency in agriculture, boosting viability for bioenergy crops and reducing the energy and water requirements for agriculture more broadly. Energy-Water Technologies cohort. Sensors for Bioenergy and Agriculture cohort.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Marquette University.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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University of Alabama. University of North Dakota. North Carolina State University. Oregon State University. University of Cincinnati. University of Maryland - College Park. Princeton University. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Utah State University. Project title.

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DOE to award $4M to 9 projects to recover rare earth elements from coal and by-products

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The Ohio State University. Low-Cost Rare Earth Element (REE) Recovery from Acid Mine Drainage Sludge Research Triangle Institute plans to use a staged, membrane-based treatment approach to separate, concentrate, and ultimately recover REEs from acid mine drainage (AMD) sludge that will take place over an 18-month performance period.

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DOE awards $17M for vehicle technologies; batteries, PEEM, engines, materials, fuel

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University of Colorado Boulder. University of Wisconsin - Madison. University of Connecticut. University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. Utah State University. The Ohio State University. The Regents of the University of Michigan. Power electronics and electric motors (Area of Interest 2).

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Electreon and ASPIRE to launch electrified roadway demo in Utah

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Electreon’s in-motion (dynamic) wireless charging technology will be installed in ASPIRE’s research test track in North Logan, Utah, in summer 2022 to showcase the company’s technology for the first time in North America. Utah test track. Earlier post.).

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (the MagLab) at Florida State University (FSU) will leverage existing capabilities to develop and demonstrate an integrated process to convert preprocessed corn stover into SAF through a catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP), biocrude intermediate upgrading pathway.