Cooperative Agreement 2451396
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant to Fourth Power, Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an energy storage technology that stores electricity as heat and converts it back to electricity using thermophotovoltaics (TPV). The goal is to create a low-cost battery system that can decouple power and energy, enabling discharge durations between 1-100 hours, which is not currently achievable with other...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $978,993 Cooperative Agreement to Unigrid Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA #47.084) program. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project aims to develop and demonstrate a new non-flammable, cost-effective, and domestically-sourced stationary energy storage solution based on sodium-based solid-state battery technology. The goal is to advance the technology from the laboratory to a...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award provides $274,723 to Earthen Energy Inc. for the development of a Packed Bed Thermal Energy Storage (PB-TES) system using supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) as the heat transfer fluid. The project aims to create a scalable, cost-effective energy storage solution to improve grid stability and enable greater integration of renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Key objectives...
- This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Noon Energy Inc. aims to develop a new ultra-low-cost rechargeable carbon-oxygen battery for long-duration renewable energy storage. The key objectives are to create and validate a multi-physics model of the optimized reactor, design the optimized reactor and operating conditions, and build and test several prototypes to demonstrate the...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) provides $997,018.00 to XL Batteries Inc. to design and fabricate a prototype 1 kW/10 kWh flow battery system using proprietary electrolytes and low-cost materials. The goal is to develop a long-duration, grid-scale energy storage solution to support the increased deployment of renewable energy and achieve climate goals. The 2-year project...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,951 to Parthian Battery Solutions LLC will develop a novel technology to rapidly and accurately assess the state of health of second-life lithium-ion batteries. The technology will utilize advanced battery modeling and data analytics to determine the overall battery health beyond just capacity degradation, enabling more informed decision-making for repurposing retired...
- This $305,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) to NCO Technologies LLC is for the development of scalable production methods for high-performance metal-organic framework membranes. The goal is to improve the performance, cost, and durability of energy storage systems, which are critical for enabling wider adoption of renewable energy. This innovation aims to address limitations of current long-duration...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Tyfast Energy Corp a $934,823 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to develop a high-performance lithium-ion battery for decarbonizing diesel-powered construction and heavy-duty vehicles. This 2-year project aims to deliver a lithium-ion battery cell with over 3 Ah capacity, 6-minute fast charging, 10,000+ cycle life, and cold temperature operation. The goal is to create a new class of...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $550,000 provides funding to The Washington University in St. Louis to develop high-performance, long-life electrodes for sustainable sodium-based batteries. The key objectives are to scale up cathode synthesis, demonstrate superior performance in large-format cells, and advance the fundamental understanding of the heat and mass transfer dynamics, interparticle interactions, and...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $1,209,878 to Otoro Energy Inc. for the development of a purification process for flow battery electrolytes. The funding supports the second phase of a project to enable cost-effective, long-duration energy storage solutions critical for ensuring a reliable electric grid. The project aims to create a novel, reusable, and low-cost purification process...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,134,716 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Fourth Power, Inc. on July 15, 2025. The project aims to further optimize an innovative thermal cycle test rig for large-scale deployment of an advanced thermal battery system for grid-scale energy storage. The broader commercial impact is to demonstrate the durability of key subsystems of this long-duration energy storage technology, which has the potential to increase the capacity of the electric grid and enable high renewable energy penetration. The intellectual merit of the project involves extensive accelerated life testing of critical graphite components, including fittings, seals, and pumps, at temperatures up to 2400°C and pressures up to 100 PSI, to validate the long-term viability of the technology for grid-scale applications. The project will run through June 30, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.1m | 7/24/25 |