Cooperative Agreement DEAR0000221

Corepower Magnetics Inc. received a $4.6 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to support development of a scaled inline processing facility for permeability engineered nanocrystalline magnetics. The three-year award running from March 2023 through March 2026 aims to advance Corepower's ability to produce enhanced magnetic materials through a streamlined manufacturing process. ARPA-E's Advanced Research Projects...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Fluxmagic, Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company based in Portland, Oregon, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant funding will support Fluxmagic's research and development of "MAGNETIC GEARS FOR OCEAN GENERATORS", focused on advancing magnetic gear and drivetrain technologies for offshore renewable energy applications, particularly in the ocean and wind...

This $36,034,716 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program will fund a partnership between the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and a host transmission utility. The project aims to install an Automatic Power Factor Controller (APFC) device, the SmartValve, at an interregional grid tie to reduce tap changes and increase the control range of a Phase Shifting Transformer (PST) across a regional...

Corepower Magnetics Inc. received a $199,421 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to commercialize power dense nanocomposite based rare earth-free axial flux motors. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, listed under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 81.049, aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. This award...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $206,500 Project Grant to Mission Power Corp., doing business as Mission Drives, to support research and development of a magnet power supply for a tokamak fusion system. This award, provided under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), aims to advance power electronics and magnetics technologies that can strengthen U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. As an SBA-certified HUBZone firm, Mission...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program awarded The Trustees of Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration a $338,926 Project Grant to conduct fundamental research on modeling and designing complex power magnetic components for electrical power converters. The goals are to develop systematic methods for modeling and designing multi-winding power magnetics, create software tools for optimal power magnetic design, and demonstrate the effectiveness of the...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $199,912 project grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to American Maglev Technology of Florida, Inc. on February 22, 2021 for integration of superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) systems optimized with second-generation, high-temperature superconducting (2G-HTS) technology with a major fossil-fueled asset located in Houston, Texas. The Office of Science aims to advance scientific tools and...

This $274,995 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program Project Grant will support the development of a semi-active magnetic bearing for flywheel energy storage systems by Magma Space LLC. The magnetic bearing technology aims to enable high-speed flywheel energy storage systems for both space and terrestrial applications by overcoming limitations of lithium-ion batteries such as loss of energy capacity over time and stringent temperature control requirements....

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $199,708 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop a ferrite-free circulator for precise measurements of SRF cavities with high Q-factor. The work will be performed in Santa Monica, CA through November 13, 2022. This award supports the Office of Science's Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and...

Muons Inc. was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop innovative magnetron power sources for superconducting radio frequency (SRF) accelerators. The grant is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Under this nine-month award concluding...