Cooperative Agreement DEAR0000909

Coolcad Electronics, LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of low-cost hybrid SiC/GaN-based single-stage microinverters with integrated planar magnetics technology. The project aims to deliver this technology by March 26, 2023. The award is being made through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools...

Imagen Energy LLC was awarded an $11.7 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop products that will accelerate electric vehicle charging infrastructure deployment. Under the award titled "CHARGED: Commercialization of Highly Accelerated Reliable Grid-Networked Energy Delivery," Imagen Energy will produce solutions to improve space utilization, reduce installation costs, and increase charging efficiency...

The federal Project Grant award, with ID DESC0024990, was provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Nomis Power Corporation, a for-profit manufacturer located in Newtonville, New York. The $206,500.00 award, dated July 22, 2024, supports the development of a full-SiC 3.3 kV, 200 A half-bridge power module demonstrating resilient performance and robust multi-layer power delivery. This research aims to advance power semiconductor...

Nomis Power Corporation received a $498,297 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy to develop 6.5kV, 100A silicon carbide power modules at less than half the cost of current commercial solutions. Through this two-year ARPA-E Seed Small Business Innovation Research award, Nomis Power intends to bring to market by July 2023 silicon carbide power semiconductor devices and modules that can meet 21st century energy demands in a more affordable...

This SBIR Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $305,000 to Turbo Power Semiconductor Inc. to develop a silicon conductivity-controlled power transistor, a semiconductor device designed to significantly reduce power losses in a wide range of power conversion systems compared to existing solutions. The technology has the potential to transform industries such as solar, battery storage, motor drives,...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $206,500 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to Mission Power Corp., a for-profit manufacturing company located in Potsdam, New York, to develop an SiC power module for solid-state transformers. The grant, awarded on July 22, 2024, supports research and development of innovative power conversion technologies, including advanced power electronics and power module designs, with potential applications in renewable energy, electric vehicle...

This $400,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to develop novel bidirectional high-power DC-DC onboard electric vehicle battery chargers with ultra-high power density and scalability operating over 1 megahertz. The research aims to address key gaps including designing and demonstrating 1.2 kilovolt gallium nitride field-effect transistors for high-frequency power converters operating over 800 volts and 1...

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), a program under the Department of Energy, has awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (University of Nebraska) under CFDA Program 81.135. The grant funding will support the University of Nebraska's development of a first-of-its-kind 10 kV high-frequency press-pack (HFPP) silicon carbide MOSFET module, referred to as "METAPAK." This module is intended to enable novel high-frequency HVDC...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,800 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to Fastwatt LLC, a small for-profit limited liability company in Clifton Park, New York. The grant, awarded on July 22, 2024, supports research and development of a compact solar direct-to-medium-voltage grid interface using silicon carbide and high-frequency magnetics. This project aims to advance scientific discoveries and technological innovations in power conversion and renewable energy...

Nomis Power Corporation received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support work on "HIGHLY INTEGRATED, LOW COST SIC POWER MODULES WITH MODIFIED SUBSTRATES FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE AND EASE OF MANUFACTURING." The award 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....