Cooperative Agreement DEEE0007175

Wbglobalsemi Inc. received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop lower cost, mass, and volume wind power converters with grid support capabilities. The project aims to deliver these technologies by the scheduled completion date of July 29, 2022. The award is provided through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports the Office of Science's mission to transform understanding of nature...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund the development of a level-set-based, multi-physics and multi-material topology optimization software for electric machine design. The $550,000 award, made under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, will support work at Stony Brook University from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The software aims to improve electric generator and motor designs through parametric topology optimization of magnets. This will...

This Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program, CFDA 47.083, provides $149,980 to the University of Maine System to conduct research on the orbital motion dynamics of offshore wind turbines (OWTs) during the installation phase. The interdisciplinary project team will investigate the unique dynamics of partially installed bottom-fixed OWTs using wave tank experiments and high-fidelity numerical...

This $249,980 National Science Foundation (NSF) EAGER project grant awarded to North Dakota State University (NDSU) aims to develop a novel network-based framework for analyzing and mitigating sub-synchronous oscillations in inverter-dominated power grids. The project will provide new insights into the mechanisms driving these oscillations, which can jeopardize grid stability and reliability as renewable energy sources with inverters are increasingly integrated. The framework is expected to...

This NSF Project Grant award of $450,000 from the Directorate for Engineering (CFDA #47.041) aims to address oscillation issues in power grids with high levels of renewable energy generation. The key efforts include: Developing scalable, computationally manageable, and linearized models to simulate power grid dynamics and the associated cyber layer with realistic impacts like data packet drops and delays. Designing a centralized damping control scheme that uses phasor measurement unit (PMU)...

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...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $2.9 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) under the DC-GRIDS Funding Opportunity Announcement to develop an innovative modular high-frequency transformer architecture for multi-terminal High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) substations. The project, titled "Multi-Port ISO-MMC: A Converter Station Architecture for Multi-Directional...

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...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Award Overview GE Vernova Operations LLC received a $2.28M Cooperative Agreement from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The award, effective January 1, 2026 through September 30, 2028, supports the development of durable, cost-effective polymer-based add-on technologies designed to enhance the operational flexibility of Francis turbine-based hydropower units....

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $3,692,661 Cooperative Agreement under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to the Hawaii State Energy Office (HSEO) division of the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. The purpose of this award is to install a synchronous condenser at the Port Allen Generation Station on Kauai, Hawaii. The synchronous condenser will help regulate the Kauai grid by managing voltage, maintaining...