Cooperative Agreement DEEE0008533

American Physics And Technology LLC (Apt) was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to support work on ULTRA-PRECISION SUBSTRATE FIGURING FOR COHERENCY-PRESERVING X-RAY MIRRORS through March 31, 2023. Under this award made through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), Apt will develop techniques for ultra-precision substrate figuring to enable the fabrication of coherency-preserving x-ray mirrors. The...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $425,309 to the University of Dayton Research Institute to develop scalable performance and optimization tools for narrow-channel designs in particle-to-SCO2 heat exchangers and for commercial-scale trough designs in multi-stage falling particle receivers for concentrating solar power (CSP)...

The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) a $597,604 Project Grant from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The funding will support the development of a novel approach for fabricating large-format deformable mirrors to enable the use of adaptive optics (AO) technology in astronomical telescopes. The project aims to create a more economical method of producing thin curved glass...

This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $1,701,250.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The primary objectives of this project are to: 1) develop a new metrology system for imaging solar cell defects and glass crack defects in CdTe solar panels, 2) develop an AI software platform to analyze the captured images and automatically detect defects, and 3)...

This $4,994,352 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to develop a particle media transport and storage solution for concentrating solar power (CSP) systems. The goal is to enable reliable power generation that compares favorably with intermittent renewables like solar PV and wind coupled with battery storage. The project objectives...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $199,978 Project Grant to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT), a small business manufacturer based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The federal grant, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), is for the "Fabrication of Mirror Surfaces for Polarizing Neutron Optics" and has a period of performance from February 18, 2025 to November 17, 2025. ACT specializes in developing innovative thermal...

This $5,197,852 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) is focused on identifying, testing, and implementing ultraviolet light and temperature-tolerant materials and cell stack designs for 27% efficient mechanically-stacked perovskite+silicon hybrid tandem photovoltaic (PV) modules. The 2-year project, awarded to Tandem PV, Inc., a for-profit company...

This 18-month Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to advance low-cost, scalable, in-line electrochemical defect quantification platforms for studying the stability of lead halide perovskite solar cell materials. The $250,000 project, awarded to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, has three key objectives: 1) developing a...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $8,150,000 cooperative agreement to Swift Solar Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The award aims to achieve the following key objectives over the 2025 performance period: Develop 27%-efficient perovskite-based tandem solar minimodules larger than 500 cm2 that can withstand at least 6 months of outdoor testing in 3 climate zones, using high-throughput...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under CFDA 81.087 (Renewable Energy Research and Development) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to develop a "bilithic integration" approach for manufacturing highly efficient perovskite solar modules. The project aims to avoid degradation issues associated with traditional "monolithic" integration by preparing the device components on...