Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009135

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 $98,662,016 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) is funding Switched Source LLC to deploy medium-voltage power flow controllers, known as the Phase-EQ, to a large utility at scale. The goal is to incorporate this distribution automation technology into the utility's planning and operational practices to increase the load serving capacity of the grid, which will enhance system reliability,...

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 U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $166,838,360 Project Grant to Southern California Edison Company (SCE) under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254). The objective of this grant is to create a solid-state power substation in Rosemead, California by installing modular multi-level converters and a medium voltage direct current sub-transmission connection. The project aims to improve the reliability, resilience, and flexibility of the electric grid...

Mission Power Corp. was awarded a $206,500 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a low-cost, high frequency inverter for utility-scale photovoltaic systems. The grant will support Mission Power Corp.'s work to design and test a prototype inverter at its Potsdam, New York facility between June 2022 and March 2023. By funding this research and development effort, the DOE aims to advance...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award was provided by the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), under the CFDA program 81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy. The University of Florida will develop technologies for a 3.3kV/200A 70kHz SiC power module with low EMI, low power loss, good thermal management, and high reliability to serve as building blocks for the control infrastructure of future power grids. The total award amount is $3,070,919.00, with a performance...

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...

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...

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 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering CFDA program provides $1,499,996 to the University of Wisconsin System to conduct research on developing ultra-efficient, high-voltage monolithic bidirectional transistors (MBDTs) for use in power electronics applications. The key objectives are to: 1) demonstrate the first ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) based MBDTs; 2) enhance the performance and manufacturability of...