This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) aims to support research, development, and demonstration projects across various energy technologies under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). The $1,200,000 award to Wei7 LLC will fund the "RAPID X-RAY FOR BLADE MANUFACTURING QUALITY CONTROL AND IN-SERVICE MAINTENANCE" project, which seeks to advance manufacturing processes and...
General Electric Company's GE Additive division was awarded a $1,466,390 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to develop a novel additive manufacturing process for fabricating silicon carbide matrix composite heat exchangers. The objective is to utilize an advanced additive manufacturing machine and method to fabricate complex silicon carbide components and incorporate chopped fibers to enable composite properties for applications...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded Perseus Materials Inc. a $498,767 Project Grant to develop a new composite fabrication process for manufacturing wind turbine blades. The goal is to create variable cross-sectional wind turbine blades using an innovative casting technique. This 2-year project, which started on October 19, 2023, aims to deliver a transformative solution that can enhance the efficiency and performance of wind...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $6,616,916 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to GE Vernova Operations LLC, operating as the GE Vernova Advanced Research Center. The objective of the "Grid-Ready Wind" project is to demonstrate the ability of utility-scale wind power plants to provide traditional and emerging grid services, in both grid-following and grid-forming...
This $1.418 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) supports additive manufacturing research on ultrahigh temperature refractory metal alloys. Awarded on May 6, 2021 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a completion date of August 5, 2023, this funding will enable the production of turbine blades using reactive synthesis and additive manufacturing techniques. As part of the effort, the University of Wisconsin and...
The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $1,499,848.00 Cooperative Agreement to General Electric Company's (GE) GE Research Division to support the "ENGINE-INFORMED PREDICTION OF AVIATION INDUCED CIRRUS TRAILS-EPIC-TRAILS PRE-TRAILS" project. This 2.5-year project, which commenced on February 16, 2024, aims to develop advanced research and technologies related to predicting the formation of cirrus clouds induced by aviation...
This $2,600,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) supports Collaborative Composite Solutions Corporation (CCS), a non-profit organization, in developing large-scale 3D printed steel tools for molding lightweight automotive composite components. The 1-year project aims to advance additive manufacturing and composite materials innovations to enable low-cost, high-rate production of durable and...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $21,980,116 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to Avcarb, LLC, doing business as Avcarb Material Solutions, a for-profit limited liability company located in Lowell, Massachusetts. The goal of this Cooperative Agreement is to establish a domestic, vertically integrated wet-laid nonwoven production capability to produce at least 650,000 square...
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $177,909 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Bergey Windpower Company, LLC on July 10, 2023. The award supports the development of a "HIGH-PERFORMANCE SMALL WIND TURBINE BLADE FOR MASS PRODUCTION" with an expected completion date of April 9, 2024. The Project Grant aims to advance small wind turbine technology through the design and prototyping of a high-performance blade...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $12,175,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of New Hampshire on August 1, 2024 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The funding will support the Atlantic Marine Energy Center (AMEC) in accelerating the transition of marine energy technologies to market. Key activities include developing and implementing marine energy short courses, creating a...