Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009869

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program provides $6,046,425 to deploy an Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Interoperability Test Bed. The project aims to increase industrial capacity, competition, redundancy, and broad access to validation testing and certification of Direct Current (DC) fast chargers with power ratings between 150 kilowatts...

This $2,395,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded on June 20, 2023 by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (CFDA 81.135) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop fundamentally disruptive electric vehicle (EV) battery technologies. The key objectives are to create cobalt- and nickel-free battery cathodes, fast-charging and all-weather electrolytes, and coal-derived fast-charging and high-capacity anodes in order to enable EVs with...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,570,309 cooperative agreement to Carnegie Mellon University on May 2, 2022 with a projected completion date of July 31, 2025. The award will support development of ionomer-free electrodes for ultrahigh power density proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Specifically, the university aims to create a mixed conducting cathode support that eliminates the separate ionomer phase currently used in...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $983,445.00, was granted by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the CFDA 81.135 program. The project, titled "HERALD - HIGH ENERGY RENEWABLE AFX ELECTRODES," aims to deliver a closed-system electrochemical cell with lithium-air battery electrodes capable of achieving energy densities of 1,000 Wh/kg and 1,000 Wh/L, with a targeted levelized cost of storage below $0.30/kWh. The award was made to And Battery...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,274,432 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to Western Michigan University. The objective of this 26-month project is to develop a 150 kilowatt traction power charger-inverter system with galvanic isolation capability. The university will conduct research and development to advance this multi-input integrated smart charger-inverter system, which can...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $12,499,583.00 and provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), will enable ACS Industries Inc. to build an all-in-one anode pack manufacturing pilot line. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Development of a single-step diffusion bonding process to integrate the porous transport layer, flow field, and bipolar...

This $6,252,775 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development), supports the field deployment of three demonstration units at separate low-producing well sites. The objective is to validate the full-scale methane emission mitigation capacity and commercial viability of the technology over a 12-month period. The awardee, Electricore Inc., is a non-profit entity that...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $6,250,214 Cooperative Agreement to Ricardo LLC on August 15, 2024 under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The funding supports the development of an innovative 3-in-1 inverter/on-board charger/auxiliary DC converter for electrified vehicle applications. The goal is to advance energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies in the transportation sector,...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under its Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVS4ALL) program (CFDA 81.135), awarded a $2,976,210 Cooperative Agreement to The Ohio State University for the project "Extreme Fast Charging Batteries with Extended Cycle Life for EVs". The 3-year project aims to develop advanced battery technologies to enable electric vehicles with extended driving range and faster charging capabilities. As part...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Noon Energy Inc. aims to develop a new ultra-low-cost rechargeable carbon-oxygen battery for long-duration renewable energy storage. The key objectives are to create and validate a multi-physics model of the optimized reactor, design the optimized reactor and operating conditions, and build and test several prototypes to demonstrate the...