The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $13.5 million cooperative agreement to GE Research, a division of General Electric Company, to develop additive and modular enabled rotor blades and integrated composites assembly (AMERICA) under the Conservation Research and Development program. The goal of this two-year project ending in August 2023 is to conduct research and development of additive manufacturing techniques and modular blade designs to enable...
Free Form Fibers LLC received a $206,500 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop homogeneous joining of silicon carbide fiber reinforced silicon carbide matrix composites. The work will be performed in Saratoga Springs, New York through June 27, 2022. This award is provided through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $199,804 to Ceramic Tubular Products LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Lynchburg, Virginia. The grant, awarded on July 22, 2024, supports the company's research and development of a high thermal conductivity silicon carbide (SiC) cladding material using a method for predicting tubular thermal properties. This work aims to advance...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $2,328,897 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a Multiscale Porous High-Temperature Heat Exchanger Using Ceramic Co-Extrusion. The goal of the project is to design a novel ceramic heat exchanger capable of operating over 1,200°C for aerospace applications. MIT will work with sub-awardees General Electric Company and Purdue University to develop a high...
The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $900,000 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The grant will support a research project focused on advancing silicon carbide composite (SiCf-SiCm) cladding materials for nuclear applications. As a funded collaborator, General Atomics will provide sixteen SiCf-SiCm composite cladding tubes with varying surface morphologies and...
This $1,988,847 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, supports the development of novel refractory high entropy alloys (RHEAs) capable of achieving temperatures greater than 700°C via the Joule effect while maintaining structural strength. The prime awardee, the University of Louisville, will lead this effort, with sub-awards to Clemson University...
This $6,699,894 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), supports the development of a rapid, low-cost, continuous Ultrafast High-Temperature Sintering (UHS) process for manufacturing high-performance Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOECs). The project, led by Hight-Tech, Inc., a for-profit corporation based in College Park, Maryland, aims to...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $59,125,000 in funding to Nextech Materials, Ltd. (doing business as Nexceris) to commercialize its high-temperature electrolysis stack technology. The primary project goals are to: (1) establish pilot-scale solid oxide cell manufacturing capabilities, (2) establish automated stack...
Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing, LLC was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to develop structural components with corrosion resistant surface layers for advanced nuclear reactor systems. The grant is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness...
This federal 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 $4,902,057 to Clemson University to demonstrate the accelerated discovery, design, and laser convergent manufacturing of low-temperature (< 650°C) oxygen-conducting solid oxide electrolyzer cells (LT-O-SOECs). The technical goal is to achieve a minimum active area greater than 15...