The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability awarded a $7,823,617 Project Grant under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis (CFDA 81.122) federal grant program to Battery Council International (BCI). The funding will support the establishment of a precompetitive research program between the U.S. lead battery industry and several DOE national laboratories. The primary objectives are to: 1) develop a partnership between industry and national...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,039,403 Cooperative Agreement to East Penn Manufacturing Co. under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The objective of the project is to develop a 12-volt absorbent glass mat auxiliary lead acid battery for electric vehicle applications that has twice the service life of current similar battery types at a reduced cost. The project period runs from September 1,...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $5,590,448 Cooperative Agreement to Lyten, Inc., a for-profit small business in San Jose, California, to develop long-life lithium-sulfur battery cells with advanced sulfur cathodes using 3-dimensional graphene-sulfur composites. The objective is to create battery systems capable of supporting over 1,000 charge cycles at 80% depth of discharge, with specific energy exceeding 250 Wh/kg, targeted for...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) to UHV Technologies Inc. to improve the battery recycling economy. The objective of the project is to: 1) Increase battery recovery rates by collecting batteries from various waste streams like municipal solid waste, automotive scrap, and e-waste; and 2) Sort the collected batteries using high-throughput...
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 Cooperative Agreement award DEEE0011165 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The $4,574,903 award to Zeta Energy Corp. in Houston, TX aims to produce battery cells that can support capacity retention at room temperature through the development of high-capacity cathodes based on dual-sourced sulfur cathode materials. This project supports...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award DEOE0000953, totaling $19,405,683.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis (CFDA 81.122) program. The objective of this award is to install battery energy storage systems (BESS), solar arrays, and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) to provide energy redundancy and enable black-start operations when the local electric grid is...
This $2,120,120 Cooperative Agreement awarded on September 14, 2023 by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) to Ampcera Inc. will support the development of a thermally modulated solid-state battery (TMSSB) to enable the benefits of electric vehicles to be accessed by all Americans. Ampcera, a minority-owned business, will utilize this funding to conduct research, development, and manufacturing activities related to advanced...
This $2,200,000.00 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (CFDA 81.135) supports Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL Research Institutes) in developing a "Framework for Safety Evaluation of EVs4ALL Batteries." The project aims to advance battery safety research and standards through experimental testing and modeling work. Sub-awards to Purdue University and the University of Maryland, College Park will contribute technical...
The Department of Energy has awarded a $347,886,259.63 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to American Battery Technology Company (ABTC), a for-profit manufacturer based in Reno, Nevada. The objective of this grant is to construct a commercial-scale lithium-ion battery recycling facility that will process battery materials from battery manufacturers and automotive original equipment manufacturers. The...