Project Grant 01952

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) has awarded $700,000 to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, NM. This Project Grant will support the installation of a ~1MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) capable of 2MWh per cycle, one cycle per day, for 260 cycles per year with a maximum 20%...

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...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as SUNY at Binghamton, received a $5.0 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis program (CFDA 81.122). The award, effective February 1, 2026, through January 31, 2029, funds the RESILIENT ENERGY SYSTEM BASED ON POLYMER ELECTROLYTE AND CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability awarded Inlyte Energy, Inc. a $5.87 million Cooperative Agreement under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis program (CFDA 81.122) to design, develop, and deploy an iron-sodium long-duration energy storage (LDES) system at a facility in San Leandro, California. The project, which commenced on January 9, 2026 and is scheduled for completion by January 9,...

The City of Kaukauna, Wisconsin has been awarded a $6,081,979 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The funding will be used to install a battery energy storage system (BESS) that provides grid support in grid-connected mode, improve outage management, and provide black-start capability for the city's renewable hydroelectric generation plants. Additionally, the...

This $36.8 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports the development of a global energy storage manufacturing hub in New York's Southern Tier region. Awarded on September 8, 2022 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program, the grant funds the New Energy New York Coalition led by the State University of New York at Binghamton. Key deliverables include the construction of a lithium-based battery development and manufacturing facility...

This $1.7 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy will fund a three-year project led by Columbia University to explore the use of lithium-ion battery materials and alkaline cell packaging for grid-scale energy storage. Specifically, the university will conduct model studies on lithium-ion bobbin cells that utilize existing commodity lithium-ion battery components and alkaline cell packaging designs. The goal is to determine if this...

This $255,700 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of sodium-based solid-state batteries for stationary energy storage by Unigrid LLC. The company will advance a novel halide-based sodium solid-state electrolyte material with the goal of improving its ionic conductivity by one to two orders of magnitude. Additionally, the company will explore scalable room-temperature synthesis routes. This research aims to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy generation by...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Long Hill Energy Partners, LLC received a $5.0 million Cooperative Agreement from the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis program (CFDA 81.122) to demonstrate and validate low-cost, organic quinone flow battery storage technology. The award, effective February 1, 2026, through January 31, 2029, supports the scale-up of this innovative energy storage technology from...

The National Science Foundation awarded Aesir Technologies Inc. a $847,543 cooperative agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop an aqueous lithium and zinc ion battery for stationary energy storage applications. Aesir will optimize individual battery components to improve cycle life, power, and scale production from pouch cells to larger prismatic cells. This includes refining intercalation electrodes to increase capacity retention...