Project Grant 1938248

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $275,000 to Otoro Energy Inc. to develop a low-cost metal chelate flow battery for long-duration energy storage to support the electric grid. The project aims to develop a new flow battery chemistry using abundant minerals and materials sourced and manufactured in the U.S. The goal is to create a flow battery system capable of 10+ hour...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) provides $997,018.00 to XL Batteries Inc. to design and fabricate a prototype 1 kW/10 kWh flow battery system using proprietary electrolytes and low-cost materials. The goal is to develop a long-duration, grid-scale energy storage solution to support the increased deployment of renewable energy and achieve climate goals. The 2-year project...

This $330,643 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports collaborative research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth focused on designing solid booster and electrolyte materials for redox-targeting flow batteries. The project aims to address limitations of redox flow batteries, a promising energy storage technology, by developing novel solid charge storage materials that can be used in conjunction with liquid electrolytes to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $179,996 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY) to develop new "biphasic charge carriers" for redox flow batteries (RFBs). The goal is to overcome limitations in energy density and materials availability for long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies like RFBs, which are critical for enabling greater use of renewable energy. The research...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant to Fourth Power, Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an energy storage technology that stores electricity as heat and converts it back to electricity using thermophotovoltaics (TPV). The goal is to create a low-cost battery system that can decouple power and energy, enabling discharge durations between 1-100 hours, which is not currently achievable with other...

This $275,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a novel, high-voltage, all-iron flow battery (AIFB) for long-duration energy storage. The awardee, Volta Energy Inc., is a minority-owned, for-profit organization that specializes in advanced energy storage and clean energy technologies. The key objectives of this SBIR Phase I project are to finalize the electrolyte chemistry to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) in the amount of $258,304 supports research to develop new biphasic charge carriers for redox flow battery (RFB) energy storage systems. The goal is to create a new generation of RFBs capable of storing intermittent renewable energy from solar and wind power. The research focuses on designing novel chemical compounds that can store electric power in both soluble and solid forms, addressing...

This Project Grant award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), under the CFDA program 81.135 "Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy", provides $500,000.00 to Mana Battery, Inc. to develop an industry-transforming anode-free sodium battery cell using the company's proprietary sodium borate electrolyte (SBE) platform. The proposed battery cells comprise safe, low-cost, fluorine-free electrolytes and nickel-free cathodes, with the goal of outperforming lithium...

This $269,334 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant was awarded to Hplus Inc., a small disadvantaged business located in Santa Barbara, CA. The funding supports the development of an advanced porous transport layer (PTL) design for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers to produce low-cost, energy-efficient green hydrogen. Key objectives include: (1) developing a numerical model to...

P H Matter LLC will receive $500,000 from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to design an electrolysis stack prototype capable of withstanding ultra-high pressures under the agency's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA #81.135). The 24-month project grant aims to advance electrolysis technologies for producing hydrogen and oxygen at higher pressures safely using vessel-aided electrochemical compression methods. The prototype...