The University of Maryland, College Park received a $1,483,595 Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Energy, to develop "HIGH-ENERGY, RECHARGEABLE, LOW-COST BATTERIES FOR TRAIN AND SHIP ELECTRIFICATION". The project, titled PROPEL-1K, will run from July 2024 to January 2026. The university has sub-awarded portions of the work to two companies: Wh-Power Inc., a minority-owned limited...
This two-year, $180,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program, will support the development of novel cryogenic thermoelectric nanocomposites for refrigeration applications. The University of Maryland, College Park will utilize the funding to research and develop refrigerators capable of functioning at ultra-low temperatures through a new class of CE1-XLAXB6...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $2,184,484 Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA 81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy) to develop co-simulation decision support software tools. These tools will enable the design of next-generation data centers that dramatically lower energy demand, CO2 footprint, and cost while maintaining high reliability. The software is critical for FOA Technical Category A and B awardees, who...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $206,495 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Energy Concepts Company, LLC to develop an "Industrial Grid Flexibility by Refrigerant Energy Management System". The project aims to advance innovative refrigeration technologies that can enable industrial grid flexibility through the use of renewable energy sources such as solar thermal, waste heat, biogas, and biomass. The project...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $600,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy federal grant program (CFDA #81.135). The award will support research to leverage a newly invented ultrafast high-temperature sintering method to explore new environmental-thermal barrier coatings for ultralight temperature refractory alloys used in harsh turbine environments. The...
This $4.85 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA #81.135) supports the University of Maryland, College Park in developing fast-charge, high-energy density solid-state batteries through their project entitled "FAST-CHARGE, HIGH-ENERGY-DENSITY, SOLID-STATE BATTERY." The University will deliver this three-year project ending in April 2026 in collaboration with subawardee Ion Storage Systems, Inc.,...
The University of North Dakota received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to support research on hydrolytic softening of ocean water for carbon dioxide removal. With a completion date of November 2022, this award will fund the University's work exploring techniques to extract carbon dioxide from seawater through hydrolysis, an important area of research for developing scalable carbon capture and storage solutions....
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under CFDA 81.135 provides $1,499,586.00 in funding to New England Research, Inc. to demonstrate the feasibility of the Accelerated Mechanical Promotion (AMP) concept and approach for hydrogen production. The project aims to develop necessary tools, calibrate a workflow for implementation, and apply the technologies to assess field scenarios and commercialize products needed to...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Calion Technologies, Inc. on September 21, 2023. The grant supports the development of a modular, drop-in air source heat pump replacement for natural gas boilers used for process heating up to 160°F. The technology, known as "zero-GWP air source heat pump steam generation using ionocalorics," aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency....
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign received a $1,110,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135). The project, titled "Integrated Intermodal Freight Models and Tools for Efficiency and Resiliency," aims to develop advanced modeling and simulation capabilities to improve the efficiency and resilience of intermodal freight transportation systems. The University of California...