This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,951 to Parthian Battery Solutions LLC will develop a novel technology to rapidly and accurately assess the state of health of second-life lithium-ion batteries. The technology will utilize advanced battery modeling and data analytics to determine the overall battery health beyond just capacity degradation, enabling more informed decision-making for repurposing retired...
This federal Project Grant award for $7,823,617.00, made 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, will establish a precompetitive research program between the U.S. lead battery industry and several DOE national labs. The primary objectives are to develop a partnership to share performance data on lead battery products in long-duration energy storage (LDES) applications,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award for $320,000.00, awarded on May 1, 2025 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to advance sustainable electrification systems by developing a novel estimation and monitoring framework to reduce the cost and extend the lifespan of repurposed electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) a sensor-lean and computationally-efficient estimation approach to simultaneously monitor a large...
The federal Project Grant award DESC0025044 for $200,000.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports the development of a standardized battery management system (BMS) for next-generation energy storage systems (BESS). The award was made to Intellactive Power Solutions, Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit manufacturing company located in San Antonio, TX. The project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national...
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%...
The Department of Energy awarded a $103,636,574 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Allete, Inc. (dba Minnesota Power) for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Minnesota Power High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Termination Expansion Capability (HTEC) Project. The overall goal of this 5-year project, spanning from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, is to work with an HVDC supplier to design and build two voltage source converter...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (CFDA 81.122 Electricity Research, Development and Analysis) provides $19,405,683 to install Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), solar arrays, and Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) to enable black-start operations and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) capabilities at a location in Custer Hill, Fort Riley, KS. The key objectives are to provide energy redundancy and...
The Department of Energy awarded the American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) a $347,886,259.63 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications federal grant program (CFDA 81.253) on January 1, 2025. The objective of this grant is to construct a commercial-scale lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Reno, NV that will process battery materials from battery manufacturers and automotive OEMs into battery-grade critical minerals...
The Department of Energy has awarded a $21,839,531 Project Grant to Highland Electric Fleets Inc. under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The purpose of this 5-year project is to deploy 44 vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers, 500 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of stationary storage, and 800 kilowatts (kW) of solar power infrastructure across 14 sites. The project will also establish three solar plus storage systems and one storage-only system....
The Department of Energy awarded a $2,039,095 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to Lane County, Oregon. The objective of the project is to install 2 safe storage bays at an existing Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) facility, launch at least 2 curbside battery collection pilots, add 11 retail collection sites, execute 6 HHW round-up events, and provide outreach to approximately 400,000 county residents....