Project Grant DEIE0000179

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, through the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), awarded a $4,800,000 Cooperative Agreement to Premier Resource Management LLC to demonstrate a concentrated solar thermal (CST) system integrated with geological thermal energy storage (GEOTES) for long-duration energy storage. The key goals of the project are to: Install a >100 kWe CST demonstration power plant with >12 hours of...

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...

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 Southwest Research Institute received a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to complete a conceptual design and optimization study of a commercial-scale Liquid Air Combined Cycle system integrated with a natural gas combustion turbine. The study will be carried out in collaboration with sub-awardee Pintail Power LLC. The award supports the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management's Fossil Energy Research...

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,874,838 Cooperative Agreement to Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, to develop an innovative aluminum (Al) air energy storage and power generation (ESPG) system. The goal is to meet ARPA-E's PROPEL 1K program targets for zero-emissions, high energy density, and high efficiency to enable electrification across the aviation, rail, maritime, and trucking industries. The project team, which includes the University of...

This $2,823,199 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program supports Tyfast Energy Corp's 3-year project to develop "HIGH SYMMETRIC POWER (HYPER) BATTERY" technology for electric vehicles. The project aims to advance high-power lithium-ion battery capabilities, including fast charging, extended cycle life, and improved performance in extreme conditions. This work is intended to accelerate the...

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 $245,128 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs, under the Energy and Mineral Development Program (CFDA 15.038), will fund a comprehensive study by the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin to analyze energy demands, assess battery technologies, review regulations, and model financial outcomes for optimal deployment of battery energy storage systems (BESS). The 2-year project aims to identify suitable locations to serve residential, government, and...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,120,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) on July 1, 2024. The goal of this three-year project is to develop a prototype 1 kWh rechargeable solid-state lithium-air battery (RSS-LAB) with a gravimetric energy density over 1,000 Wh/kg and a volumetric energy density over 1,000 Wh/L, as well as a 100-cycle life. The project also aims to produce a detailed design for a...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award provides $274,723 to Earthen Energy Inc. for the development of a Packed Bed Thermal Energy Storage (PB-TES) system using supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) as the heat transfer fluid. The project aims to create a scalable, cost-effective energy storage solution to improve grid stability and enable greater integration of renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Key objectives...