Project Grant DESC0018737

Hyper TECH Research Inc. received a $413,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research and development of high critical current density and low ac loss niobium-tin superconductors for 16-20 Tesla fusion magnets through March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and...

Hyper TECH Research Inc. received a $413,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research and development of ultra-high thermal conductivity magnetic electrical insulation and radiation resistant aluminum yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) cables through March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to...

The Department of Energy awarded a $61,849,328 Cooperative Agreement to TS Conductor Corp. under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to build a dedicated manufacturing line for high voltage direct current (HVDC) carbon core conductor. The objective is to establish 8,000 miles per year of production capacity for this HVDC conductor product, which will be used in transmission lines and support the modernization of the...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Infinity Physics, LLC $200,000 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on Advanced Superconducting Cables for High Fields for Fusion from June 28, 2021 through March 27, 2022. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. This project aims to develop...

This $199,995.00 project grant was awarded on July 10, 2023 by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant supports the development of a 15 T superconducting magnet for 350 GHz, 1 MW class gyrotrons for commercial fusion reactors. The prime recipient, Bridge 12 Technologies, Inc., is a for-profit manufacturer of terahertz and microwave technology for applications in magnetic resonance, including gyrotrons...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded Metox International, Inc. a $3,000,000 cooperative agreement on May 1, 2024 to develop low-cost MOCVD HTS wire technology. This award supports Metox's efforts to dramatically lower the manufacturing costs of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wire by improving equipment throughput, material efficiency, and wire performance. The goal is to ensure a large domestic supply of low-cost HTS wire that can enable...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $255,938 Project Grant to Metox International, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The grant aims to develop technology for the next generation of high-temperature superconducting wire production that will increase the throughput and quality of power transmission. The research focuses on improving the conversion efficiency of precursor material into high-temperature...

Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC (ACT) received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop HYBRID ACCELERATOR MAGNETS BASED ON DOG BONE SHAPED CORC; WIRE INSERTS FOR OPERATION BEYOND 20 T. The period of performance for this award is from June 28, 2021 through May 31, 2022. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049). This program supports basic research to deliver scientific...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to High Temperature Superconductors, Inc. (HTSI) on April 15, 2024 under the ARPA-E program (CFDA 81.135). The funding will support HTSI's efforts to increase production speeds of high-temperature superconducting coated conductors by 5 to 10 times the current levels, while simultaneously reducing their cost by a factor of ten. This project aims to advance the...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $200,000.00 in funding to Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC (Act) to develop advanced superconducting wire, cable, and magnet technologies. The award period runs from February 18, 2025 to November 17, 2025. Act, a small business manufacturer based in Boulder, Colorado, will use this funding to conduct research and development on high-temperature...