Project Grant DESC0019838

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $2,540,659 Cooperative Agreement to Serinus Labs, Inc. on January 15, 2025. The funding supports the development of a "Parts-Per-Billion Hydrogen Emissions Reporting System (PPB-HYPERS)" to address the growing issue of hydrogen leaks contributing to increased atmospheric methane and global warming. PPB-HYPERS combines ultra-sensitive hydrogen sensors with low-power wireless radios to create a...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under CFDA Program 81.135, provides $300,000.00 to the University of Pittsburgh to develop, demonstrate, and field validate novel fiber optic-based hydrogen leak sensor systems and robust gas quantification models. The goal is to accurately and efficiently quantify hydrogen emissions from hydrogen pipelines and the broader hydrogen value chain. The project leverages over 10 years of the team's experience...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program, is focused on two key objectives: 1) to develop and ruggedize GE's DEH2 sensors for industrial hydrogen sensing applications, advancing the sensors from Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3 to TRL 6, and 2) to develop a hydrogen leak quantification system for large-scale hydrogen...

This Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science provided $249,998 to Aerodyne Research Inc. to develop a Fast Response, Highly Sensitive Hydrogen Monitor and Leak Detector. The funding was awarded on June 28, 2021 with a period of performance through March 27, 2022 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform our understanding of nature and...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000 from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under CFDA 81.135 was granted to 2Witech Solutions LLC to develop a "Hybridized High-Q Plasmonic Hydrogen Sensor". The purpose of this award is to meet the technical performance targets outlined in the ARPA-E Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0002785, including the rapid detection of 10 kg/hr hydrogen emissions within a 100m x 100m area under practical environmental...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under CFDA 81.135 "Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy", provides $1,700,000.00 in funding to Princeton University to develop an integrated photonic sensing system for the detection, localization, and long-term monitoring of hydrogen leaks from associated infrastructure. The project, titled "HYDRONET: Integrated Photonic System for Hydrogen Leak Localization, Quantification and...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $1,949,450 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to Palo Alto Research Center LLC (PARC) on Sep 1, 2023. The primary goal of this 1-year project is to develop a distributed network of low-cost sensor arrays printed with functionalized carbon nanotubes for monitoring hydrogen gas (H2) emissions in outdoor applications. The detection system aims...

This Cooperative Agreement award was issued by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) to Northeastern University for a project titled "Wireless Hydrogen Integrated Sensing via Piezoelectric Resonators and Switches (WHISPERS)". The $2.43M award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 17, 2027, will fund the development of a wireless sensor network system for hydrogen emission monitoring. Key objectives include designing and...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $1,880,336.00, was granted by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), a program under the U.S. Department of Energy (CFDA 81.135). The award will support Aerodyne Research Inc., a small business manufacturer and R&D company, in demonstrating an autonomous system to quantify and localize hydrogen facility emissions. The project will capitalize on Aerodyne's high-sensitivity hydrogen sensor technology to accurately measure and pinpoint...

This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $3,506,100.00, was issued by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) to GE Vernova Operations LLC's GE Vernova Advanced Research Center division. The 36-month project aims to implement GE Vernova's high-fidelity multi-gas sensing approach for localization and quantification of hydrogen (H2) leak sources using physics-enhanced analytics and fence-line monitoring at industrial sites. Key objectives include demonstrating...