The Department of Energy Office of Science has awarded a $205,465 Project Grant to River Connectivity Solutions LLC under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop advanced polymeric geomembrane designs for pumped storage hydropower reservoirs. The project aims to transform the understanding of nature and advance the energy, economic, and national security of the United States. The project will be conducted from July 10, 2023, to April 9, 2024, in Seattle, WA...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,649 Project Grant to Gravity Power Inc. in Santa Barbara, CA under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on July 22, 2024. The grant will fund the development of a test system for underground pumped hydro technology, with a target completion date of June 21, 2025. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program supports fundamental scientific research across multiple disciplines, including emerging...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $81,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) to Lewis Ridge Pumped Storage, LLC to demonstrate the conversion of former mining lands into a pumped storage hydroelectric (PSH) facility. The project aims to demonstrate the competitiveness of an energy storage project that will provide benefits across multiple energy markets, deliver tangible benefits to impacted communities, and advance workforce...
Greenway Energy LLC received a $196,166 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop low-cost, high-performance hydrogen storage technology solutions for fossil-integrated energy storage systems. The award is being carried out under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) through May 31, 2023. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of...
The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Physical Sciences Inc. a $199,962 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant will support research examining reclaimed coal ash as a low-cost thermal energy storage material from June 27, 2022 through March 26, 2023 in Andover, Massachusetts. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security...
The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded Colorado School of Mines $2,197,721 under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA 81.135) federal grant program on May 5, 2023 to complete the project by May 4, 2026. The award will support integrating reservoir stimulation and sensing technology to enhance in-situ mining and carbon mineralization through disruptive electro-hydraulic fracturing and distributed fiber-optic sensing....
The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $206,500 Project Grant to Continuous Solutions LLC on July 10, 2023 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant funds the research and development of off-grid micro hydropower units for agricultural decarbonization. Continuous Solutions LLC is a small business specializing in electric motor technology and has previously received small business research and development contracts from the U.S. Navy....
Special Power Sources LLC received a $199,978 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a tubular, proton-conducting, ceramic reversible fuel cell for high-performance energy storage. The grant-funded project will support the design and testing of a reversible solid oxide fuel cell with tubular geometry and proton-conducting ceramic components to provide efficient energy storage capabilities....
The Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability awarded a $6,154,378 Cooperative Agreement to Capybara Energy LLC under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis federal grant program (CFDA 81.122). The project, titled "EMPOWERING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY REVIVAL THROUGH INNOVATIVE LONG DURATION ENERGY STORAGE AND RESOURCE RECLAMATION (ESTER)", will showcase the use of long-duration energy storage (LDES) powered by renewable energy sources to...
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...