The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Vortex Hydro Power LLC a $198,542 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support development of an Integrated Current-Wave Hydrokinetic Energy Harvester for Community Resilience and Benefits to Aquatic Fauna. Funding will support Vortex Hydro Power LLC's efforts from June 27, 2022 through March 26, 2023 to develop a hydrokinetic energy system harnessing both ocean currents and waves to generate...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $199,979 Project Grant to Ocean Renewable Power Co Inc. in Portland, Maine to develop "Embedded Instrumentation for Detection of Flow Separation." The funding, which runs from July 22, 2024 to July 21, 2025, supports the company's research and development of advanced instrumentation and technologies for detecting flow separation in marine energy systems. This work aligns with the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program...
The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $199,997 Project Grant to Via Science Inc. under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to research zero-knowledge proofs to verify distributed energy resource (DER) production. The project aims to leverage Via Science's experience with blockchain and data analytics to facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources onto the electric grid through real-time, anonymous data verification and privacy-protected...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $206,500 Project Grant to V-Glass Inc. under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to eliminate commercialization barriers of affordable vacuum windows. The grant, awarded on July 22, 2024, supports a research project with a completion date of January 21, 2025. The project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in emerging...
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to RCAM Technologies Inc. The grant supports the company's research, development, and validation of innovative 3D concrete printing techniques to fabricate low-cost, environmentally friendly concrete torpedo anchors for floating offshore wind turbines. Key activities include optimizing anchor designs, fabricating prototypes, conducting...
This federal Project Grant award for $199,996, awarded by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), is funding Via Science Inc. to develop zero-knowledge proofs to verify distributed energy resource production and coordinate solar resources using smart contracts and blockchain technologies. The funding supports research and development efforts in advanced technological applications related to renewable energy integration. Via Science Inc. is a...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Magiq Technologies, Inc. under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop remote non-conductive electromagnetic field sensors for deep borehole environments. The award period runs from February 18, 2025 to February 17, 2026. Magiq Technologies, a for-profit optical research and development company based in Somerville, Massachusetts, will use this funding to advance their work on...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $206,469 Project Grant to Greenpath Systems LLC, a woman-owned small business, to develop a novel and robust virtual flow meter (VFM) for geothermal applications. This grant is funded through the DOE Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports fundamental research and development projects aligned with the agency's mission. The objective of this project is to advance scientific understanding and...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Heliovolta LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to develop "FIELDWORK DATA MANAGEMENT & ANALYSIS SOFTWARE FOR RELIABLE ASSETS". The award period runs from July 10, 2023 to April 9, 2024 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...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $196,745 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to Sightir, Inc. in Goleta, California to develop a "Novel Avian and Bat Species Identification System for Offshore Wind Energy Wildlife Risk Assessments." The project aims to create an advanced system for accurately identifying avian and bat species near offshore wind energy facilities, in order to assess and mitigate the risks to wildlife. The funding will support Sightir, Inc.'s...