The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $1,356,500 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to build, test, and demonstrate the Pitching Inertial Pump Wave Energy Converter. The award was made on July 22, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of April 21, 2025. The project will be performed by Iprotech, a for-profit organization located in Palomar Park, California. The federal grant supports the development of this novel wave energy...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to 4D Maker, LLC, a woman-owned small business located in Okemos, Michigan. The grant will fund the design and prototyping of a novel lightweight wave energy converter (WEC) for marine energy harvesting and self-powered marine monitoring. The project aims to develop innovative technologies to advance the Department's research in areas such as...
The federal Project Grant award for $206,496.00, awarded on July 22, 2024 by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), is supporting the development of thermoelectric ocean energy harvesters for maritime sensors by Nanohmics Inc., a small for-profit technology company based in Austin, Texas. This project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in emerging technologies. The...
This Project Grant award for $200,000.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), will support the co-development of wave energy and modular floating desalination technology. The award was made to Dehlsen Associates, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in Santa Barbara, California. The project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in...
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 federal Project Grant award for $200,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Maxout Renewables, Inc. located in Livermore, California. The grant, titled "KILOBOOST: PV SURGE CAPACITY FOR OFF GRID POWER AND BATTERY PROTECTION," will fund research and development efforts to advance photovoltaic surge capacity technology for off-grid power systems and battery protection. The project period runs from July...
The federal Project Grant award DESC0025210, titled "LIVEWIRE: ENERGY GENERATION FROM SURFACE WAVES FOR LONG-TERM OCEAN MONITORING," was provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) in the amount of $200,000.00. The award was granted to Del Mar Oceanographic LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, to develop an energy generation system that utilizes surface waves to power long-term ocean monitoring devices. The...
The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science awarded a $199,496 Project Grant to Morel Energy LLC in Delafield, WI under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant funds the development of a "Flexible Power Take-Off Unit for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles", which aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in emerging energy technologies. This research project, with a performance...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,496 Project Grant to Ampx Technologies, Inc. under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a cost-effective multi-port solar power conversion unit based on wide bandgap devices and planar magnetics. The project aims to advance U.S. energy and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in renewable energy technologies. The grant has a performance period from July 22,...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded Calwave Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of goods based in Berkeley, California, a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, with a performance period from July 22, 2024 to July 21, 2025, supports the development of innovative "CalWave Spring and Pre-Tension Systems for Wave Energy Converters." Calwave Inc. specializes in clean energy technology, focusing on advancing...