Project Grant DESC0025162

The federal Project Grant award, ID DESC0024957, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Solar Unsoiled, Inc. in Durham, NC. The $199,617 award will fund the development of a photovoltaic soiling model for use with solar energy assets during the project period from July 2024 to April 2025. This research aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,496 Project Grant to Ampx Technologies, Inc. to develop a cost-effective, multi-port solar power conversion unit based on wide bandgap devices and planar magnetics. This research project, funded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), aims to advance renewable energy technologies and support U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries. The...

Farmafield Labs, LLC received a $206,500 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop solar powered destratification equipment for floating aeration systems. The award was issued on June 28, 2021 with a period of performance through June 27, 2022. The Office of Science's mission is to advance scientific understanding and energy technologies through basic research, and this award will...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Ail Research Inc. a $198,701 Project Grant to integrate combined heat and power into controlled environment agriculture. Under the grant, Ail Research will deliver products and services supporting the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, the company will work to integrate...

The U.S. 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 Maxout Renewables, Inc. in Livermore, CA. The grant, titled "KILOBOOST: PV Surge Capacity for Off Grid Power and Battery Protection", will support the development of innovative technologies to enhance the resilience and performance of off-grid power systems and battery protection. The award began on July 22, 2024 and is scheduled...

This $225,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) program aims to evaluate agriphotovoltaic (APV) systems for integrating solar energy generation and vegetable production in the arid and semi-arid regions of the American Southwest. The primary objectives are to 1) assess fruit and vegetable production in APV systems in Western Colorado, 2) evaluate the impact of solar...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,580 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Turbine Monitoring And Support Services, LLC (doing business as Turbine Logic) on July 22, 2024. The grant is for the development of "Virtual Reliability Software for Real Time Detection of Failures at PV Plants". The project aims to create advanced software tools to improve monitoring and reliability of photovoltaic (PV) power plants...

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...

This Project Grant award, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310), aims to investigate the potential of utilizing climate-smart retractable photovoltaic screens (RPVs) to enhance the functionality of greenhouses. The primary goal is to explore how optimized RPVs with automated control systems can synergistically reduce energy and water demands while maximizing power...

Blue Rock Solutions Inc. received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop low cost racking for agricultural solar photovoltaics. The award period was from June 28, 2021 through March 14, 2022 for work to be conducted in Williamstown, New Jersey. The Office of Science's mission includes delivering scientific tools to transform energy and advance national security, and this...