Project Grant ED20HDQ0200048

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under the PROPEL 1K program (CFDA 81.135), provides $1,874,838 to Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, to develop an innovative aluminum-air energy storage and power generation (ESPG) system. The project aims to meet ARPA-E's targets for zero-emission, high-energy density, and high-efficiency energy storage for transportation applications. The system utilizes a platform that separates energy and...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded on July 18, 2024 by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (CFDA 81.135) to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) aims to develop a high-energy-density, fast-charging, low-cost solid-state battery that will enable cleaner, safer, and more efficient advanced air mobility. The award supports RPI's work to create a critical metal-free, conversion-type solid-state battery technology under the Innovative Grid Innovations Incubator Exploring (IGNITE)...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under its Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVS4ALL) program (CFDA 81.135), awarded a $2,976,210 Cooperative Agreement to The Ohio State University for the project "Extreme Fast Charging Batteries with Extended Cycle Life for EVs". The 3-year project aims to develop advanced battery technologies to enable electric vehicles with extended driving range and faster charging capabilities. As part...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,120,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) on July 1, 2024. The goal of this three-year project is to develop a prototype 1 kWh rechargeable solid-state lithium-air battery (RSS-LAB) with a gravimetric energy density over 1,000 Wh/kg and a volumetric energy density over 1,000 Wh/L, as well as a 100-cycle life. The project also aims to produce a detailed design for a...

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $2,375,493 Cooperative Agreement to Beta Technologies, Inc. under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) to develop and demonstrate a scalable 600+ kilowatt direct current (DC) charging system for non-road electric vehicles (EVs) in austere environments with limited electrical infrastructure. The 12-month project aims to create a modular DC charging backbone solution that...

Under a $3,230,673 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), Purdue University is leading the development and validation of a technology that enables cost-effective utilization of spark-ignited hydrogen (H2) combustion engines in off-road vehicles. The project aims to create a high energy-efficient hybrid excavator powered by a hydrogen combustion engine. As sub-awardees, Cummins Inc. and Bosch Rexroth...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program provides $6,046,425 to deploy an Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Interoperability Test Bed. The project aims to increase industrial capacity, competition, redundancy, and broad access to validation testing and certification of Direct Current (DC) fast chargers with power ratings between 150 kilowatts...

This $400,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to develop novel bidirectional high-power DC-DC onboard electric vehicle battery chargers with ultra-high power density and scalability operating over 1 megahertz. The research aims to address key gaps including designing and demonstrating 1.2 kilovolt gallium nitride field-effect transistors for high-frequency power converters operating over 800 volts and 1...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $1,499,098 Cooperative Agreement to Wright Electric Inc. for the development of a "Modular Aluminum-Air Flow Battery System" under SBIR Control Number 3163-1519. This award, with a performance period from July 9, 2024 to January 8, 2026, supports Wright Electric's research and development of innovative electric aviation technologies, including advanced electric propulsion systems, lightweight...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded the University of Delaware a $3,060,498 cooperative agreement under the ARPA-E program (CFDA #81.135) on September 13, 2022 to develop efficient manufacturing of lightweight composite architected structures for transportation vehicles through September 12, 2025. Under the award, the University of Delaware will lead a consortium to develop and commercialize Composite Architected Materials Processing (CAMP), a...