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ARPA-E Projects
1366 Technologies: 1366 Direct Wafer: Enabling Terawatt Photovoltaics
24M: Semi-Solid Rechargeable Power Sources- Flexible, High Performance Storage for Vehicles at Ultra-Low Cost
ABB Inc.: Superconducting Magnet Energy Storage System with Direct Power Electronics Interface
Abengoa Solar: Conversion Tower for Dispatchable Solar Power
ADMA: High-Efficient, on-Line Membrane Air Dehumidifier Enabling Sensible Cooling for Warm and Humid Climates
Agrivida: Conditionally Activated Enzymes Expressed in Cellulosic Energy Crops
Ames National Laboratory: Cerium-Based Magnets
Applied Materials, Inc.: Novel High Energy Density Lithium Ion Cell Designs via Innovative Manufacturing Process Modules for Cathode and Integrated Separator
Arcadia Biosciences: Vegetable Oil from Leaves and Stems
Architectural Applications: Innovative Building-Integrated Ventilation Enthalpy Recovery
Argonne National Laboratory: Exchange-Spring Magnets
Arizona State University: Cyanobacteria Designed for Solar-Powered Highly Efficient Production of Biofuels
Arizona State University: Sustainable, High-Energy Density, Low-Cost Electrochemical Energy Storage - Metal-Air Ionic Liquid (MAIL) Batteries
Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.: Low-Cost, Highly-Integrated Silicon Carbide (SiC) Multichip Power Modules (MCPMs) for Plug-In Hybrid
Astronautics Corporation of America: An Efficient, Green Compact Cooling System Using Magnetic Refrigeration
ATK: A High Efficiency Inertial CO2 Extraction System - ICES
AutoGrid Systems: Integration of Renewables Via Demand Management
Baldor Electric Company: Rare-Earth-Free Traction Motor
Battelle Memorial Institute, Corporate Operations: Cascade Reverse Osmosis and the Absorption Osmosis Cycle
Beacon Power Corporation: Development of a 100 kWh/100 kW Flywheel Energy Storage Module
Boeing: Low-Cost, High-Energy Density Flywheel Storage Grid Demonstration
Brookhaven National Laboratory: Improved Superconducting Wire for Wind Generators
CalTech: Scalable Distributed Automation System
Carnegie Mellon University: Magnet Technology for Power Converters
Case Western Reserve University: High-Power Titanate Capacitor for Power Electronics
Case Western Reserve University: Iron-Nitride Alloy Magnets
Charles River Associates: Decision-Support Software for Grid Operators
Chromatin: Biofuels from Sorghum
Ceres, Inc.: High Yielding, Low Input Energy Crops
Codexis, Inc.: Low-Cost Biological Catalyst to Enable Efficient CO2 Capture
Columbia University: Biofuels from CO2 Using Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria in a Reverse Microbial Fuel Cell
Cornell University: Cloud Computing for the Grid
Cree, Inc.: 15 kV SiC IGBT Power Modules for Grid Scale Power Conversion
CUNY Energy Institute: Low-cost Grid-Scale Electrical Storage using a Flow-Assisted Rechargeable Zinc-Manganese Oxide Battery
CUNY Energy Institute: Metacapacitors
Dais Analytic Corporation: Nanotechnology Membrane-Based Dehumidifier
Danforth Center: Improved Light Utilization in Camelina
Dartmouth College: Manganese-Aluminum-Based Magnets
Delphi Automotive Systems LLC: Advanced Power Semiconductor and Packaging
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company: MacroAlgae Butanol
Eagle Picher Technologies, Inc.: Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications
Earth & Environmental Engineering, Columbia University: Chemical and Biological Catalytic Enhancement of Weathering of Silicate Minerals as Novel Carbon Capture and Storage Technology
Envia Systems: High Energy Density Lithium Batteries
Exelus Systems: Upgrading Refinery Off-Gas to High-Octane Alkylate
FastCap Systems: Low Cost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors
FloDesign Wind Turbine: Breakthrough High Efficiency Shrouded Wind Turbine
Fluidic Energy, Inc.: Enhanced Metal-Air Energy Storage System with Advanced Grid-Interoperable Power Electronics Enabling Scalability and Ultra-Low Cost
Foro Energy: Low-Contact Drilling Technology to Enable Economical EGS Wells
GE Global Research: CO2 Capture Process Using Phase-Changing Absorbents
GE Global Research: Connecting Renewables Directly to the Grid
GE Global Research: Cost-Effective Cable Insulation
GE Global Research: Nanostructured Scalable Thick-Film Magnetics
GE Global Research: Transformational Nanostructured Permanent Magnets
General Atomics: GRIDS Soluble Lead Flow Battery Technology
General Atomics: Low Insertion HVDC Circuit Breaker
General Compression: Fuel-Free, Ubiquitous, Compressed Air Energy Storage and Power Conditioning
General Motors: Lightweight Thermal Energy Recovery (LighTER) Systems
GeneSiC Semiconductor: Silicon Carbide Anode Switched Thyristor for Medium Voltage Power Conversion
Georgia Tech Research Corp. : Autonomous, Decentralized Grid Architecture
Georgia Tech Research Corporation: Dynamic Control of Grid Assets Using Direct AC Converter Cells
Georgia Tech Research Corporation: High Performance MOF-polymer Composite Membranes for CO2 Capture
Georgia Tech Research Corporation: Highly Laminated, High Saturation Flux Density Magnetic Cores for On-Chip Inductors in Power Converter Applications
Georgia Tech Research Corporation: Modular Thermal Hub for Building Cooling, Heating and Water Heating
Ginkgo BioWorks: Engineering E. Coli as an Electrofuels Chassis for Isooctane Production
Halotechnics: Molten Glass for Thermal Storage
Harvard Medical School- Wyss Institute: Engineering a Bacterial Reverse Fuel Cell
HRL Laboratories, LLC: Gallium-Nitride Switch Technology for Bi-directional Battery-to-Grid Charger Applications
Ideal Power Converters: Lightweight PV Inverters
Infinia Corporation: Stirling Air Conditioner (StAC) for Compact Cooling
Inorganic Specialists: Silicon Coated Nanofiber Paper as a Lithium-Ion Anode
Iowa State University: A Genetically Tractable Microalgal Platform for Advanced Biofuel Production
ITN Energy Systems, Inc.: Low-cost Electrochromic Film on Plastic for Net-zero Energy Building
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Development of an Integrated Microbial-ElectroCatalytic (MEC) System for Liquid Biofuel Production from CO2
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: High-Throughput Discovery of Robust Metal-Organic Frameworks for CO2 Capture
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Hydrogen-Bromine Flow Batteries for Grid-Scale Energy Storage
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Oil from Tobacco Leaves
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLNS: Catalytic Improvement of Solvent Capture Systems
Lehigh University: Electric Field Swing Adsorption for Carbon Capture Applications
Makani Power, Inc.: Airborne Wind Turbine
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Advanced Technologies for Integrated Power Electronics
Material Methods LLC: Phononic Heat Pump
Medical University of South Carolina: Electroalcoholgenesis- Bioelectrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Butanol
Michigan State University: Power Flow Controller for Renewables
Michigan State University: Wave Disk Engine
Missouri University of Science and Technology: High Performance Cathodes for Li-Air Batteries
MIT: Advanced Thermo-Adsorptive Battery
MIT: Bioprocess and Microbe Engineering for Total Carbon Utilization in Biofuel Production
MIT: Efficient Heat Storage Materials
MIT: Electrochemically Mediated Separation for Carbon Capture and Mitigation
MIT: Electroville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood
MIT: Solar Thermal Energy Storage Device
MIT: Engineering Ralstonia eutropha for Production of Isobutanol (IBT) Motor Fuel from CO2, H, O2
Momentive Performance Materials: Ammonothermal Bulk GaN Crystal Growth for Energy Efficient Lighting
Nalco Company: Energy Efficient Capture of CO2 from Coal Flue Gas
NanOasis Technologies, Inc.: Carbon Nanotube Membrane Elements for Energy Efficient and Low Cost Reverse Osmosis
NAVITASMAX: Advanced Thermal Energy Storage
North Carolina State University: Hydrogen-Dependent Conversion of Carbon Dioxide To Liquid Electrofuels By Extremely Thermophilic Archaea
North Carolina State University: Jet Fuel from Camelina
Northeastern University: Iron-Nickel-Based SuperMagnets
Oak Ridge National Lab: High Performance CO2 Scrubbing Based on Hollow Fiber-Supported Designer Ionic Liquid Sponges
Oak Ridge National Lab: Magnetic Amplifier for Power Flow Control
Ohio State University: Pilot Scale Testing of Carbon Negative, Product Flexible Syngas Chemical Looping
OPX Biotechnologies, Inc.: Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Electric Adsorption Heat Pump for Electric Vehicles
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: High Efficiency Adsorption Chilling Using Novel Metal Organic Heat Carriers
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Manganese-Based Magnets
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Metal Hydride Thermal Storage
PAX Streamline, Inc.: Adaptive Turbine Blades: Blown Wing Technology for Low-Cost Wind Power
Pellion Technologies, Inc.: Low-Cost Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries with High Energy Density
Pennsylvania State University: Development of Rhodobacter as a Versatile Platform for Fuels Production
Phononic Devices, Inc.: Advanced Semiconductor Materials for High Efficiency Thermoelectric Devices
Planar Energy: Solid-State All Inorganic Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
PolyPlus Battery Company: Development Of Ultra-high Specific Energy Rechargeable Lithium-Air Batteries Based On Protected Lithium Metal Electrodes
Porifera, Inc.: Carbon Nanotube Membranes for Energy-Efficient Carbon Sequestration
Primus Power: Low-Cost, High Performance 50 Year Electrodes
Proton Energy: Transformative Renewable Energy Storage Devices Based on Neutral
QM Power: Efficient, High-Torque Electric Vehicle Motor
Recapping, Inc.: High Energy Density Capacitors
Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles: Electro-Autotrophic Synthesis of Higher Alcohols
Research Triangle Institute (RTI International): Novel Non-Aqueous CO2 Solvent-based Capture Process with Substantially Reduced Energy Penalties
ReVolt Technology LLC: Zinc Flow Air Battery (ZFAB), the Next Generation Energy Storage for Transportation
RTI International: Catalytic Biocrude Production in a Novel, Short-Contact Time Reactor
Rutgers University: New Switches for Utility-Scale Inverters
Sandia National Laboratories: Probability-Based Software for Grid Optimization
Satcon: Utility-Scale Solar Power Converter
Sheetak: High Energy Density Thermal Batteries
Sheetak Inc.: Non-Equilibrium Asymmetric Thermoelectric (NEAT)
Sion Power Corporation: Development of High Energy Li-S Cells for Electric Vehicle Applications
Smart Wire Grid: Distributed Power Flow Control
SolarBridge Technologies: Efficient Power Converters for PV Arrays
Stanford University, Human Sciences and Technologies: Large-Scale Energy Reductions through Sensors, Feedback, & Information Technology
Stanford University: The All-Electron Battery- A Quantum Leap Forward in Energy Storage
Sun Catalytix Corporation: Affordable Energy from Water and Sunlight
Sustainable Energy Solutions: Cryogenic Carbon Capture
Teledyne Scientific & Imaging: Integrated Power Chip Converter for Solid State Lighting
Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC: Optofluidic Solar Concentrators
Texas A&M University: Stimuli-Responsive Metal-Organic Frameworks for Energy-Efficient Post-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture
Texas Agrilife Research: Fuel from Tobacco and Arundo Donax
Texas Engineering: Automated Grid Disruption Response System
The Ohio State University: Bioconversion of Carbon Dioxide to Biofuels by Facultatively Autotrophic Hydrogen Bacteria
The Pennsylvania State University: Gas Cycles: One-ton (3.5 kW thermal) Thermoacoustic Air Conditioner
The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles: Compact MEMS Electrocaloric Cooling Module
The Regents of the University of Colorado: Achieving a 10,000 GPU Permeance for Post-Combustion Carbon Capture with Gelled Ionic Liquid-Based Membranes
Transphorm: Efficient Switches for Solar Power Conversion
Transphorm Inc: High Performance GaN HEMT Modules for Agile Power Electronics
UCLA: Efficient CO2 Fixation Pathways
UMASS Amherst: Enhanced Carbon Concentration in Camelina
United Technologies Research Center: CO2 Capture with Enzyme Synthetic Analogue
United Technologies Research Center: Hybrid Vapor Compression Adsorption System
United Technologies Research Center: Nano-Engineered Porous Hollow Fiber Membrane-Based Conditioning System
United Technologies Research Center: Transformative Electrochemical Flow Storage System (TEFSS
)
United Technologies Research Center: Water-Based HVAC System
Univenture / Algaeventure Systems: Scaling and Commercialization of Algae Harvesting Technologies
University of Alabama: Rare-Earth-Free Nanostructure Magnets
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA): Thermal Energy Storage with Supercritical Fluids
University of California, Riverside: Quaternary Phosphonium Based Hydroxide Exchange Membranes
University of Colorado Boulder: Integrated Solar Power Converters
University of Delaware: High Energy Permanent Magnets for Hybrid Vehicles and Alternative Energy
University of Florida: A New Generation Solar and Waste Heat Power Absorption Chiller
University of Florida: Solar Thermochemical Fuels Production
University of Florida: Tappable Pine Trees
University of Houston: Low-Cost Superconducting Wire for Wind Generators
University of Illinois: Genetically Enhanced Sorghum and Sugarcane
University of Illinois: Harvesting Low Quality Heat Using Economically Printed Flexible Nanostructured Stacked Thermoelectric Junctions
University of Kentucky Research Foundation: A Solvent-Membrane Hybrid Post-combustion CO2 Capture Process for Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants
University of Maryland: Thermoelastic Cooling
University of Massachusetts Amherst: Electrofuels via Direct Electron Transfer from Electrodes to Microbes
University of Minnesota: Iron-Nitride-Based Magnets
University of Minnesota: Shewanella as an Ideal Platform for Producing Hydrocarbon Biofuels
University of Minnesota: Solar Thermochemical Fuels Production
University of Notre Dame: CO2 Capture with Ionic Liquids Involving Phase Change
University of Notre Dame: Compact, Efficient Air Conditioning with Ionic Liquid Based Refrigerants
University of Southern California: A Robust and Inexpensive Iron-Air Rechargeable Battery for Grid-Scale Energy Storage
University of South Florida: Efficient Phase-Change Materials
University of Texas at Austin: Thermal Batteries for Electric Vehicles
University of Utah: Advanced Metal-Hydrides-Based Thermal Battery
University of Washington: Renewable Energy Positioning System
Varentec: Dynamic Power Flow Controller
Virginia Commonwealth University: Carbon-Based Magnets
Virginia Tech: Isolated Converter with Integrated Passives and Low Material Stress
Virginia Tech: Power Supplies on a Chip (PSOC)