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Building a More Resilient Grid in Puerto Rico

When Hurricane Maria struck the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico last September, it took the entire island’s power grid with it.Today, over 95 percent of the island has its power restored, but the rebuilding process is far from finished. Over the long term, many challenges remain — along with some big opportunities to make the grid smarter and more resilient.

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Department of Energy Announces Funding to Support Long-Duration Energy Storage

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $30 million in funding for projects as part of a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program: Duration Addition to electricitY Storage (DAYS). DAYS project teams will build innovative technologies to enable long-duration energy storage on the power grid, providing reliable electricity for 10 to approximately 100 hours.

May 1, 2018

Department of Energy Partners with NASA to Call for Transformative Energy Ideas

WASHINGTON — The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today joined NASA in launching a new NASA iTech challenge, a competition inviting the nation’s top entrepreneurs and researchers to showcase their ideas for transformative energy concepts.

March 29, 2018

ARPA-E Announces 8 New Projects to Develop High-Efficiency Distributed Generation Systems

ARPA-E today announced $16 million in funding for eight projects as part of the Innovative Natural-gas Technologies for Efficiency Gain in Reliable and Affordable Thermochemical Electricity-generation (INTEGRATE) program.

March 13, 2018

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