- Commercial Scaling of ARPA-E Tech
- New Synthetic Biology Program Announced
- Fusion Projects Selected
- Biofuels Projects Selected
- Electric Aviation Projects Selected
COMMERCIAL SCALING OF TECHNOLOGIES
ARPA-E announced $24 million in funding for 2 projects as part of the first stage of the Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program.
These SCALEUP "Fast-Track" teams, Natron Energy and Bridger Photonics, will receive $19M and $5M, respectively, to further their commercialization efforts in sodium-ion battery development and methane detection technologies.
READ MORE ABOUT THE SCALEUP "FAST-TRACK" PROJECTS
ADVANCING BIOCONVERSION PLATFORMS
ARPA-E announces up to $25 million in funding for a new program, Energy and Carbon Optimized Synthesis for the Bioeconomy (ECOSynBio).
The ECOSynBio program seeks to promote the use of advanced synthetic biology tools to engineer novel biomass conversion platforms and systems.
LEARN MORE ABOUT ECOSYNBIO AND SUBMIT A CONCEPT PAPER BY OCTOBER 26, 2020
DEVELOPING FUSION ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
DOE recently announced $29 million in funding for 14 projects as part of the Galvanizing Advances in Market-aligned fusion for an Overabundance of Watts (GAMOW) program, jointly sponsored by ARPA-E and the Office of Science-Fusion Energy Sciences (SC-FES).
GAMOW teams will work to close multiple fusion-specific technological gaps to connect a net-energy-gain "fusion core."
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GAMOW PROGRAM
SUPPORTING THE BIOFUELS SUPPLY CHAIN
ARPA-E announced $16.5 million in funding for 6 projects as part of the Systems for Monitoring and Analytics for Renewable Transportation Fuels from Agricultural Resources and Management (SMARTFARM) program.
SMARTFARM projects will develop technologies that bridge the data gap in the biofuel supply chain by quantifying feedstock-related GHG emissions and soil carbon dynamics at the field-level.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SMARTFARM PROGRAM
CARBON NEUTRAL HYBRID ELECTRIC AVIATION
ARPA-E announced $33 million in funding for 17 projects as part of the Aviation-class Synergistically Cooled Electric-motors with iNtegrated Drives (ASCEND) and Range Extenders for Electric Aviation with Low Carbon and High Efficiency (REEACH) programs.
REEACH and ASCEND teams will work to decrease energy usage and associated carbon emissions for commercial aircraft propulsion systems.
