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The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) is hosting a workshop to engage technical experts from chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics, biochemistry, biomass processing, plant genetics, ranch management, ecology, agricultural equipment, and carbon dioxide removal communities to discuss the research and development of species-agnostic biomass conversion for durable carbon storage in the Unites States.

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This workshop will engage technical experts to discuss a potential program in superhot (> 375°C and 22 MPa) geothermal power stations for generating electricity and other uses.

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This workshop sought to accelerate the pace of technological innovation toward recovery of high energy-value materials from wastewater that can directly enter existing supply chains, as well as reduce energy demands and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with conventional sourcing and waste stream treatment.

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ARPA-E is developing a potential program that seeks to accelerate the design and development cycle for heterogeneous catalyst R&D workflows all the way from rational material discovery, through synthesis, and to final reactor/unit/device application. These novel workflows will be achieved by integrating and exploiting the modern software approaches emerging from data science and modeling (e.g. AI/ML, ab initio, multi-scale kinetic) along with high throughput experimental methods (e.g. parallel testing, self-driving, combinatorial) within a closed loop, automated feedback scheme.

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The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) hosted a workshop to engage technical experts from power electronics, power systems, HVDC technology, power utilities and other related investment communities to discuss the development and demonstration of multi-terminal high-voltage DC transmission technology for high-performance, low-cost transmission system upgrades in the Unites States.

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The 2024 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit was held from May 22 - May 24, 2024, at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas, TX.

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ARPA-E Program Director Dr. Bob Ledoux and ARPA-E Fellow Dr. Ben Weiner gathered experts and investors from across academia, Department of Energy national laboratories, and the burgeoning quantum industry to discuss applications of quantum computers to energy-relevant problems in computational chemistry and materials science.

This invitation-only event will bring together the region’s leading clean energy innovators, venture capital investors, and partners to showcase how to start and scale a company in Massachusetts and throughout the United States. There will be unique panel and discussion content for everyone - from how to spin out a company - to learning about working with federal and state government grant programs - to seeing and meeting the region’s novel technology companies.

The workshop’s goals were to engage key stakeholders to accelerate the introduction and deployment of grid-related technologies developed at ARPA-E, to better understand the industry needs and potential technology gaps for grid decarbonization and modernization, and to provide an opportunity for ARPA-E project teams to directly engage with utility companies regarding their current commercialization efforts.

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In this workshop, ARPA-E assessed potential technologies that may reduce nitrogen inputs and soil-based greenhouse gas emissions of N2O from the cultivation of bioenergy crops (corn, soybean, and sorghum).