Exploratory Topics Highlights

If you spend your days thinking about the 7% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that are associated with boiling water to create the steam used for things like industrial power, the enormity of addressing that challenge might just make you want to grab a cold one. And if you’re on the team at AtmosZero, your beverage of choice can be found just down the road at the New Belgium Brewing facility in Fort Collins, Colorado.

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced up to $10 million in funding to develop novel manufacturing technologies for superconducting tapes. Enabling widely available low-cost, high-performance superconducting (HTS) tapes could have major implications in the energy transition.

ARPA-E awardee Captura raised $12 million in Series A funding for their direct ocean capture (DOC) technology in a round led by Equinor Ventures, along with Aramco Ventures, the Caltech Seed Fund, Hitachi Ventures, Future Planet Capital, and mTerra Ventures in January 2023.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $5M in funding to evaluate the feasibility of extracting rare earth and other high-value trace critical minerals from macroalgae.

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced up to $10 million in funding to develop new technologies and tools to reduce the environmental impact of aviation.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $10 million in funding for eight projects working to determine whether low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) could be the basis for a potentially transformative carbon-free energy source. The teams selected today—from universities, a national laboratory, and small business—aim to break the stalemate of research in this space.

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced up to $10 million in funding to identify and support disruptive energy technologies that have the potential to shore up domestic energy production, improve energy efficiency and reliability, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and increase America’s resiliency and security.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $10 million in funding to establish clear practices to determine whether low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) could be the basis for a potentially transformative carbon-free energy source. The funding is part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) LENR Exploratory Topic, which aims to break the stalemate of research in this space.