OPEN 2012 Highlights

ARPA-E focuses on next-generation energy innovation to create a sustainable energy future. The agency provides R&D support to businesses, universities, and national labs to develop technologies that could fundamentally change the way people access, use, and store energy. Since 2009, ARPA-E has provided over $2.6 billion to support more than 1,000 energy technology projects.

ARPA-E focuses on next-generation energy innovation to create a sustainable energy future. The agency provides R&D support to businesses, universities, and national labs to develop technologies that could fundamentally change the way we access, use, and store energy. Since 2009, ARPA-E has provided approximately $2 billion in support to more than 800 energy technology projects.

In January, we introduced a new series to highlight the transformational technology our project teams are developing across the energy portfolio. The Ginkgo Bioworks and Evolva teams are working to turn biofuel ideas into reality.

ARPA-E focuses on next-generation energy innovations that will help create a sustainable energy future. The agency provides R&D funding for technologies that could fundamentally change the way we get, use, and store energy. Since 2009, ARPA-E has provided approximately $2 billion in R&D funding for more than 800 energy technology projects.

Summer is in full swing, and for many Americans that means high temperatures and even higher electric bills. The amount of energy used to heat, cool and ventilate buildings in the United States is enormous, equivalent to approximately 13% of the country’s annual power use. This is in part due to how inefficient environmental systems can be, which results in significant power wasted or lost.

IRON SLURRY FOR LONGER DURATION FLOW BATTERY UPDATED: January 21, 2018 PROJECT TITLE: High Energy Storage Capacity Low Cost Iron Flow BatteryPROGRAM: OPEN 2012AWARD: $3,247,909TEAM: Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)TERM: January 2013 – March 2018PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI): Robert Savinell

Since 2009, ARPA-E has developed more than 40 focused technology programs to push the boundaries of science and technology and fundamentally change how we get, store, and use energy. As a complement to its focused programs, ARPA-E periodically releases “open” funding solicitations.

FAST, AUTOMATED BUILDING ENERGY AUDITING  UPDATED: JANUARY 27, 2017PROJECT TITLE: Rapid Building Energy Modeler - RAPMODPROGRAM: OPEN 2012AWARD: $2,834,899PROJECT TEAM: University of California – Berkeley (Lead), Indoor Reality, Baumann Consulting, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)PROJECT TERM: April 2013 – November 2016PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI): Avideh Zakhor

LOW COST, REAL-TIME WAVE-BY-WAVE ASSESSMENT TOOL UPDATED: FEBRUARY 6, 2017 PROJECT TITLE: Cost Effective Real Time Wave Assessment Tool (WAT) PROGRAM: OPEN 2012 AWARD: $2,343,260 PROJECT TEAM: Integral Consulting (Lead), Sandia National Laboratory, Spoondrift Technologies PROJECT TERM: September 2014 – August 2018  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI): Craig Jones and Grace Chang

SELF-OPTIMIZING RIVER AND TIDAL POWER CONVERSION DEVICES UPDATED: JANUARY 27, 2017 PROJECT TITLE: Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting Using Cyber-Physical Systems PROGRAM: OPEN 2012 AWARD: $3,659,924 PROJECT TEAM: Brown University (Lead), BluSource Energy, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Wellesley College PROJECT TERM: March 2013 – May 2017