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UPDATED ON MARCH 13, 2024: On February 20, 2024, Niron Magnetics announced an additional $25 million in strategic funding for their proprietary Clean Earth Magnet™ technology in a round led by Samsung Ventures with participation from Allison Ventures and Magna.

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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 get, use, and store energy. Since 2009, ARPA-E has provided approximately $2 billion in support to more than 800 energy technology projects. Last month, we introduced a new series to highlight the transformational technology our project teams are developing across the energy portfolio. Check out these projects turning ideas into reality.

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QUADRUPLING CRITICAL CURRENT IN HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR WIRES UPDATED: JUNE 20, 2016 PROJECT TITLES: Superconducting Wires for Direct-Drive Wind Generators | High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils for High Power Wind Generators PROGRAM: Rare Earth Alternatives to Critical Materials (REACT) AWARDS: $3,298,424 | $5,131,458

Impact Sheet
QUADRUPLING CRITICAL CURRENT IN HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR WIRES UPDATED: JUNE 20, 2016 PROJECT TITLES: Superconducting Wires for Direct-Drive Wind Generators | High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils for High Power Wind Generators PROGRAM: Rare Earth Alternatives to Critical Materials (REACT) AWARDS: $3,298,424 | $5,131,458

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WASHINGTON, DC -- Arun Majumdar, Director of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), today announced 60 cutting-edge research projects aimed at dramatically improving how the U.S. produces and uses energy.

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Five ARPA-E project teams were selected to participate in the upcoming I-Corps program that kicks off this week. ARPA-E awardees Michigan State University (OPEN 2009), University of Southern California (GRIDS), Virginia Commonwealth University (REACT), University of Houston (REACT), and Georgia Institute of Technology (IMPACCT) are participating.

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ARPA-E is holding a crowdsourced energy challenge along with InnoCentive and Booz Allen Hamilton. This $10,000 ideation challenge will focus on ARPA-E’s REACT program, which aims to develop cost-effective alternatives to rare earths, the naturally occurring minerals with unique magnetic properties that are used in electric vehicle (EV) motors and wind generators. We recently sat down with Dr. Ping Liu to discuss the challenge.

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The Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced two awards of $5,000 each for solutions submitted in response to its Rare Earth Alternatives in Critical Technologies (REACT) InnoCentive Challenge.

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The importance of critical materials in the energy sector has been highlighted by the mismatch between the rapidly growing demands relative to limited global supply of rare earth materials. Technology solutions focused on both the supply-side and demand-side of critical materials challenges are of interest. Specifically, ARPA-E was interested in exploring potentially disruptive (not incremental) technology solutions.