ARPA-E Announces $30 Million for Research Projects to Develop Breakthrough Technologies to Advance Solar Energy

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Department of Energy today announced that up to $30 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will be made available for a new program that will engage our country’s top scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs to develop new technologies that deliver cost-effective solar energy when the sun is not shining.

ARPA-E, Energy Commission Sign Agreement for Energy Research Projects

SACRAMENTO -- The California Energy Commission and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on energy research projects.

ARPA-E Announces $40 Million for Research Projects to Develop Cleaner and Cheaper Transportation Choices for Consumers

The Department of Energy today announced that approximately $40 million from its Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will be made available for two new programs that will engage our country’s brightest scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs to develop technologies that shift our cars and trucks off oil.

ARPA-E Announces Projects Have Attracted Over $450 Million in Private Sector Funding, Spurred Start-up Company Formation and Fostered Public Partnerships

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Today, at the fourth annual Energy Innovation Summit of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), Deputy Director Cheryl Martin announced that ARPA-E projects have demonstrated major technical successes and shown significant market engagement after just four years since the agency began catalyzing energy breakthrough technologies.

ARPA-E Awards $130 Million for 66 Transformational Energy Technology Projects

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced 66 cutting-edge research projects selected by the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) to receive a total of $130 million in funding through its “OPEN 2012” program.

$43 Million for Transformational Storage Projects to Advance Electric Vehicle and Grid Technologies

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Department of Energy today announced that 19 transformative new projects will receive a total of $43 million in funding from the Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to leverage the nation’s brightest scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs to develop breakthrough energy storage technologies and support promising small businesses.

ARPA-E Announces New Projects to Advance Innovative Natural Gas Vehicle Technologies

HOUSTON, TX – U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman today announced 13 new cutting-edge research projects that will receive a total of $30 million to find new ways of harnessing America’s abundant natural gas supplies for cars and trucks and expand the use of natural gas as a vehicle fuel.

ARPA-E Issues $43 Million for Transformational Energy Storage Research Projects

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has issued approximately $43 million for two new programs to develop next-generation energy storage technologies that could significantly improve U.S. energy security and efficiency.

Director Majumdar Testifies on Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request

WASHINGTON, DC -- Oral Statement as Prepared for Delivery by Dr. Arun Majumdar, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), U.S. Department of Energy before the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations on the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget.

ARPA-E Issues Open Call for Transformational Energy Technologies

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) issued a $150 million funding opportunity open to all transformational energy technologies to support the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above approach to solving our nation’s most pressing energy challenges.