Resource Efficiency

MINIATURIZED LASER POINT SENSOR FOR NATURAL GAS UPDATED: November 20, 2017PROJECT TITLE: Autonomous, High Accuracy Natural Gas Leak Detection SystemPROGRAM: Methane Observation Networks with Innovative Technology to Obtain Reductions (MONITOR)AWARD: $2,494,131PROJECT TEAM: Aeris Technologies, Inc. (Lead), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Rice UniversityPROJECT TERM: March 2015 – April 2018

NOVEL METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK SORBENTS FOR CARBON CAPTURE UPDATED: October 5, 2016 PROJECT TITLE: High-Throughput Discovery of Robust Metal-Organic Frameworks for CO2 Capture; Developing Metal-Organic Frameworks as Adsorbents for Industrial Carbon Capture Applications PROGRAM: IMPACCTAWARD: $3,867,851 (LBNL); $1,100,000 (UC Berkeley)

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

CARBON CAPTURE WITH WATER-FREE SOLVENTS UPDATED:  JANUARY 19, 2017PROJECT TITLE: Novel Non-Aqueous CO2 Solvents and Capture Process with Substantially Reduced Energy PenaltiesPROGRAM: Innovative Materials and Processes for Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT)AWARD: $2,480,000PROJECT TEAM: RTI International, BASFPROJECT TERM: July 2010 – September 2013

CONVERTING CARBON DIOXIDE INTO FUEL UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 23, 2016PROJECT TITLE: Energy Efficient Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Useful ProductsPROGRAM: OPEN 2012AWARD: $4,877,240 PROJECT TEAM: Dioxide Materials (Lead), 3MPROJECT TERM: February 2013 – January 2017 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI): Dr. Rich Masel

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

ARPA-E brings together experts from diverse disciplines and industries to frame new ways of looking at the energy challenge. By viewing the problem through a different lens, ARPA-E brings together new capabilities to develop new technology solutions. The DELTA and MONITOR programs illustrate this novel approach well. In this video, Associate Director of Technology Dr.