Storage

DEVELOPING ORGANIC FLOW BATTERIES FOR ENERGY STORAGE UPDATED: FEBRUARY 24, 2016 PROJECT TITLE: Small Organic Molecule Based Flow Battery for Grid StoragePROGRAM: OPEN 2012AWARD: $4,340,035PROJECT TEAM: Harvard University (lead); Sustainable Innovations PROJECT TERM: February 2013 – March 2017

NEW IRON BATTERY DESIGN FOR FLOW BATTERIES  UPDATED: FEBRUARY 24, 2016  PROJECT TITLES: 10kW 80kWh Energy Storage System Based on All-Iron Hybrid Flow Battery PROGRAM: GRIDS SBIR AWARD: $2.25 million PROJECT TEAM: Energy Storage Systems (ESS Tech, Inc.)  PROJECT TERM: October 2012–December 2016

The ARPA-E model is unique in that the agency does not just provide teams funding. Throughout the lifetime of an ARPA-E award, ARPA-E Program Directors and Tech-to-Market Advisors also provide teams with expert advice through quarterly reviews and onsite visits. This hands-on approach helps ensure teams can meet ambitious milestones, target and tackle problems early on, and advance their technologies towards commercialization. Program Director Dr. Isik Kizilyalli explains the importance of this active project management approach in helping teams identify and overcome barriers.

ARPA-E is supporting some of the best and brightest scientific minds across the country to turn aspirational ideas into tangible technology options. By presenting an ambitious energy challenge to the U.S. research and development community, ARPA-E attracts ideas from a diverse group of innovators, representing traditional and non-traditional energy backgrounds, who look to address energy challenges in new and exciting ways.