GRIDS

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.

In 2010, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded Fluidic $3 million to develop a low-cost, high-power module for rechargeable Zinc-air batteries. If successful, Fluidic’s technology would allow for versatile, dependable grid-scale storage of renewable energy.

ARPA-E sat down with Eric McFarland, CEO of Urban Electric Power (UEP), to discuss the challenges of leading a start-up company, the company’s partnership with ARPA-E, and its participation in New York Energy Week.

This workshop served as an opportunity for ARPA-E leadership to engage with leading experts to obtain insight on grid scale energy storage technology areas ripe for, and in strong need of, transformational technology development.

Urban Electric Power, a startup formed by researchers from the City University of New York (CUNY) Energy Institute, is taking breakthroughs in battery technology from the lab to the market.

Learn how Fluidic, with the help of ARPA-E funding, has developed and deployed the world's first proven high cycle life metal air battery.

With the help of ARPA-E funding, General Compression has created an advanced air compression process that can store and release more than a week's worth of the energy generated by wind turbines.

Learn more about the work ARPA-E awardee CUNY Energy Institute is doing to create long-lasting, fully rechargeable, grid-scale batteries that could be capable of storing enough electricity to power homes, cars, and cities.