ARPA-E Impacts: A Sample of Project Outcomes, Volume II
The Agency’s first compilation booklet of impact sheets, published in 2016, began the process of analyzing and cataloging some of the agency’s most successful projects. One year later ARPA-E’s research investments continue to pay off, with a number of current and alumni project teams successfully commercializing their technologies and advancing the state of the art in transformative areas of energy science and engineering. This document is a compilation of the second volume of these impactful technologies. Click below to go directly to individual projects within the compilation.
Transportation Fuels
- North Carolina State University and University of Massachusetts (PETRO) – Engineering the Optimized Biofuel Crop
- University of Illinois (PETRO) – Oilcane: An Ideal Bioenergy Feedstock
- Agrivida (OPEN 2009) – Engineering the Optimized Biofuel Crop
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Electrofuels) – Liquid Transportation Fuel from Electricity and CO2
- Dioxide Materials (OPEN 2012) – Converting Carbon Dioxide into Fuel
- Lanzatech (REMOTE) – Cheaper, Faster Waste-Gas Fermenters for Fuels and Chemicals
- Bio2Electric (Ecocatalytic) (OPEN 2012) – Flameless Combustion: Chemical Looping Ethane to Ethylene
Power Generation and Distribution
- RTI International (IMPACCT) – Carbon Capture with Water-Free Solvents
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/University of California, Berkeley (IMPACCT) – Novel Metal-Organic Framework Sorbents for Carbon Capture
- General Electric (OPEN 2012) – Back to the Future, for the Electric Power Grid
- University of California, Berkeley (OPEN 2012) – Precise, Time Synchronized Distribution Grid Measurements
- Brown University (OPEN 2012) – Self-Optimizing River and Tidal Power Conversion Devices
- Integral Consulting (OPEN 2012) – Low-Cost, Real-Time Wave-By-Wave Assessment Tool
- Otherlab (OPEN 2012) – Pneumatically-Actuated PV Tracking System Reduces Cost and Improves Reliability
- Glint Photonics (OPEN 2012) – Low-Power Microscale Tracking for Low-Profile Daylighting
Building, Transportation, and Industrial Efficiency
- Utah State University (AMPED) – Cell-Level Control in Large Battery Packs
- General Electric (AMPED) – Getting the Best from a Battery
- Otherlab (MOVE) – Intestine-Structured Gas Storage
- United Technologies Research Center (MOVE) – Flat, Modular Tank Technology for Natural Gas Vehicles
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (HEATS) – Advanced Thermal Battery for Climate Control
- University of Texas, Austin (OPEN 2012) – Low Cost Voltage-Controlled Window Can Be Tuned to Block Visible and/or Infrared Light
- University of California, Berkeley (OPEN 2012) – Fast, Automated Building Energy Auditing
- iBeam Materials (SWITCHES) – Low-Cost LEDs on Flexible Metal Tapes
- Alcoa (METALS) – Reimagining Aluminum Manufacturing
- University of Utah ( METALS) – A Thermal Pathway to Low Cost Titanium Powder