The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $16 million in funds to 17 projects in support of the development of ultra-high temperature materials for gas turbines. DOE said Wednesday that it seeks to build materials that will operate at 1800 ºC with coatings and coolings or at 1300 ºC in a stand-alone material test environment.
Read More »DOE Unveils Plan to Guide Hydrogen-Focused Pursuits; Dan Brouillette Quoted
The Department of Energy (DOE) has published a strategy that highlights how DOE plans to pursue hydrogen-related research, development and demonstration projects. The Hydrogen Program Plan aims to enable the production, storage, transportation and application of hydrogen in multiple economic sectors. The Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy will also take part in the plan's activities.
Read More »DOE Allots Funds to Support Simulation-Based Nuclear Projects
The Department of Energy is investing $27M in efforts to develop nuclear reactor frameworks via digital twin technology, a simulation-based development approach. DOE said Wednesday it will pursue these nine projects under the Generating Electricity Managed by Intelligent Nuclear Assets or GEMINA program. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy manages GEMINA.
Read More »DOE to Fund 15 Fusion Energy Development Projects
The Department of Energy has awarded $32M in total funds to 15 projects that aim to develop and commercialize fusion power generation systems as part of the Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-fusion Energy program.
Read More »DoE to Provide $50M for Fusion Energy Research
The Department of Energy will grant $50M for further investigation of fusion energy.
Read More »ARPA-E to Fund AI, Machine Learning Projects for Energy Tech Design Use
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has earmarked $15M to support 23 projects that aim to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning tools in the design of energy systems.
Read More »DOE Allocates Funding to Decrease Power Station Carbon Emissions
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy will be allocating $43M to an effort that aims to improve power stations through the integration of technology that will decrease carbon emissions.
Read More »ARPA-E Announces Funding Program to Develop Lower-Cost Fusion Energy Concepts
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy plans to award up to $30M for research projects designed to create lower-cost concepts for the development of deployable, commercially viable fusion energy.
Under a new program, dubbed Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-fusion Energy, ARPA-E aims to establish controlled fusion energy by lowering the cost of more-mature fusion concepts and enhancing the application of existing fusion research and development capabilities, the Department of Energy said Thursday.
Read More »House Panel Advances ARPA-E Reauthorization Bill
House Science, Space and Technology Committee members voted Thursday to advance legislation to reauthorize the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy for a five-year period, Nextgov reported Friday.
Read More »Rep. Frank Lucas Introduces ARPA-E Reform Bill
Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., has presented a bill that aims to reform, reauthorize the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy with boosted budget. The ARPA-E Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2019 would authorize ARPA-E for five more years and increase the agency's annual funds by $27M, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee said Wednesday.
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