U.S. Department of Energy: $63.5 Million to Support Commercialization of Transformative Energy Technologies

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Modern Initiatives Showcase Energy of American Innovation in Creating Superior Vitality Applied sciences and Accelerating the Vitality Transition

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In assist of President Biden’s Investing in America agendathe U.S. Division of Vitality (DOE) at this time introduced $63.5 million for 4 transformative applied sciences by the Seeding Essential Advances for Main Vitality applied sciences with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. The 4 initiatives have demonstrated a viable path to market and signify applied sciences centered on aerogels for energy-efficient insulated glass items, thermal batteries to provide mixed warmth and energy from renewable electrical energy, energy-dense strong state batteries, and cement decarbonization. SCALEUP helps the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to advance important analysis and improvement serving to to propel America’s vitality innovation management on the worldwide stage.

“America is an innovation superpower, and President Biden is helping to scale up the next generation of clean energy solutions that will advance the nation even further toward our net-zero goals,” stated U.S. Secretary of Vitality Jennifer Granholm. “By catalyzing the commercialization of promising technologies, we are empowering the private sector to go all in to boost American manufacturing, strengthen national security and ensure our competitive edge.”

The SCALEUP program offers new funding to earlier ARPA-E awardees which have efficiently de-risked their expertise and established a viable path to business deployment.

The 4 initiatives chosen as a part of the most recent SCALEUP program are:

• AeroShield Supplies (Waltham, MA) will develop a pilot manufacturing facility for aerogels for high-efficiency insulated glass items that may allow residential and business buildings to grow to be extra vitality environment friendly, assembly present and future ENERGY STAR targets for home windows. (Award quantity: $14,500,000)
• Antora Vitality (Sunnyvale, CA) will scale up manufacturing of its thermal battery expertise, which turns low-cost renewable vitality into dependable, on-demand warmth and energy for industrial services, enabling speedy decarbonization of the economic sector. (Award quantity: $14,500,000)
• Ion Storage Programs (Beltsville, MD) will assist home manufacturing of subsequent era solid-state lithium-metal batteries and speed up commercialization of the expertise into the electrical automobile market. (Award quantity: $20,000,000)
• Queens Carbon (Pine Brook, NJ) will develop an on-site pilot facility able to producing carbon-neutral supplemental cementitious supplies utilizing business customary uncooked supplies to assist decarbonized cement manufacturing. (Award quantity: $14,500,000)

That is the third cohort of initiatives chosen underneath the SCALEUP program, and you’ll entry full mission descriptions for the applied sciences above on the ARPA-E website.

One of many mission groups from the preliminary SCALEUP—Natron Vitality, a world chief in sodium-ion battery expertise—lately started commercial-scale operations at its manufacturing facility in Holland, Michigan.

LongPath Applied sciences—one other awardee from the preliminary SCALEUP—has created a paradigm shift in methane detection and mitigation by growing applied sciences able to detecting over 90% of methane leaks right down to 0.2 kg/hr from practically a mile away. LongPath recently received an LPO loan guarantee of $189 million.

Lastly, Sila—a next-generation battery supplies firm additionally funded underneath SCALEUP—was chosen to obtained as much as $100 million in funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to assist the build-out of a facility in Moses Lake, Washington. Early ARPA-E funding and SCALEUP assist have been instrumental within the firm’s success, and continued assist demonstrates how important President Biden’s whole-of-government technique is to supporting vitality expertise from early phases, corresponding to R&D, to full-scale deployment.

In 2021, ARPA-E issued the second SCALEUP program, which went on to assist work in hybrid electrical plane; high-power density magnetic parts; environment friendly, cost-effective and compact U.S.-manufactured electrical automobile charging tools; wooden merchandise which might be stronger, lighter and cheaper than structural metal; uncommon earth-free everlasting magnets; floating offshore wind; and geomechanical vitality storage.

The SCALEUP program has efficiently demonstrated what can occur when technical specialists are empowered with the commercialization assist to develop a robust pathway to market, and this newest cohort furthers the Biden-Harris Administration’s dedication to supporting American vitality innovation.

Courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy.