3/3/2010 10:00:00 PM
The funding focuses on three areas: “Grid Scale Rampable Intermittent Dispatchable Storage,” cost effective storage that can manipulate the variable, short-duration generating capacity; “Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology,” which involves high-performance power converters; and “Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEET-IT) seeking high efficiency heating and cooling technologies, with an emphasis on technologies that perform in warm, humid, and hot climates...
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced a new $100 million round of funding aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The focus is on innovative technologies for grid-scale energy storage, along with next-generation power converters and new energy efficient heating and cooling systems in buildings. [More…]
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