The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said it is following through with previously promised funding to further sustainable automotive technology by allotting $20 million to 10 nationwide organizations selected as Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awardees.
Each of 10 companies qualified for funding as part of the ARPA-E’s Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Autonomous On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR), Renewable Energy to Fuels Through Utilization of Energy-Dense Liquids (REFUEL) or the DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (REFUEL SBIR/STTR) incentives.
NEXTCAR awardees will work on increasing vehicular energy efficiency, while REFUEL benefactors will create liquid fuels out of water, air molecules and electricity. Each of the organizations will receive grants ranging from $855,000 to $2.9 million.
“These projects are part of an evaluation process that has worked to ensure best practices and good governance principles are applied consistent with the new Administration’s policy directives,” the DOE said in a release.
The Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio, Texas, was named as a NEXTCAR recipient, while REFUEL support was assigned to Gas Technology Institute of Des Plaines, Illinois; Giner Inc. of Newton, Massachusetts; Sustainable Innovations LLC of East Hartford, Connecticut; Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas, and University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
The four REFUEL SBIR/STTR awardees are Bettergy Corp. of Peekskill, New York; Molecule Works Inc. of Richland, Washington; Opus 12 Inc. of Berkeley, California; and Storagenergy Technologies Inc. of Salt Lake City, Utah.
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