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Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. Patrick Cloney Executive Director December 4, 2009. Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy. Mission: Develop nimble, creative & inventive approaches to transform the global energy landscape while advancing America’s technology leadership

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Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

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  1. Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Patrick Cloney Executive Director December 4, 2009

  2. Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy • Mission: Develop nimble, creative & inventive approaches to transform the global energy landscape while advancing America’s technology leadership • $151 million in funding announced in October 2009 in the first round of funding • 37 projects funded in 17 states

  3. Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy • Rigorous review process with input from multiple review panels composed of leading U.S. energy science and technology experts and ARPA-E's program managers • Evaluations were based on the potential for high impact on ARPA-E's goals and scientific and technical merit • 3,600+ initial concept papers received • 300 full applications requested

  4. ARPA-E Awards by State

  5. ARPA-E Awards by State

  6. 1366 Technologies, Inc. • Project Description: “Direct Wafer” technology to form high efficiency “monocrystalline-equivalent” silicon wafers directly from molten silicon • Potential to halve the installed cost of solar photovoltaics • Partnerships: MIT – Lab for PV Research • DOE Grant Amount: $4,000,000

  7. Agrivida, Inc. • Project Description: Cell wall-degrading enzymes grown within the plant itself that are activated after harvest, dramatically reducing the cost of cellulosic biofuels and chemicals • Partnerships: N/A • DOE Grant Amount: $4,565,800

  8. FastCAP Systems Corporation • Project Description: A nanotube enhanced ultracapacitor with energy density approaching that of standard batteries, but with many times greater power density and thousands of times the cycle life • Could greatly reduce the cost of hybrid and electric vehicles and of grid-scale storage • Partnerships: MIT • DOE Grant Amount: $5,349,932

  9. FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp. • Project Description: A new high efficiency shrouded wind turbine able to deliver significantly more energy per unit of swept area • Could also reduce noise and safety concerns, enabling distributed wind applications • Partnerships: N/A • DOE Grant Amount: $8,325,400

  10. MIT • Project Description: An all liquid metal grid-scale battery for low cost, large scale storage of electrical energy • This new class of batteries could enable continuous power supply from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar and a more stable, reliable grid • Partnerships: N/A • DOE Grant Amount: $6,949,624

  11. Sun Catalytix Corporation • Project Description: A novel catalyst to greatly enhance the efficiency of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen • An important platform technology for the production of solar fuels and for distributed energy storage systems • Partnerships: N/A • DOE Grant Amount: $4,085,350

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