DOE supplies more than $63M for commercialization of transformative energy technologies
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced four recipients of $63.5 million from its Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program to support commercialization efforts.
According to the department, each project showed viable paths to market for technologies based on aerogels for energy-efficient insulated glass units, thermal batteries to supply combined heat and power from renewable electricity, energy-dense solid state batteries, and cement decarbonization. These included:
- AeroShield Materials (Waltham, MA) – $14.5 million to develop a pilot manufacturing facility for aerogels for high-efficiency insulated glass units
- Antora Energy (Sunnyvale, CA) – $14.5 million to scale up production of thermal battery technology to aid decarbonization of the industrial sector
- Ion Storage Systems (Beltsville, MD) – $20 million to support domestic manufacturing of next-generation solid-state lithium-metal batteries and boost commercialization for the electric vehicle market
- Queens Carbon (Pine Brook, NJ) – $14.5 million to develop an on-site pilot facility capable of producing carbon-neutral supplemental cementitious materials
“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,” Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said. “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.”
SCALEUP provides funding to ARPA-E awardees for pushing through the risks of their technologies and creating viable paths to commercial deployment. This is the third round of projects selected for SCALEUP.
