Electric Power Research Institute gets $1.7M for wave power research
The Department of Energy (DoE) has been conspicuously doling out grants left and right to support several clean energy initiatives in recent months. The latest beneficiary, to the tune of $1.7 million, is the Palo Alto, Calif.-based Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), which will use the funds to develop and test advanced water power technologies.
EPRI will use the first $1.2 million grant, which will be awarded over a two-year period, to continue the development of… Continue Reading
Acumentrics receives $15.6M grant for solid oxide fuel cells
Acumentrics, a Westwood, Mass. technology startup working on solid oxide fuel cells in the kilowatt generation range, has received a $15.6 million grant from the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Like many fuel cell companies, Acumentrics ultimately hopes to sell to the US military, and for that purpose makes a range of high-output cells for use by ground units, as well as industries like telecommunications.
However, the company also hopes to move… Continue Reading