ReVolt Technologies, a maker of rechargeable Zinc-air batteries which is moving its headquarters from Switzerland to Portland, has received one of the largest federal research grants in the latest funding round from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. ARPA-E, as the agency is known, yesterday announced $106 million for 37 projects. And new battery technology for use in electric vehicles also the direction of another one of the projects supported by ARPA-E. Tuscon, Arizona-based Sion Power Corp. received $5 million to develop a new Lithium-Sulfur battery that's designed to power electric vehicles for more than 300 miles on one charge. Partner organizations on that project include the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, BASF and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. More>
Friday, April 30, 2010
ARPA-E backs battery and biofuel researchers with $106M in grants
ReVolt Technologies, a maker of rechargeable Zinc-air batteries which is moving its headquarters from Switzerland to Portland, has received one of the largest federal research grants in the latest funding round from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. ARPA-E, as the agency is known, yesterday announced $106 million for 37 projects. And new battery technology for use in electric vehicles also the direction of another one of the projects supported by ARPA-E. Tuscon, Arizona-based Sion Power Corp. received $5 million to develop a new Lithium-Sulfur battery that's designed to power electric vehicles for more than 300 miles on one charge. Partner organizations on that project include the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, BASF and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. More>
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