by Jbs050710 j3 — May 12, 2010—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced two rewards for research on renewable energy: $106 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to 37 research projects in 17 states under DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), and nearly $3 million to advance the work of 16 institutions doing wind power research, including several colleges and universities.
The second round of $106 million in ARPA-E grants will go to investigations into three areas: making advanced biofuels from renewable electricity or hydrogen instead of sunlight; designing completely new types of batteries to make electric vehicles more efficient and affordable; and removing carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants in a more cost-effective way. Awards are going to institutions and facilities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
The higher education recipients of the $3 million will use these funds for research in the areas of wind and water power, and to help develop cutting-edge, highly trained workers. These awards will advance wind turbine technology research and development, enhance wind technology curricula for university coursework, provide students with educational opportunities for hands-on wind technology research, develop training programs that will build the wind power workforce, and research possible environmental impacts of wind power deployment. Awards will go to institutions in Delaware, Ohio, California, Virginia, Iowa, Kansas, Arizona, Indiana, North Dakota, Massachusetts, North Carolina, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, Texas and Michigan.
