DOE Announces RFP for Advanced Energy Projects

US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced $130 million for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop five new program areas that could catalyze critical breakthrough technologies to secure America’s energy future. This creates program areas that will fund innovative projects seeking to discover rare earth alternatives and find advancements in biofuels, thermal storage, the electric grid and solar power electronics. The success of these program areas could reduce our country’s dependence of foreign oil, decrease the cost of clean electricity and develop a sustainable infrastructure for future generations of Americans.

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