The funding comes from the DoE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) initiative to focus on battery management and storage to advance electric vehicle technologies.
The projects will also look to improve the efficiency and reliability of the electrical grid and provide important energy security benefits to America’s armed forces.
Twelve of the 19 projects will receive $30m from Advanced Management and Protection of Energy Storage Devices (AMPED) program to develop advanced sensing and control technologies for improving safety, performance, and lifetime of grid-scale and vehicle batteries.
ARPA-E will provide $13m to seven projects through its Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program to offer cutting-edge energy storage developments for stationary power and electric vehicles.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu said, "This latest round of ARPA-E projects seek to address the remaining challenges in energy storage technologies, which could revolutionize the way Americans store and use energy in electric vehicles, the grid and beyond, while also potentially improving the access to energy for the U.S. military at forward operating bases in remote areas."
