A recent New York Times article examines the work of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (aka ARP-E).
The agency has a budget of $400 million to fund high-risk projects that have game-changing potential for the creation, storage and use of power.
Following the Gulf Oil Spill, there is more pressure to move the U.S. away from oil as a transportation fuel. The article looks at some of the projects funded to create stronger, lighter batteries and ultracapacitors for electric vehicles (FastCap Systems) and to produce cheaper cellulosic biofuels (Agrivida).
Read the full story at the link below.
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