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Chart: How the ‘Darpa for Energy’ Is Slicing Its $150-Million Pie
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency announced its first grant awards Monday morning, handing out more than $150 million for what the agency describes as “bold, transformational” energy projects. The fledgling “Darpa for energy” bet between ...
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Chart: How the ‘Darpa for Energy’ Is Slicing Its $150-Million Pie
Peak Oil News — ... categories, seven of them received more than $10 million, and none received more than $30 million. Oil and gas received the least money with a sole project garnering $1 million. The largest wards went to Foro Energy and DuPont, which received $9.1 and $9 million, respectively. Foro, which does not appear to have a website, has a new geothermal drilling technique that could provide faster drilling with less wear on drill bits. DuPont is trying to produce butanol from seaweed. Wired "

Drumbeat: October 27, 2009
The Oil DrumChart: How the ‘Darpa for Energy’ Is Slicing Its $150-Million Pie The lion’s share of the grant money went to energy-storage projects followed by biomass-energy technologies and then renewable power like wind and solar. That said, the money was spread pretty evenly among the agency’s areas of interest. Of the 10 technological categories, seven of them received more than $10 million, and none received more than $30 million. Oil and gas received the least money with a sole project garnering $1 million. ...

Obama awards $3.4 billion in ’smart grid’ grants
Peak Energy — ... Wired has an article looking at where the new Department of Energy Adavnced projects money is going - Chart: How the ‘Darpa for Energy’ Is Slicing Its $150-Million Pie. ...

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