ARPA-E is modeled after DARPA and financing one groundbreaking energy innovation after another. Arun Majumdar, the agency's director, talks about some of the projects it's funding, from biofuels grown on electrodes to air conditioners ...READ»
The DOE's latest round of funding focuses on finding alternatives to rare earth metals, which are found in everything from wind turbines to computer hard drives.READ»
ARPA-E is the U.S. Department of Energy program that awards grants to "moonshot" green technologies. The latest round goes to offbeat ideas like cryogenic carbon capture, nano-magnets, and some very large kites.READ»
Apple grabbed the exclusive rights this week for amorphous, non-crystalline metal alloys owned by Liquidmetal Technologies as part of what is presumably a plan to make even stronger, lighter electronic devices. But Apple doesn't own metal. READ»
This past October, the U.S. Department of Energy's ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) program gave $151 million to so-called "moonshot" green tech companies that are working on projects that might not otherwise have a ...READ»
The Obama administration has been good to the renewable energy industry, with the Department of Energy announcing in July that it will give up to $30 billion in loan guarantees to renewable energy projects. Now the DOE is going out ...READ»
