Department Of Energy Seeks To Award $62 Million To Support R&D For Advanced Batteries

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is seeking applications under a $62 million Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) to support R&D in the energy storage area for vehicles using electric drive components, including hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). Specifically, the R&D will focus on high-power batteries, high-energy batteries, and ultracapacitors for automobile applications.

The energy storage goals will be accomplished through the funding of research and development (R&D) ranging from focused, long-term research to more applied R&D. Most of the longer term research will be done in universities and the national laboratories, but much of the more applied work will be done within the domestic battery industry. In order to ensure that this R&D is relevant and responsive to the needs of the...