The U.S. Department of Energy ( DOE ) has awarded more than $ 20 million in funding to help national laboratories across the country collaborate with U.S. businesses to speed delivery of promising energy technologies to the marketplace.
DOE ’s Argonne National Laboratory received $4.3 million from DOE to fund 12 projects across six divisions. Argonne’s Applied Materials division and the Energy Systems division each received three, the Nuclear Science and Engineering division and the Chemical and Fuel Cell Technology division each received two, and the Nanoscience and Technology division and the X-Ray Science division each received one.
The awards are being made through the Technology Commercialization Fund ( TCF ), which is managed by DOE ’s Office of Technology Transitions ( OTT ). The TCF is a program in which companies are matched with national laboratories, and the parties work together to mature energy technologies with the potential for high impact. The funds supplied by DOE are matched by funds from the private partners. The total budget of the Argonne-related projects is $ 9 . 7 million.
“ This year’s TCF awards reflect the breadth and depth of Argonne’s technical expertise and the value Argonne delivers to its industrial partners and the nation.” — Ushma Kriplani, Interim Associate Laboratory Director for Science and Technology Partnerships and Outreach at Argonne
“ The Department of Energy is one of the largest supporters of technology transfer within the federal government. By connecting innovators at our national labs with entrepreneurs in the private sector, DOE is breaking down barriers and finding the nexus between ingenuity and opportunity,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. ? “ The projects announced today will further strengthen those efforts across a broad spectrum of energy technologies and advance DOE ’s important mission of technology transfer.”
The full list of TCF selections and the private sector partners can be found on the DOE OTT website .
The goal of TCF is two-fold. First, it is designed to increase the number of energy technologies developed at DOE ’s national laboratories that graduate to commercial development and achieve commercial impact. Second, the TCF enhances DOE ’s technology transitions system with a forward-looking and competitive approach to lab-industry partnerships.
“ This year’s TCF awards reflect the breadth and depth of Argonne’s technical expertise and the value Argonne delivers to its industrial partners and the nation,” said Ushma Kriplani, Interim Associate Laboratory Director for Science and Technology Partnerships and Outreach at Argonne. ? “ The support of these projects by the Office of Technology Transitions is a critical step in the effort to deliver energy technologies that enhance the U.S. energy portfolio and strengthen the U.S. economy.”
Argonne researchers whose projects received 2018 funding are:
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