ARPA-E REPORT

Other ARPA-E awards from the recent $130M package:

Allylix got $4.5M to develop energy-dense terpenes for high-performance av fuels. Could increase flight range up to 20%.

U of Wash got $4M to develop microbes to convert methane into diesel. Enables small-scale conversion.

Pratt & Whitney got $3.8M to develop system to improve conversion of NG to liquid fuels. Would partially oxidize NG in turbine combustor, facilitating conversion to fuels. Could simultaneously gen el.

Colo State U $2M to develop system to rapidly intro new genetic traits into crops not now able to be engineered.

Plant Sensory Systems got $1.8M to produce enhanced energy sugar beet optimized for biofuel production.

U of Minnesota $1.8M to develop ultra-thin separation membrane to improve production of biofuels, plastics, other materials. Such a new class of membranes could reduce US energy consumption up to 3% if fully implemented.

Ceramatic $1.7M to develop small-scale membrane reactor for NG to fuels in 1 step. To capture oil well NG flaring. Global flaring burns off equivalent of 20% of annual US elgen.

Gas Tech Inst got $772K to develop process to convert NG into methanol and hydrogen. Metal oxide catalysts continuously regenerated in reactor. Ops at room temp.

Bio2Electric $601K to develop small-scale reactor for NG-to-fuel. Combines fuel cell tech with advanced catalysts. El byproduct.

MIT got $547K to develop compact reformer for NG to fuels.

U of Tenn $441K to develop transformable single cell line for rapid assessment of cell wall genes for biofuels. Focus on switchgrass.

U of Colo $380K to use nanotech to improve structure of gas-to-liquids catalysts. Would help to create small-scale reactor.