Last month, ARPA-E Program Director Doug Wicks and Fellow Julia Greenwald gathered students participating in the MINER BOOST bootcamp to pitch their commercialization ideas for high-potential research projects within the mining and minerals processing space.

#ARPAEontheRoad 🚗

ARPA-E Program Director Dr. Doug Wicks and Fellow Dr. Julia Greenwald recently toured the Rio Tinto Kennecott Mine and refinery in Utah, which is the largest copper mine in the U.S., accounting for 12% of our copper production.

#ARPAEontheRoad

Program Director Phil Kim recently kicked off ARPA-E's GOPHURRS program, which supports new tech that can reduce the costs of undergrounding power lines📉.

GOPHURRS awardees and key industry stakeholders gathered to discuss projects and tour EPRI cable test facilities.

At the #ARPAE24 Summit, discover how osmoses is revolutionizing industrial gas separations with their novel membrane technology, as they use it to separate pure oxygen from air on the Technology Showcase floor.

Come see this LIVE tech demo on Thursday, May 23!

We're thrilled to announce more Main Stage speakers for the #ARPAE24 Summit, which is just a week away!

Please welcome the speakers below from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Angeleno Group, Hunt Energy Company, Imagen Energy, Fervo Energy, and Phoenix Tailings⤵️⤵️!

ARPA-E Program Director Dr. Bob Ledoux and Fellow Dr. Ben Weiner hosted a workshop on applications of quantum computing to energy-relevant problems in computational chemistry and materials science.

#ARPAEontheRoad 🚗

Texas is at the center of a historic energy transition in America. ARPA-E Director Evelyn Wang shares her motivations for bringing America’s energy innovators to Dallas for the #ARPAE24 Energy Innovation Summit. ⤵⤵️⤵️

Read on the ARPA-E blog here: arpa-e.energy.gov/news-and-media…

Have you ever wondered how a high-power laser could cut straight through a wellhead? At the #ARPAE24 Summit, Foro Energy will highlight its Mobile Laser Cutting Unit, designed for abandoned oil and gas wells.

🗓️Join Foro at booth 116 on May 23 at 6:15pm in the Tech Showcase.

It’s not every day you get to hear all of the ARPA Directors discuss the future of advanced research.

At the Special Competitive Studies Project Expo, ARPA-E Director Dr. Evelyn Wang sat down with the Directors of DARPA, ARPA-H, and IARPA, to discuss challenges and opportunities facing America.

Program Director Halle Cheeseman recently visited SVX to learn more about their breakthrough process for sustainably manufacturing cathode materials - the most expensive and carbon-intensive parts of lithium-ion batteries - at a significantly lower cost.

#ARPAEontheRoad

ARPA-E Program Director Dr. Peter de Bock recently visited magniX HQ to learn about how they’re assisting the ASCEND project team at Texas A&M University in developing an ultra-efficient, lightweight electric powertrain for aircraft propulsion ✈ ⚡.

#ARPAEontheRoad

ARPA-E Director Dr. Evelyn Wang and Khosla Ventures founder, Vinod Khosla, discussed the future of climate tech and how ARPA-E can further its work with the venture community at the Khosla Ventures mixer during #SFClimateWeek .

“ARPA-E has helped catalyze Antora's technology from an idea on a chalkboard to a commercial success,” shared Antora co-founder and COO Justin Briggs.

Read about what’s new at Antora: bit.ly/4b4pTaq

At the #ARPAE24 Summit, Quidnet Energy will display a wellhead used in one of the first field demos of their geomechanical energy storage tech and show how it's used to flow water between the surface and subsurface lens.

Don't miss this LIVE tech demo on Wednesday, May 22!

.SkyNano Technologies is developing advanced carbon nanotube materials for carbon-negative construction under ARPA-E's HESTIA program🏗️.

The team recently hosted ARPA-E Program Director Laurent Pilon and T2M Advisor Ken Pulido at their new facility in Tennessee.

#ARPAEontheRoad

.Illinois Center for Transportation is developing models to provide data-driven intermodal logistics analysis and critical infrastructure planning that prioritizes decarbonization, and recently hosted Program Director Bob Ledoux and T2M Advisor Apoorv Agarwal to discuss progress.

#ARPAEontheRoad

As his time at ARPA-E draws to a close, T2M Advisor Dr. Rakesh Radhakrishnan has worked on several key programs and technology commercialization efforts that support the agency’s mission.

Take a look back at his time at ARPA-E in this Q&A blog: bit.ly/4aaN0yP.

South 8 Technologies’ liquefied gas electrolyte, LiGas®, enables batteries with significant low temp performance⚡️❄️.

Don’t miss a LIVE demo of its performance at the #ARPAE24 Summit, where South 8 will plunge flashlights with the LiGas electrolyte into a dry ice bath.

This year, we're offering brand new networking opportunities for #ARPAE24 Summit attendees, including a Women in Energy Breakfast on May 23, and a Program Director Networking Event on May 24.

Register now to connect with the nation's energy leaders: arpae-summit.com/Register

ARPA-E Director Dr. Evelyn Wang was thrilled to join Natron Energy to celebrate the historic milestone of opening the nation’s first-ever commercial-scale sodium-ion battery manufacturing facility, which could revolutionize industrial power and tackle domestic supply chains⚡️🔋.