Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Patrick Cloney Executive Director

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Patrick Cloney Executive Director December 4, 2009

Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy • Mission: Develop nimble, creative & inventive approaches to transform the global energy landscape while advancing America’s technology leadership • $151 million in funding announced in October 2009 in the first round of funding • 37 projects funded in 17 states

Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy • Rigorous review process with input from multiple review panels composed of leading U. S. energy science and technology experts and ARPA-E's program managers Evaluations were based on the potential for high impact on ARPA-E's goals and scientific and technical merit • 3, 600+ initial concept papers received • 300 full applications requested

ARPA-E Awards by State DOE ARPA-E Transformational Energy Research Projects State Population (1) DOE Grant Amount Received % % Number of Awards % MA 6, 497, 967 2% $33, 276, 106 22% 6 16% AZ 6, 500, 180 2% $10, 338, 856 7% 2 5% CA 36, 756, 666 12% $20, 851, 744 14% 7 19% CO CT 4, 939, 456 3, 501, 252 2% 1% $14, 137, 549 $2, 251, 183 9% 1% 2 1 5% 3% DE IA IL IN MI MN MO NC NJ 873, 092 3, 002, 555 12, 901, 563 6, 376, 792 10, 003, 422 5, 220, 393 5, 911, 605 9, 222, 414 8, 682, 661 0% 1% 4% 2% 3% 2% 2% 3% 3% $13, 462, 162 $4, 373, 488 $3, 966, 239 $6, 733, 386 $5, 195, 805 $2, 200, 000 $7, 200, 000 $3, 111, 693 $1, 000 9% 3% 3% 4% 3% 1% 5% 2% 1% 2 1 2 1 1 5% 3% 3% OH OK PA 11, 485, 910 3, 642, 361 12, 448, 279 4% 1% 4% $17, 511, 403 $3, 000 $2, 466, 708 12% 2% 2% 4 1 2 11% 3% 5% Total 304, 059, 724 $151, 076, 322 37

ARPA-E Awards by State DOE ARPA-E Transformational Energy Research Projects Awards to Startups State Number of Awards MA AZ CA CO CT DE IA IL IN MI MN MO NC NJ OH OK PA Total 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 16 % 31% 0% 31% 13% 0% 0% 0% 6% 13% 6% 0% Grant Amount $26, 326, 482 $0 $15, 098, 388 $14, 137, 549 $0 $0 $0 $1, 000 $7, 992, 144 $3, 000 $0 $67, 554, 563 Awards to Research Institutions % 39% 0% 22% 21% 0% 0% 0% 1% 12% 4% 0% Number of Awards 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 14 % 7% 14% 0% 0% 7% 7% 7% 0% 14% Grant Amount $6, 949, 624 $10, 338, 856 $5, 753, 356 $0 $0 $4, 462, 162 $4, 373, 488 $1, 715, 752 $0 $2, 540, 631 $2, 200, 000 $0 $3, 111, 693 $0 $5, 000 $0 $2, 466, 708 $48, 912, 270 % 14% 21% 12% 0% 0% 9% 9% 4% 0% 5% 4% 0% 6% 0% 10% 0% 5%

1366 Technologies, Inc. • Project Description: “Direct Wafer” technology to form high efficiency “monocrystalline-equivalent” silicon wafers directly from molten silicon Potential to halve the installed cost of solar photovoltaics • Partnerships: MIT – Lab for PV Research • DOE Grant Amount: $4, 000

Agrivida, Inc. • Project Description: Cell wall-degrading enzymes grown within the plant itself that are activated after harvest, dramatically reducing the cost of cellulosic biofuels and chemicals • Partnerships: N/A • DOE Grant Amount: $4, 565, 800

Fast. CAP Systems Corporation • Project Description: A nanotube enhanced ultracapacitor with energy density approaching that of standard batteries, but with many times greater power density and thousands of times the cycle life Could greatly reduce the cost of hybrid and electric vehicles and of grid-scale storage • Partnerships: MIT • DOE Grant Amount: $5, 349, 932

Flo. Design Wind Turbine Corp. • Project Description: A new high efficiency shrouded wind turbine able to deliver significantly more energy per unit of swept area Could also reduce noise and safety concerns, enabling distributed wind applications • Partnerships: N/A • DOE Grant Amount: $8, 325, 400

MIT • Project Description: An all liquid metal grid-scale battery for low cost, large scale storage of electrical energy This new class of batteries could enable continuous power supply from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar and a more stable, reliable grid • Partnerships: N/A • DOE Grant Amount: $6, 949, 624

Sun Catalytix Corporation • Project Description: A novel catalyst to greatly enhance the efficiency of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen An important platform technology for the production of solar fuels and for distributed energy storage systems • Partnerships: N/A • DOE Grant Amount: $4, 085, 350