I&I Program Announces FY 2003 Awards for Energy-Saving Inventions
September 3, 2003
A total of 9 new projects will receive over $1.5 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Inventions and Innovation (I&I) Program in fiscal year 2003. The energy-related technologies were selected through a competitive solicitation process, which opened on February 12, 2003 and closed on April 11, 2003. At the close of the solicitation, I&I had received 252 proposals, of which 9 received funding.
The I&I Program provides two levels of funding: Category 1 projects can receive up to $75,000 in funding for conducting early development and establishing technical performance of innovative energy saving ideas and inventions; Category 2 projects can receive up to $250,000 for more well-developed inventions moving toward prototype development or commercialization.
FY 2003 I&I Category 1 Grantees
| EERE Area | Invention Title | Organization | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Technologies | Freight Wing Trailer Aerodynamics | Freight Wing Incorporated | $75,000 |
| Industrial Technologies | Chemically Inert Membranes | PoroGen LLC | $65,000 |
| Industrial Technologies | Cost-Effective Consolidation of Fine Aluminum Scrap for Increased Remelting Efficiency | EMV Technologies LLC | $75,000 |
| Building | Carbon Dioxide Nanoelectric Sensors | Nanomix, Inc. | $75,000 |
FY 2003 I&I Category 2 Grantees
| EERE Area | Invention Title | Organization | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biomass | Anaerobic Pump Pilot at Old Dutch Foods Manufacturing | Technology Matrix Corp. | $250,000 |
| Solar | Commericialization of a 2.5kW Utility Interactive Inverter for Distributed Generation | Advanced Energy Conversion LLC | $250,000 |
| Building | High Efficiency Liquid-Desiccant Regenerator | AIL Research | $248,500 |
| Wind | Variable Length Wind Turbine Blade | Energy Unlimited, Inc. | $247,000 |
| Hydrogen | Development of Higher Temperature Membrane and Electrode Assembly for Proton Exchange Memebrane Fuel Cell Device Based on SPEKK Blends | Oxford Performance Materials, Inc. | $250,000 |