Greentech Mediaによれば、米国エネルギー省の団体”ARPA-E”は、1億600万ドルを新エネルギーベンチャーに投資すると発表したとのこと。
The Department of Energy announced $106M today in funding for 37 experimental projects that could radically change the ways that we think of “alternative energy.”
この中には、安価なマグネシウムイオン二次電池を開発している、Pellion Technologies, Inc.が含まれています。
Pellion Technologies, Inc. – $3.2M – the project will develop an inexpensive, rechargeable magnesium-ion battery for electric and hybrid-electric vehicle applications. Computational methods and accelerated chemical synthesis will be used to develop new materials and chemistries.
