ARPA-E Announces $30 Million for Research Projects to Develop Breakthrough Technologies to Advance Solar Energy

ARPA-E was launched in 2009 to seek out transformational, breakthrough technologies that show fundamental technical promise but are too early for private-sector investment.

The Department of Energy today announced that up to $30 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will be made available for a new program that will engage our country