MINES RESEARCHER AWARDED $7.7m FROM ARPA-E TO TEST FULL-SCALE HYBRID STATIONARY POWER SYSTEM

Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Robert Braun has been awarded $7.7 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop and test a full-scale hybrid stationary power system that could provide highly efficient electricity to hospitals, supermarkets, large retailers and more.  The fuel cell researchers are targeting the highest electric efficiency ever for something that’s powered by a fossil fuel – the world’s first 70 percent efficient natural-gas fueled power generation system.  July 13, 2020.