The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) announced the selection of eight projects to drive innovation in lithium-ion battery rejuvenation, recycling, and reuse.

The $2.5 million in federal awards from DOE’s Energy’s Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) Initiative will help in efforts to reduce carbon emissions, facilitate the transition to electrification, promote clean energy, and more.

Kazi will use the award for equipment needed to continue his research on methods of water purification and resource recovery.

Developing technology to mitigate emissions from engines and advance the development of cleaner fuels.

Argonne is partnering with M2X Energy working on new technology that will turn wasted natural gas into valuable syngas.

Evaluating the impact of new technologies on mobility, energy use and emissions to support the implementation of advanced infrastructure.

Understanding how the potential costs of supporting an increasing number of electric vehicles can be fairly distributed.

Determining the potential of powering offshore fish farms with ocean thermal energy conversion.

Developing new models that can use data generated by sensors on hydropower components to predict how the components will degrade over time and estimate a component’s remaining life.