2 grants to ASU will help change the way the US generates and consumes energy

Arizona State University
November 2, 2009

TEMPE, Ariz. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Arizona State University two grants for alternative energy research that are part of a special DOE program to pursue high-risk, high-reward advances with the potential to change the way the nation generates and consumes energy.

ASU's grants, totaling more than $10 million, are among 37 new DOE grants totaling $151 million to support the program.

ASU's grants are for work on a new class of high-performance metal-air batteries and the use of photosynthetic bacteria to produce automotive fuel from a combination of sunlight, water and carbon dioxide.

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