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Three Michigan Advanced Energy Companies Receive NextEnergy Grants

By Edward Cardenas

DETROIT (CBS Detroit) - Three Michigan companies have received $295,000 in Michigan Accelerating Technology Energy Grant funds from NextEnergy.

Navitas Advanced Solutions Group, LLC., REL, Inc. and Temper, Inc. were awarded the grants which provide matching funds, or cost-share, in addition to funding for follow-on commercialization projects.

"While there are multiple sources of funding for advanced energy research, development and demonstration projects, businesses often struggle to come up with matching funds," said NextEnergy President and CEO, Jean Redfield, in a release. "The MATch Energy Grant allows us to provide this critical support to deserving organizations, which then helps Michigan companies transform federal funding into job growth for the state of Michigan."

The MATch Energy Grant, launched in 2012 with funding from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to support commercialization process for applied research projects, is open to eligible Michigan businesses and universities applying for federal funding in the area of advanced energy.

Recipients of the grants, and the amount each business received, are:

  • Navitas Advanced Solutions Group, LLC, based in Ann Arbor, which earned a $20,000 MATch grant to support their research on new electrode coating and microwave drying processes for advanced battery cell assembly and production.
  • Calumet-based REL, Inc., earned a $175,000 in cost-share and commercialization support for the development of a conformable natural gas tank that can be integrated into the body of a vehicle.
  • Temper, Inc. earned $100,000 in MATch Energy Grant commercialization project funds to develop a more energy-efficient molding process for thermoplastic composites.
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