06/01/2022
Contact: Richard Buck, [email protected], (508) 566-8044 For Immediate Release: May 19, 2022
Department of Energy Awards $190,704 for Small Business Research and Development to EOM Offshore, LLC.
One of 259 Grants Totaling $53Million Nationwide to Support Scientific Innovation in Clean Energy Development and Climate Solutions
May 19, 2022 -- U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm today announced that EOM Offshore will receive $190,704 as part of 259 Department of Energy grants totaling $53 million to 210 small businesses in 38 states. The awards include projects relating to particle accelerators and fusion technology, applied nanoscience, quantum information applications, and dark matter research along with a wide range of other efforts.
“Supporting small businesses will ensure we are tapping into all of America’s talent to develop clean energy technologies that will help us tackle the climate crisis,” said Steve Binkley, Acting Director of the DOE’s Office of Science. “DOE’s investments will enable these economic engines to optimize and commercialize their breakthroughs, while developing the next generation of science leaders and ensuring U.S. scientific and economic competitiveness that will benefit all Americans.”
Through the SBIR/STTR program across the federal government, small business powers the U.S. economy and generates thousands of jobs, both directly and indirectly, the DOE notes. DOE Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards aim at transforming DOE-supported science and technology breakthroughs into viable products and services. The awards also support the development of specialized technologies and instruments that aid in scientific discovery.
EOM Offshore will receive $190,704 to further develop a Maximal Asymmetric Drag Wave Energy Converter (MADWEC), in concert with the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth (inventors of the WEC concept) and Boston Engineering.
Dr. David Aubrey, CEO of EOM Offshore, declares “EOM welcomes the opportunity to partner on this DOE STTR with the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and Boston Engineering, as this award provides critical bridge funding to advance from initial concepts and engineering into the next phase of advanced design that will lead to proof of concept build and in field testing.”
More information about all the projects announced by DOE today is available at the following link: https://science.osti.gov/sbir
