← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Antora Energy, Inc.
Sunnyvale
$25,988,032
Total funding
6
Grants
Funding over time
peak $15.2M · FY2018–25$20M$15M$10M$5M$0
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
'25
Funding mix
By agency
DOE$24,316,077 · 3
NSF$1,459,779 · 2
DOD$212,176 · 1
By mechanism
—$25,988,032 · 6
Investigators at Antora Energy, Inc.
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
Not enough data
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
Not enough data
Largest grants
INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES REQUIRE CONTINUOUS HEAT AND POWER THAT, CURRENTLY, ONLY FOSSIL FUELS CAN PROVIDE RELIABLY AND COST-EFFECTIVELY, MAKING THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR THE LARGEST SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE US. THE RAPID GROWTH OF WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY HAS CREATED AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS WITH LOW- OR ZERO-EMISSIONS POWER, BUT INTERMITTENT GENERATION HAS LIMITED DEPLOYMENT AS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF INDUSTRIAL POWER. ANTORA ENERGY IS ADDRESSING THIS
CHALLENGE BY TURNING EXCESS RENEWABLE GENERATION INTO RELIABLE, ON-DEMAND HEAT AND POWER FOR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES. ANTORA’S COMBINED HEAT AND POWER (CHP) THERMAL BATTERY IS CHARGED WITH RENEWABLE POWER AND CAN DISCHARGE BOTH HEAT AND ELECTRICITY, THE LATTER VIA A SOLID-STATE HEAT ENGINE (SSHE) COMPOSED OF THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC (TPV) CELLS. THE TPV CELL IS MANUFACTURED USING AN EXPENSIVE SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER THAT DOMINATES THE OVERALL SYSTEM COST. RECENTLY, ANTORA DEMONSTRATED A NEW TPV MANUFACTURING METHOD THAT ENABLES DRAMATICALLY LOWER OVERALL COSTS. IN SCALE-UP, ANTORA PROPOSES SCALING THIS LOW-COST TPV AND SSHE MANUFACTURING TO A 10 MW/YEAR PRE-COMMERCIAL PILOT LEVEL, UNLOCKING THE INVESTMENT NEEDED FOR FULL COMMERCIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, ANTORA WILL (1) VERTICALLY INTEGRATE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND TOOLS; (2) PRODUCTIZE TPV INTO AN INTEGRATED SSHE; (3) VERIFY SSHE AND TPV COST AND PERFORMANCE METRICS; AND (4) DEVELOP A TECHNO-ECONOMIC MODEL AND MARKET ANALYSIS WITH INPUT FROM KEY COMMERCIALIZATION PARTNERS. IF SUCCESSFUL, ANTORA WILL ENABLE RAPID DECARBONIZATION IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR (>225 GW), BOLSTER US ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY, AND CREATE HIGH-PAYING JOBS IN THE DOMESTIC ENERGY AND MANUFACTURING SECTORS.$15,221,496
· FY2025 · Department of Energy
ANTORA ENERGY: NEW DAYS AWARD.
CONTROL NUMBER: 1906-1621
TITLE: ''SOLID STATE THERMAL BATTERY''$7,094,607
· FY2019 · Department of Energy
HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLID-STATE WASTE HEAT RECOVERY FOR IRON AND STEELMAKING$1,999,974
· FY2021 · Department of Energy
SBIR Phase II: Research and development of production-scale high-efficiency Thermal Photovoltaic (TPV) cells to enable ultra-low cost energy storage.$1,234,779
· FY2020 · TIP
STTR Phase I: Advanced Thermophotovoltaic Generators for High-Value Remote Power$225,000
· FY2018 · TIP
NEW FOR PROFIT CA$212,176
· FY2021 · Defense Contract Management Agency