Categorical Exclusion Determinations: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy

Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a technology to enhance the power delivery system for laser drivers by leveraging efficient microwave sources in combination with electron beams to energize excimer gas lasers used in generating laser-based inertial fusion energy.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a long-distance wireless power transfer (WPT) 4 meter (m) phased array antenna with over 1 kilowatt of radio frequency power transmitting 200m to a 4m receiving antenna array with minimum 70 percent end-to-end efficiency from source to delivered direct current (DC) for the purpose of connecting energy generation with demand.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a new catalytic graphitization technology for producing high-value graphite from various grades of petroleum coke at a lower temperature (1500 °C) and with a shortened process time (hours rather than days), compared with conventional processes.