Bettergy Corp. in Peekskill has been awarded a $149,632 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop a low-cost battery to supply emergency backup power for people using powered medical devices.
The grant was announced by U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, a Harrison Democrat and ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee.
Founded in 2008, Bettergy develops and commercializes energy and environmental technologies for the military and the general public, according to its website. In its research labs at 8 John Walsh Blvd. in Peekskill, company engineers are working on projects in nanomaterial science and engineering, electrochemical engineering, fuel cell development, ion-conductive membrane development, gas membrane separation and water desalination technologies in addition to battery research and development and manufacturing.
Lowey in a press release said Bettergy”™s work supported by the federal grant “will have a real-life, positive impact for people in our community, especially during major power outages.”
