WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The office of Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado US Senators Cory Gardner (R) and Michael Bennet (D) today announced the US Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded $11 million for 7 projects in total, one of which is going to the state of Colorado. The Colorado project is funded through the OPEN+ program provided by ARPA-E OPEN+ program. "The University of Colorado Boulder will be able to gr  more