Project Grant DEAR0001248

The National Science Foundation awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to develop a direct air capture technology for carbon dioxide sequestration. The university will utilize industrial waste materials and a two-step mineral carbonation method to directly capture CO2 from the atmosphere and store it as a stable mineral. This has the potential to offer a low-cost solution for permanent CO2 removal on a...

This $150,000 federal grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports collaborative research between Brown University and the University of Connecticut to develop an innovative system for direct air capture and electrochemical conversion of CO2 to ethanol and other liquid fuels. The project aims to create a novel cellulose-based membrane system integrated with cobalt nanosheet catalysts on graphene to efficiently capture CO2 from air...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program awarded a $3,709,032 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Illinois to complete a feasibility study for a regional Direct Air Capture (DAC) hub in Florida. The key objectives are to define the DAC hub organization, select technologies, assess life cycle emissions, identify safety/regulatory requirements, and develop financing, business, and community benefits plans. Planned sub-awards include...

Heirloom Carbon Technologies, Inc. was awarded a $476,811 project grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy to research, design, and develop a passive air contactor that drastically reduces the cost of direct air mineralization of carbon dioxide. The purpose of the one-year project grant, awarded September 6, 2021, is to unlock the vast potential of carbon removal at scale through a transformative low-cost approach for direct air mineralization of CO2 via...

The Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy awarded Linde, Inc. a $1,498,778 cooperative agreement titled "Engineering Study of Svante's Solid Sorbent Post-Combustion CO2 Capture Technology at a Linde Steam Methane Reforming H2 Plant." The award period is from October 1, 2021 through November 30, 2023. Under this agreement, Linde will conduct an engineering study of Svante's solid sorbent carbon capture technology at one of Linde's steam methane reforming hydrogen plants. The...

Creare LLC was awarded a $769,822 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a novel air contractor design for direct removal of carbon dioxide from ambient air under Topic P of funding opportunity announcement DE-FOA-0001954. The project will create low pressure drop contactors for direct air capture using amine-based sorbent coated plates. Research Triangle Institute (RTI) will provide the sorbent coated plates as a...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated $1.722 million under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA #81.089) for the project "Tunable Rapid-Uptake Aminopolymer Aerogel Sorbent for Direct Air Capture of CO2 (TRAPS)." Through this cooperative agreement awarded February 16, 2021 and set to be completed by March 31, 2023, Palo Alto Research Center will develop tunable rapid-uptake...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $299,980 Project Grant to the University of Southern California (USC) for the period of August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The purpose of this grant is to investigate mass and energy transfer mechanisms in stimuli-responsive "smart" sorbent materials for direct air capture of carbon dioxide (CO2). The research aims to develop new sorbent materials that can release...

Precision Combustion, Inc. was awarded a $255,819 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the CAPTURE OF ATMOSPHERIC CO2 project. The project aims to capture atmospheric carbon dioxide through June 2023. The Office of Science's mission is to advance scientific understanding and energy technologies, such as carbon capture, to transform the energy sector and benefit national security. The...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program, awarded a $23,659,268 Cooperative Agreement to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to advance the development of a Direct Air Capture (DAC) hub in the Southern San Joaquin Valley of California. The project will focus on designing, engineering, and planning an integrated DAC system to support the transition to a net-zero carbon economy. The...