Cooperative Agreement DESC0019956

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award provides $274,723 to Earthen Energy Inc. for the development of a Packed Bed Thermal Energy Storage (PB-TES) system using supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) as the heat transfer fluid. The project aims to create a scalable, cost-effective energy storage solution to improve grid stability and enable greater integration of renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Key objectives...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Premier Resource Management LLC a $4.8 million Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to demonstrate an integrated Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) and Geological Thermal Energy Storage (GEOTES) system. The project, initiated October 1, 2025 and scheduled for completion December 31, 2026, will deliver a...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant to Fourth Power, Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an energy storage technology that stores electricity as heat and converts it back to electricity using thermophotovoltaics (TPV). The goal is to create a low-cost battery system that can decouple power and energy, enabling discharge durations between 1-100 hours, which is not currently achievable with other...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Southwest Research Institute a $1,451,651 Cooperative Agreement effective October 1, 2025, under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to develop and test a novel Dual-Media Thermal Energy Storage (DMTES) system for concentrating solar thermal applications. The project, scheduled for completion by March 31, 2027, focuses on validating a single-tank thermocline...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Durion, Inc. received a $1.39 million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) on October 1, 2025, for completion by December 31, 2026. The award funds a Solar Tier 2 project that will develop and validate a low-cost thermal energy storage (TES) system—the HEATTRAP TES—for use in behind-the-meter...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Exergy Labs LLC received a $3.73 million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), effective October 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026. The award supports the development and demonstration of two complementary energy storage approaches for concentrated solar-thermal (CST) systems: thermochemical storage via solar...

Rcam Technologies Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop a low cost, 3D concrete printed, modular, marine pumped hydroelectric storage system. The award is being carried out in San Antonio, TX under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Specifically, the...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Firestone Walker Inc. received a $14.97 million Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), effective October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2026. The award funds a concentrated solar thermal (CST) energy system designed to decarbonize the company's 1-million-barrel brewery facility in Paso...

The Southwest Research Institute received a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to complete a conceptual design and optimization study of a commercial-scale Liquid Air Combined Cycle system integrated with a natural gas combustion turbine. The study will be carried out in collaboration with sub-awardee Pintail Power LLC. The award supports the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management's Fossil Energy Research...

Harvest Thermal, Inc. was awarded a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop a low-emissions heating and hot water system. The 24-month project will address technical risks to enable large-scale deployment of residential heating and hot water load shifting using highly efficient heat pump systems. Harvest Thermal will systematically test system performance, reliability, and failure modes to...