Cooperative Agreement DEAR0001335

The Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration awarded Brown University a $1.25 million cooperative agreement under the Pipeline Safety Research Competitive Academic Agreement Program for the period of September 30, 2022 through September 29, 2025. The award will fund research on the selection and development of safer polymer and composite pipeline liners through microstructural and macroscopic study of materials and designs. This work will provide...

This $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) is funding Global Algae Innovations, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop and demonstrate an integrated process for producing algal-based polyurethane consumer products from flue gas carbon dioxide. The key objectives include: 1) scaling up algal oil extraction and fatty acid separation, 2) optimizing the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) provides $7,499,101 to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to accelerate the commercialization, scale-up, and field deployment of innovative methane emissions reduction technologies. The project aims to validate and deploy new technologies capable of mitigating methane emissions caused by flaring and...

The Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) awarded a $919,654.20 Cooperative Agreement on September 30, 2023 to Marquette University under the Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP) (CFDA# 20.724). The grant funding will be used by Marquette University and the University of Akron to research a novel reliability-based approach for assessing pipeline cathodic protection systems and evaluating external corrosion. The project aims to develop innovative solutions that...

This Cooperative Agreement award, titled "METALS AFFORDABILITY INITIATIVE III (MAI III) AGREEMENT ORDER #26 COLD SPRAY SUPPORT OF CASTINGS", was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The $1,781,948.00 award, dated August 19, 2024, supports critical research and development in advanced manufacturing and materials science for aerospace and defense applications. The primary awardee, Advanced Technology...

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) awarded a $533,125 Cooperative Agreement under the Pipeline Safety Research Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CFDA 20.724) to the University of North Dakota. The funding supports research to "characterize expected CO2 specification ranges for various product streams" to enhance pipeline safety. The University of North Dakota is collaborating with Lamar University as a...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $6,252,775 Cooperative Agreement to Electricore Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The objective of this project is the field deployment of three demonstration units at separate low-producing well sites for at least 12 months, validating the full-scale methane emission mitigation capacity and demonstrating the economics...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $4,185,723 Cooperative Agreement to Capwell Services Inc. under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The purpose of this award is to support the successful field deployment and full-scale validation of the Capwell Methane Abatement Unit (MAU) in addressing point-source methane emissions, with the goal of advancing the technology readiness level from 7 to 8. This...

This $1,562,500 project grant awarded by 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) will investigate the flow behavior and material durability of polyethylene (PE) pipelines when transporting blends of natural gas and hydrogen. The key objectives are to: 1) Examine how fluid acceleration affects the flow characteristics of NG+H2 blends and overall transportability, 2)...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) awarded a $7,477,863 cooperative agreement to Baker Hughes Energy Transition LLC to demonstrate and deploy an integrated methane emissions reduction system for upstream flares. The primary objectives of this project are to develop a solution that is easily retrofittable at existing sites with low installation costs, cost-effective with less than 1-year payback...