Skynano LLC was awarded a $2,000,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop lower embodied carbon building materials through recycling of carbon dioxide, carbon fiber waste, and biomaterials into composite panels. Specifically, the award will support Skynano's HESTIA STTR project to produce composite panels for construction using recycled carbon dioxide, carbon fiber, and biomaterials that result in lower embodied...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) will complete a feasibility study of existing direct air capture technologies and their applicability in Alaska. The $3,539,998.00 award to Asrc Energy Services, LLC, a subsidiary of the Alaskan Native Corporation Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, will analyze the viability of deploying direct air capture...
This $20 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will fund Inventwood LLC's Scaleup 2021 project to massively decarbonize buildings and enable carbon sequestration through commercializing their game-changing wood material, Mettlewood. Mettlewood is described as being 60% stronger than construction grade steel but 80% lighter and 50% cheaper while being more sustainable. The three-year project period beginning March...
This $500,000 fixed-amount Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will support Living Carbon PBC's research into bioengineered trees that can increase carbon drawdown and retention in terrestrial biomass. The two-year award, made under the Supporting Entrepreneurial Energy Discoveries (SEED) topic of FOA DE-FOA-0001954, will run from August 10, 2021 to August 9, 2023. ARPA-E's mission includes supporting the President's objectives for...
This $17,760,698 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089), serves to determine the feasibility of developing a commercial-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) geologic storage complex capable of storing over 50 million metric tons of CO2 safely and economically. The project, entitled the "Alaska Railbelt Carbon Capture and Storage (ARCCS) Project," will be...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has awarded a $1,250,017 Cooperative Agreement to Arizona State University (ASU) under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program. The objective of this 1-year project is to demonstrate the sequestration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) through the production of a bio-asphalt material. The project combines ASU's novel algae cultivation technology with highly productive extremophile algae to remove...
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) has been awarded a $1,572,942 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program. The funding will support a 2-year project titled "Assessments of Geochemistry, Concentration, and Scalability of REEs Recovery from Seaweeds." The project will deliver an informed approach to define environmental, temporal, and ecological factors that maximize rare earth element (REE) content in...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,366,615 Cooperative Agreement to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) on February 21, 2024. The project, titled "The Circular Home: Development and Demonstrations of a Net-Negative Carbon, Reusable Residence," aims to develop and demonstrate a net-negative carbon, reusable residential dwelling. Virginia Tech is leading this effort and has subcontracted with...
Amsen Technologies LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop a continuous manufacturing process for producing low-cost aerogel insulation through October 27, 2022. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic...
The University of Alaska Fairbanks received a two-year, $275,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy to assess the nutrient bioextraction capacity of kelp aquaculture in US farms and implications for conservation and management. Through this funding, the University will analyze kelp's ability to absorb nutrients from surrounding waters in aquaculture operations, with the aim of informing sustainable farming practices. The grant period runs...