Cooperative Agreement DEAR0001709

Award Date 5/5/23
Completion Date 5/4/26
Dollars Obligated $2.2M
Federal Grant Program
81.135
Assistance Type
Cooperative Agreement
Place of Performance
Golden, CO, USA
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Two subawards totaling $999,750 were provided to support this work. The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook University) will contribute research expertise. Eden Geopower, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, will also support the project through technical services. The overall goal is to advance integrated electro-hydraulic fracturing and real-time monitoring technologies to enable carbon negative in-situ mining.

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