The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,299,999 Cooperative Agreement to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on May 21, 2024. The award, under ARPA-E's "DE-FOA-0002784: Exploratory Topic G: Production of Geologic Hydrogen through Stimulated Mineralogical Processes (STIMULATION)" program, will fund a 2-year project titled "Towards Efficient Geological Hydrogen Production: Rate Determination, Control and Reactor...
The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines to develop methods for "Geophysical Characterization and Site-Scale Real-Time Monitoring in Stimulated Hydrogen" under the DEAR-FOA-0002784 program. The project aims to characterize source rocks and monitor stimulated hydrogen generation in order to transfer lab processes to the field over long time periods. A...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), part of the U.S. Department of Energy, provides $1,655,480.00 to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) for a 2-year project titled "Reservoir Management of Natural Hydrogen from Ultramafic Rocks" (CFDA 81.135). The project aims to explore the technology and processes required for managing natural hydrogen reservoirs found in ultramafic rocks. As a state-affiliated research...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $1,799,986 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program on June 13, 2024. The award will fund research into "Sustainable H2 Production from Abiotic Catalyst-Enhanced Stimulation of Iron-Rich Rocks" over a 2-year period. This exploratory project aims to investigate novel, potentially transformational aqueous injection and mineral catalyst-enhanced reaction mechanisms...
The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a $800,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA No. 81.135, for the project "Cyclic Injection for Commercial Seismic-Safe Geologic H2 Production." The project aims to conduct research and development on innovative techniques for subsurface hydrogen reservoir management, with a focus on enabling safe and commercially viable geologic hydrogen production. As part of this effort, the...
This $499,989 fixed-amount Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) supports Origen Hydrogen Inc.'s project "Engineering of Scalable Platinum-Free Electrodes for Pure-Water AEM Electrolysis." The goal is to develop improved electrolysis technology without costly platinum catalysts to produce hydrogen from water more efficiently and affordably. ARPA-E's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA #81.135) aims to...
This is a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under the 81.135 CFDA program for the Department of Energy, to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) in the amount of $719,933. The project, titled "Subsurface Engineering Solutions and Management for Sustainable In-Situ Hydrogen Production and Economic Extraction", will integrate tasks on subsurface engineering, economic extraction modeling, downhole gas...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under CFDA 81.135 provides $1,499,586.00 in funding to New England Research, Inc. to demonstrate the feasibility of the Accelerated Mechanical Promotion (AMP) concept and approach for hydrogen production. The project aims to develop necessary tools, calibrate a workflow for implementation, and apply the technologies to assess field scenarios and commercialize products needed to...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) CFDA Program 81.135 provides $1,250,512 to Koloma Labs, LLC to develop an "Enhanced Hydrogen Production: An Empirically Validated Modeling Approach." The project aims to improve the production of geologic hydrogen through stimulated mineralogical processes. Koloma Labs will collaborate with sub-awardees Cornell University, The Ohio State University, and Colorado State...
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has been awarded a $531,316 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) CFDA 81.135 program. The award, spanning May 2024 to May 2026, will support the project "Orange Hydrogen from Catalytic Low-Temperature Serpentinization". This research aims to develop new catalysts and processes to enhance the rate of hydrogen production from the iron (II) liberated during the serpentinization...