This $736,200 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program, with a performance period from September 2024 to March 2026, supports Northeastern University's research and development project titled "Modular Electrochemical Ethanol Production Using Intermittent Power (Electricity)". The key objectives of this project are: 1) To demonstrate over 60% conversion efficiency (Faradaic efficiency) in producing ethanol...
This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the 81.135 Federal Grant Program, provides $4,275,642.00 to Columbia University for the development of a membrane-free electrochemical reactor ("electrolyzer") that can efficiently convert carbon dioxide into energy-dense liquid ethanol fuel. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) Develop a novel electrode assembly and state-of-the-art cathode catalysts to enable the...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $2,073,897 Cooperative Agreement to the Georgia Institute of Technology, in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, and Princeton University, to develop a transformative modular chemical manufacturing process that efficiently converts carbon dioxide (CO2) and intermittent electricity and hydrogen (H2) into a liquid hydrocarbon/low-oxygen organic mixture. The overall goal is to create a...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $210,526.00, was provided by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the U.S. Department of Energy's CFDA 81.135 program. Washington State University (WSU) is leading an innovative project to develop a dynamic carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrogenation process that converts CO2 and hydrogen (H2) into liquid hydrocarbons using renewable energy sources. The project integrates novel metal alloy catalysts with an innovative modular induction...
The American Center for Mobility (ACM) was awarded a $1,529,629 Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under the CFDA 81.135 program, to conduct research on converting carbon dioxide to ethanol. The key objectives of the project are: 1) to demonstrate conversion of dilute CO2 to ethanol with at least 60% selectivity at a maximum full cell voltage of 2V, to achieve a fuel cost of $0.03/MJ; 2) to develop and integrate a new anion exchange membrane...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program, CFDA 81.135, provides $2,697,458.00 in funding to North Carolina State University to develop a dynamic, distributed off-grid system that can convert renewable power, water, and CO2 into transportable and sustainable fuels. The project, titled "Distributed Gasoline from Carbon Dioxide (CO2) via Plasma-Enhanced Catalysts-in-Tandem (PECT)," aims to address the challenge of limited grid...
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was awarded a $3,076,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), a program under the U.S. Department of Energy (CFDA 81.135 - Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy). The project, titled "E-CO2LUMN: The Dynamic CO2 Electrolyzer Column," aims to develop a novel CO2 electrolyzer prototype that can produce a highly concentrated liquid fuel with lower energy requirements for separation and...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $4,999,500 Cooperative Agreement to Susteon Inc., a minority-owned technology company based in Morrisville, North Carolina. The purpose of this 3-year award, which began on September 11, 2024, is to develop a novel, inexpensive, and modular technology platform for producing sustainable aviation fuel and other valuable chemicals from CO2 and renewable electricity. The project, titled "ECHO-SAF:...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $3,648,906 cooperative agreement to SRI International and the University of Houston to develop a "Printed Microreactor for Renewable Energy Enabled Fuel Production (PRIME-FUEL)." This project, funded under ARPA-E's GREENWELLS program (CFDA 81.135), aims to create a highly energy-efficient, modular catalytic microreactor that will convert carbon dioxide to methanol using intermittent...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) under CFDA 81.135, is for a research and development project entitled "Next-Generation Flexible Modular E-Methanol Production" at Research Triangle Institute (RTI International). The $3,400,000 award, effective January 1, 2025, with a completion date of November 28, 2027, aims to demonstrate a next-generation 1,000 kg per day (1 metric ton per day) e-methanol production process that...