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, 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...
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...
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:...
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...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program provides $3,784,848 in funding to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to demonstrate a 5kW prototype system for renewable propane production using dynamic CO2 electrolysis. The multi-institutional collaboration also includes GTI Energy, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Propane Education and Research Council, and SHV Energy. The project aims to achieve 97%...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under CFDA Program 81.135, is supporting Washington State University (WSU) to develop a dynamic carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrogenation process that converts CO2 and hydrogen (H2) into liquid hydrocarbons using renewable energy sources. The $210,526 award, with a performance period from September 2024 to January 2025, leverages advancements in reactor technology and catalyst development to address the...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under the 81.135 - Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy federal grant program, provides $2,339,828 to Emvolon, Inc. to develop a dynamically operable chemical reactor system capable of storing at least 50% of intermittent electricity from renewable sources as carbon-containing liquid fuels. The project aims to produce sustainable carbon-based liquid fuels from renewable energy and carbon dioxide...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Giner Inc. a $3,750,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The goal of this 1-year project is to develop a dual-recycle carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion platform tailored for the exclusive conversion of CO2 into ethylene (C2H4). The project aims to achieve high carbon efficiency, energy efficiency, C2H4 selectivity and productivity, and...
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...