This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), under the CFDA Program 81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, provides $700,000 in funding to New York University (NYU) to demonstrate the stable production of 30 MJ/day of ethanol powered directly by variable renewable energy. The project aims to leverage innovations in electrocatalysts, dynamic electrolyzer operation, and integration with proprietary thermocatalytic reactors to convert...
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 $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 award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) provides $210,526 to 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 project leverages advancements in reactor technology and catalyst development to address the intermittency of power generation from off-grid...
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 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, will develop and validate a 100-kW flexible combined heat and power (CHP) system capable of operating on a range of low-carbon fuels, including 100% hydrogen, hydrogen-pipeline-natural-gas blends, and biogas. The $5,625,000 award, with a performance period from Aug 1, 2024 to Jan 31, 2026, will...
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 U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $1,221,032 Cooperative Agreement under its CFDA #81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program to Precision Combustion, Inc. The purpose of the award is to accelerate the development of the marine carbon dioxide removal (MCDR) industry through the advancement of scalable measurement, reporting, and validation (MRV) technologies. The project aims to drive a paradigm shift in chemical...
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 Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $312,757, is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The goal of this project is for North Carolina State University (NCSU) to demonstrate their patented Chemical Looping - Oxidative Dehydrogenation (CL-ODH) technology for sustainable and cost-effective ethylene production. The Phase 1 work will focus on...