Cooperative Agreement DEAR0002073
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Washington State University received a $3.32 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) on August 22, 2025, to demonstrate Caustic Aqueous Phase Reforming (C-APR) technology for producing carbon-negative, clean hydrogen from raw bioethanol. The project, which extends through August 21, 2028, will be performed at the university's Pullman, Washington facility. The C-APR technology enables...
- This $700,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to New York University (NYU) under the CFDA Program 81.135. The project aims to demonstrate the stable production of ethanol directly powered by variable renewable energy through innovations in electrocatalysts, dynamic electrolyzer operation, and integration with proprietary thermocatalytic reactors. The research will leverage technoeconomic and life cycle analysis...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Form Energy, Inc. received a $3.455 million Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), with an award date of January 21, 2026 and ultimate completion date of July 20, 2028. Under this agreement, Form Energy, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Propel Aero, is developing a regenerative metal-air fuel cell technology that utilizes electrochemical processes to transport energy...
- 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...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Yale University received a $3.6M Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) on December 23, 2025, for research and development of a novel carbon allotrope synthesis technology. The project, titled "Rapid, Direct, Catalyst-Free Synthesis of High-Performance Carbon Allotropes Using an Ultrahigh-Temperature Stable Plasma Platform," will be performed in New Haven, Connecticut, through...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Stanford University received a $1,050,000 cooperative agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, awarded on September 26, 2025, with a completion date of September 25, 2028. Under this award, Stanford is developing an advanced combustion-based reactor system designed to produce high-quality carbon nanotubes at significantly increased production rates. The technology is engineered to achieve productivity gains...
- Cooperative Agreement Summary Syzygy Plasmonics Inc. received a $2.5M cooperative agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded on August 12, 2025, to develop and demonstrate a low-pressure, fully electric photoreactor system for green ammonia production. Under the project titled "Electrified Low-Pressure Green Ammonia for Carbon-Free Energy Future," the awardee will deliver the world's first pilot-scale renewable-to-ammonia (RTA) system...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Shine Technologies, LLC received a $3.78M cooperative agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded September 15, 2025, for the REDUCE (Recover Elements - Destroy Undesirables - Create Energy) project. Under this three-year award, the company will design, simulate, and conduct laboratory testing of game-changing technologies focused on reducing the environmental impact of nuclear energy generation through the...
- The federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135), provides $600,000.00 to the Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc. (the Atlantic Council) to address challenges in the U.S. nuclear fuel cycle. Under this 3-year effort, the Atlantic Council will leverage its team of nonresident senior fellows with nuclear energy policy expertise to conduct research, host stakeholder workshops, and produce strategic policy...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Genalpha Nuclear Technologies LLC received a $1,060,833 Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, effective August 18, 2025, with a completion date of August 17, 2027. Under this award, the company will develop Structured Plasma Cell Thermionic Energy Conversion (SPACE-TEC), a groundbreaking nuclear fuel technology utilizing metal foam fuels. SPACE-TEC will directly convert nuclear heat into...
Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Circularity Fuels, Inc. received a $3.6M cooperative agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded on March 3, 2026, to design and build a 5-megawatt (MW) subunit for a utility-scale reactor system. The project, spanning through March 2, 2029, focuses on developing sorbent-enhanced catalytic reactors that efficiently convert electricity-derived hydrogen or geologic hydrogen into synthetic natural gas. The reactor technology leverages heat from CO2 hydrogenation reactions to drive CO2 desorption, achieving greater efficiency than existing multi-step conversion methods. Upon completion, this subunit will represent the largest sorbent-enhanced catalysis reactor globally and enable Circularity Fuels to commercialize modular utility-scale natural gas production systems. The project addresses the challenge of stranded clean energy from curtailed renewables and natural hydrogen by enabling their conversion into synthetic natural gas—a high-density energy molecule compatible with the existing 2+ million miles of U.S. gas pipeline infrastructure. This approach allows for cost-competitive e-fuel production at scale and positions the nation's extensive gas pipeline network as part of an integrated intermodal energy system. The work advances exploratory research in catalysis with significant potential to enhance U.S. energy security while reducing greenhouse gas emissions through innovative energy storage and distribution mechanisms.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $3.6m | 3/3/26 |