Cooperative Agreement DEEE0002867

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the CFDA Program 81.135 provides $700,000 to New York University for a 2-year project titled "The RenewThanolProcess: CO2-Derived Ethanol Production via Tandem Electro- and Thermo-Catalytic Conversions." The project aims to demonstrate stable production of 30 MJ/day of ethanol powered directly by variable renewable energy. Key innovations include advances in...

This $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) is funding Global Algae Innovations, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop and demonstrate an integrated process for producing algal-based polyurethane consumer products from flue gas carbon dioxide. The key objectives include: 1) scaling up algal oil extraction and fatty acid separation, 2) optimizing 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...

This $4,221,501 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) aims to strengthen the capabilities of algae-related research infrastructure in Maine. The primary awardee, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, will lead collaborations with partners to enhance science and entrepreneurial training, and workforce development programs focused on algae biology, biotechnology, and hands-on internships. The project will build a...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $304,541 to Namaka Algae, Inc. to develop an area-efficient cultivation technology for dense microalgae cultures. The goal is to create a disruptive algal production system that lowers costs while reducing land and water use, supporting the U.S. algae industry for aquaculture feed production and enhancing food security. The technical innovation...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, under the Water Desalination Research and Development Program (CFDA 15.506), aims to demonstrate a continuous pilot photobioreactor operation using sunlight to remove scaling compounds from reverse osmosis concentrate. The project team at Texas State University has developed a new photobiological process that utilizes brackish diatoms and natural sunlight to remove scalants such as silica, phosphate,...

The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Tallgrass MLP Operations, LLC $1.6 million under the Renewable Energy Research and Development federal grant program (CFDA 81.087) for a Cooperative Agreement from October 1, 2022 to October 10, 2022. Under this award, Tallgrass MLP Operations will demonstrate robust engineered catalysts for converting ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel via an oxygenate intermediate. The Renewable Energy Research and...

This $256,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The award to Terragia Biofuel Inc., a for-profit organization, aims to develop innovative bioprocessing technologies for converting lignocellulosic biomass into hydrocarbon fuels and products. Specifically, the project is focused on demonstrating the feasibility of a technique called Continuous Evolution with Multiplex Natural Transformation...

The University of California, Berkeley will receive $1.12 million over three years through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA #81.135). The funding will support research to develop a microbial consortium capable of completely converting various biomass feedstocks into biofuels and bioproducts. As a Cooperative Agreement, the University is expected to...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, CFDA 47.084, provides $550,000 to develop an advanced membrane-contact reactor system for fuel alcohol production from distributed biomass and natural gas resources. The awardee, Power Environmental Energy Research Institute of Covina, California, will design a highly efficient methanol production process using a sweep liquid-facilitated membrane contact reactor. This integrated reactor...