Cooperative Agreement DEEE0002877

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...

Dynaflow, Inc. received a $199,754 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research titled "CAVITATION ENHANCED SUBCRITICAL WATER EXTRACTION OF WET ALGAE FOR PHYTOL AND LIPIDS RECOVERY." The award is being carried out in Jessup, Maryland through March 26, 2023. The funding supports Dynaflow's research under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Global Algae Innovations, Inc. $200,000 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop algae-based non-isocyanate polyurethanes from June 27, 2022 to June 26, 2023. The award will support generating polymer formulations using samples of crude algal oils from Global Algae Innovations and simulated algal oils to determine the impact of impurities. Polaris Renewables LLC will receive a sub-award to calculate the...

This USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant for $181,500 awarded to Terragia Biofuel Inc. on August 15, 2025 aims to develop an innovative consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) approach using engineered thermophilic bacteria to convert cellulosic biomass into fuels at low cost. The proposed project involves testing Spontaneous Particle Expansion Cotreatment (SPEC), a novel mechanical disruption technique to enhance...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $1,250,017 Cooperative Agreement to Arizona State University on August 26, 2024 under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The overall objective is to demonstrate the sequestration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide as a durable and long-lasting bio-asphalt material for roadway construction. The project will combine a novel algae cultivation technology with extremophile...

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 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, awarded a $1,248,841 Cooperative Agreement to Helios-Nrg LLC, a minority-owned, for-profit limited liability company based in East Amherst, New York. The project aims to leverage Helios-Nrg's multi-stage continuous algae-based process to transform brewery off-gas carbon dioxide emissions into algae biomass, which will then be...

This $650,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The grant was awarded to Max-Ir Labs Incorporated, a woman-owned small business based in Dallas, Texas, to develop an advanced sensor capable of real-time monitoring of key chemicals in algae growth media. The sensor will leverage novel waveguide...

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...

TDA Research, Inc. was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a modular hydrogen separation system for biomass gasification. The system will be used to separate hydrogen from syngas produced through gasification of biomass, allowing for more efficient utilization of this renewable energy source. The 9-month project period runs from June 2022 through March 2023 and will be...