Cooperative Agreement DEEE0007877

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255), will fund Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation's project to construct four new induction reheat furnaces (IRFs) at their Lyndora, PA facility. The $75,000,000 award, dated August 21, 2024, aims to electrify the steel slab reheating process and enable the high-temperature production of high-silicon grain oriented electrical steel (GOES), which is used...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $2,872,216 Cooperative Agreement to Electrasteel, Inc. under the Federal Grant Program CFDA 81.135. The project, titled "Low-Temperature Green Ironmaking from Unconventional Feedstocks," aims to develop an electrochemical and hydrometallurgical process to extract iron metal and valuable minerals from low-grade iron ore feedstocks and steel slag. Electrasteel will collaborate with sub-awardees...

The Department of Energy awarded a $30,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to Boston Electrometallurgical Corp (doing business as Boston Metal) to support the development and commercialization of chromium alloy metallurgy using plasma melting and hot isostatic pressing techniques for near-net-shape high-temperature alloy parts. The project aims to strengthen domestic manufacturing...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,788,621 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Illinois to develop a microwave-powered hydrogen plasma (H-plasma) rotary kiln process for reducing iron ore. This 3-year project (08/15/2024 - 08/14/2027) aims to create a zero-carbon iron production method that eliminates the need for iron ore pelletizing, efficiently recovers plasma waste energy, improves solid-gas contact, and provides better...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to develop a high-volume production process and equipment to rotary emboss flexible graphite bipolar plates (BPPs) for fuel cells. The primary objective is to establish a production line capable of manufacturing 2,400 BPP plates per hour, with a target cost of $5/kW and a durability of...

This $21,980,116 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to establish a domestic, vertically integrated wet-laid nonwoven production capability to manufacture at least 650,000 square meters of carbon veil substrates per year. These carbon veil substrates are used in the production of gas diffusion media for electrochemical energy...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded a $1,368,459 Cooperative Agreement to Hight-Tech, Inc. in College Park, MD on December 9, 2024. The award will fund a 2-year project titled "Rapid Surface Graphitization of Carbon Anode for In Situ Regeneration of Batteries." The project aims to develop a simple approach to generate a stable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) on graphite anodes that can facilitate in-situ regeneration of...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $16,284,879 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC. The objective of this project is to conduct pilot-scale demonstrations and develop advanced catalysts to enable tire material circularity and decarbonize the steam cracking industry, which produces key tire precursors like ethylene and butadiene. The...

The Department of Energy awarded Urbix, Inc., a critical minerals processing company, a $357,438,175 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253). The primary objective is for Urbix to leverage its ongoing commercial demonstration operations and successfully deploy its first full commercial module for the production of lithium-ion battery anode-grade coated spherical purified graphite (CSPG) at a manufacturing...

The Department of Energy awarded FCA US LLC, doing business as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, a $533,493,715 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253). This grant will enable the continuous manufacturing of electric vehicle propulsion systems at FCA US LLC's existing transmission plant in Kokomo, Indiana. The project aims to minimize supply chain disruption risks, secure long-term employment for the facility's...