Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009602

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was awarded a $3,076,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), a program under the U.S. Department of Energy (CFDA 81.135 - Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy). The project, titled "E-CO2LUMN: The Dynamic CO2 Electrolyzer Column," aims to develop a novel CO2 electrolyzer prototype that can produce a highly concentrated liquid fuel with lower energy requirements for separation and...

This $500,000 Economic Development Administration project grant supports the Southern California Tribal Accelerated Clean Energy Economy Initiative led by the Pala Band of Mission Indians. The coalition aims to rapidly expand an innovative clean energy economy for the 24 tribes of the Southern California Tribal Chairmens Association region. Products and services include establishing an SCTACEE facility, building and operating at least one solar panel manufacturing plant, deploying a...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $4.8 million Cooperative Agreement to Premier Resource Management LLC under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to design, install, and operate a demonstration power plant integrating Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) technology with Geological Thermal Energy Storage (GEOTES) in Lost Hills, California. The project, which commenced October 1, 2025 and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from 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) provides $425,309 to the University of Dayton Research Institute to develop scalable performance and optimization tools for narrow-channel designs in particle-to-SCO2 heat exchangers and for commercial-scale trough designs in multi-stage falling particle receivers for concentrating solar power (CSP)...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University received a $1.1 million Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the CFDA 81.135 program, awarded on September 18, 2025, with a completion date of September 17, 2028. The project, titled "Gaseous Optics for Next Generation Fusion Energy Lasers," develops gas-based optical components suitable for inertial fusion energy (IFE) laser systems....

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received a $470,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science to fund research activities under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2023. Specifically, the grant funding will support Caltech's work to enhance the durability of photoelectrodes for solar fuel production through fundamental science. As the Nation's largest federal supporter of basic...

The National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering awarded a $249,987 Project Grant to the President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara University (SCU) to support U.S. participation in the planning phase of a global research and training center. The planned center, co-led by SCU and Concordia University in Canada, aims to create a platform for collaborative investigation, innovation, and education towards a user-centric energy economy for grid-interactive...

Summary The Western Riverside Council of Governments received a $138,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027. The awardee will implement the Clean Cities and Communities Coalition Outreach, Engagement, and Market Tracking Program, serving the Riverside, California region. Under this agreement, the...

This $15,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program supports a 5-year pilot project to assess the viability of installing solar panels over canals. The primary objectives are to reduce water evaporation, generate renewable energy, and build resilience to climate change by reducing carbon emissions associated with electricity generation. Key benefits may include increased water conservation during...

This $275,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support Community Energy Labs Inc.'s development of an advanced building management system using model predictive control and machine learning techniques. The system aims to automate complex aspects of energy-efficient building control to simplify setup and implementation for small to mid-sized commercial building owners. By reducing costs and complexity, the technology...