Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010139

This $275,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development, modeling, and validation of a novel technology to enhance the efficiency of anaerobic digestion for biogas generation from organic waste. The project, led by Elif Environmental LLC, aims to leverage microwaves and electromagnetic fields to improve anaerobic fermentation efficiency by at least 20% across a range of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $360,000 to the University of Tennessee to develop innovative microbial communities capable of converting organic waste into renewable biogas through a process known as electro-methanogenesis. The key objectives are to: Build robust electro-methanogenic microbial communities by continuously switching the direction of electricity, enabling both organic-consuming and biogas-producing microorganisms to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 provides funding to Circularity Fuels, Inc., a small business located in Redwood City, CA, to develop a sorbent-enhanced catalytic process for upgrading biogas from wastewater treatment facilities into renewable natural gas (RNG). The project aims to increase the yield of RNG production by converting the carbon dioxide in the biogas into additional methane, while also...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary County Sanitation District No. 2 of Los Angeles County received a $7.52 million Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) to design, construct, install, and operate a biogas conditioning system (BCS) in Carson, California. The project, awarded on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of March 31, 2030, will upgrade biogas capacity from...

This three-year, $390,261 National Science Foundation project grant will fund research at The Washington University to advance the production of volatile fatty acids from organic wastes through anaerobic digestion. Specifically, the university will investigate using hydrogen peroxide generated via bioelectrochemical conversion to inhibit methanogenesis and maximize valuable chemical yields. Researchers will study inhibition mechanisms, evaluate membrane separation systems, and explore...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides $1,500,000.00 in funding to the Galesburg Sanitary District to upgrade its anaerobic digesters. The key activities to be performed under this award include constructing improvements to the North and South anaerobic digester tanks to have them fully functioning by the end of the performance period on March 28, 2026. The anticipated...

The University of California, Davis will demonstrate a system for biomass recycling and creation of ammonia fertilizer to optimize its existing digester system under a $299,627 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The project addresses the EPA's Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants program, which promotes integrated solid waste management solutions. UC Davis will accept food waste to test innovative infrastructure for renewable natural gas conversion and...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Quasar Energy Group LLC to support the "Integration of Biogas Upgrading and Enzyme-Boosted CO2 Mineralization for Eco-Friendly and Cost-Effective Production of Synthetic Aggregates" project. This 1-year project, which began on July 22, 2024, aims to develop innovative technologies that transform organic waste into valuable resources. Key objectives include advancing biogas upgrading processes and...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Illinois at Chicago's Energy Resources Center under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants (CFDA 66.808) program. The project, called Technical Education and Analysis for Community Hauling and Anaerobic Digesters, will provide at least 20 anaerobic digestion technical assessments utilizing EPA's Co-Digestion Economic Analysis Tool along with other tools. Technical support will also be...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services, under the Fertilizer Product Expansion Program (CFDA 10.383), provides $32,286,899 to Biogas Corp. to expand its fertilizer production capacity and improve supply chain resilience in the agricultural fertilizer and nutrient management sector. The two-year grant period runs from December 1, 2023, to December 1, 2025. The purpose of this funding is to...