The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Alder Energy, LLC a $4,957,452 Cooperative Agreement on October 1, 2023 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program. This two-month award tasks Alder Energy, a for-profit limited liability company, with performing techno-economic analyses on the capital and operating costs of converting alder tree biocrude oil, agricultural residues, waste streams, and other biomass feedstocks...
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $370,308 Cooperative Agreement to Green Plains Inc. on October 1, 2023 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program. The funding will enable Green Plains, a for-profit manufacturer, to conduct research and development efforts to advance emission reduction technologies at its biorefineries. The project aims to support the Biden Administration's goals of achieving...
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 $10,950,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. 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 accelerate the domestic manufacturing of Pajarito Powder's durable engineered catalyst support (ECS) materials and platinum-based catalysts (Pt/ECS and PtX/ECS). The project will scale up production from 30 g/day to 4 kg/day to support DOE's target of 20,000 fuel cell...
The Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Elite Octane LLC under the Rural Energy for America Program (CFDA 10.868). The grant funding will support energy efficiency improvements and the development of renewable energy systems, such as solar panels, wind turbines, and geothermal systems. As a manufacturer of advanced biofuels, Elite Octane LLC's project aims to reduce energy costs, enhance energy efficiency, and expand the use of...
This $11,161,316 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to develop a fully functional wireline conveyance and cement/casing evaluation system. The project objective is to create a working prototype tool that meets the requirements outlined in DOE's Funding Opportunity Announcement FOA-0003296. The expected outcome is a...
The Department of Energy (DOE), through its Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program, awarded a $7,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Pioneer Energy Inc. on January 15, 2025. The project aims to utilize waste gas on oil and gas wellsites and convert it into methanol, mitigating methane emissions. The award supports the development and demonstration of innovative technologies that can reduce the environmental impact of fossil fuel production while advancing towards net-zero...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $21,980,116 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Avcarb, LLC, operating as Avcarb Material Solutions, a for-profit limited liability company located in Lowell, Massachusetts. The goal of this award is to establish a domestic, vertically integrated wet-laid nonwoven production capability to produce at least 650,000 square meters of carbon...
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $2,602,145 Cooperative Agreement to Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc. on November 1, 2024. The award is funded under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program, which supports long-term research and development of innovative energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies. The Cooperative Agreement is for the development of a "FUEL-FLEXIBLE...
This Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $34,274,698, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The award supports Oxeon Energy LLC's project to automate and increase the throughput of their electrolyzer manufacturing capacity. Specifically, the project aims to address Oxeon's manufacturing process gaps in order to both automate and increase the...