Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010306

This $274,042 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development and demonstration of a bench-scale reactor for a high-temperature reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) process. The project aims to improve the materials and design of the RWGS reactor, which can produce electrofuels (e-fuels) from electricity, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels,...

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 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, CFDA 47.084, provides $550,000 to develop an advanced membrane-contact reactor system for fuel alcohol production from distributed biomass and natural gas resources. The awardee, Power Environmental Energy Research Institute of Covina, California, will design a highly efficient methanol production process using a sweep liquid-facilitated membrane contact reactor. This integrated reactor...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $4,984,609 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy) on January 21, 2025. The project objective is to establish a viable pathway to produce net-zero hydrogen at a cost of $1 per kilogram through the development and demonstration of a novel feedforward gasifier feed control system to maximize syngas yield and...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $2,073,897 Cooperative Agreement to the Georgia Institute of Technology, in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, and Princeton University, to develop a transformative modular chemical manufacturing process that efficiently converts carbon dioxide (CO2) and intermittent electricity and hydrogen (H2) into a liquid hydrocarbon/low-oxygen organic mixture. The overall goal is to create a...

The University of Illinois received a $650,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The goal of this 3-year project is to lower the carbon intensity (CI) of corn-based ethanol production by replacing at least 40% of the natural gas used with a renewable fuel gas generated from ethanol production byproducts. The project aims to achieve an 18% reduction in...

Molten Industries Inc. received a $499,866 two-year Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) federal grant program. The grant will support Molten's development of a new reactor technology to directly convert biogas into carbon-negative syngas for producing $500K sustainable aviation fuels and renewable diesel. ARPA-E aims to advance high-potential, high-impact energy technologies that are too early for private-sector investment. This...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $19,550,000 Cooperative Agreement to Firstelement Fuel Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this project is to design, develop, build, install, and demonstrate an advanced next generation multi-use (GH2 H70/H70HF and SLH2) direct fill (MUDF) hydrogen refueling station. This will enable the commercial viability of medium- and heavy-duty fuel cell trucks...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) awarded a $1,619,426 Cooperative Agreement to RTX Corporation's Raytheon Technologies Research Center to advance the technology readiness level of an electrochemically activated oxygen sorbent and reactor system. The project aims to develop a scalable, efficient, and durable electrochemical oxygen separation technology to enable high-quality syngas production and carbon capture for hydrogen production...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $4,522,555.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, supports the development of an innovative "Omnivore Combustion System" technology by the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy), a non-profit research organization. The award, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, is focused on...