Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010458

This $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) is funding Global Algae Innovations, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop and demonstrate an integrated process for producing algal-based polyurethane consumer products from flue gas carbon dioxide. The key objectives include: 1) scaling up algal oil extraction and fatty acid separation, 2) optimizing the...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, under the Water Desalination Research and Development Program (CFDA 15.506), aims to demonstrate a continuous pilot photobioreactor operation using sunlight to remove scaling compounds from reverse osmosis concentrate. The project team at Texas State University has developed a new photobiological process that utilizes brackish diatoms and natural sunlight to remove scalants such as silica, phosphate,...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund research at Purdue University to develop an intensive aquaculture production system with near-zero emissions through integrating recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), phycoremediation using algae to treat wastewater, and anaerobic digestion for nutrient reuse, energy production and carbon...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the 81.135 Federal Grant Program, provides $4,275,642.00 to Columbia University for the development of a membrane-free electrochemical reactor ("electrolyzer") that can efficiently convert carbon dioxide into energy-dense liquid ethanol fuel. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) Develop a novel electrode assembly and state-of-the-art cathode catalysts to enable the...

This $150,000 federal grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports collaborative research between Brown University and the University of Connecticut to develop an innovative system for direct air capture and electrochemical conversion of CO2 to ethanol and other liquid fuels. The project aims to create a novel cellulose-based membrane system integrated with cobalt nanosheet catalysts on graphene to efficiently capture CO2 from air...

Floating Island International, Inc. was awarded a $183,395 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to advance the development of floating solar-powered nanobubble aeration systems for use with floating treatment wetlands. The award, issued on June 28, 2021 for a period of one year, will support efforts to deliver innovative floating infrastructure utilizing solar power and nanobubble technology to...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Global Algae Innovations, Inc. $200,000 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop algae-based non-isocyanate polyurethanes from June 27, 2022 to June 26, 2023. The award will support generating polymer formulations using samples of crude algal oils from Global Algae Innovations and simulated algal oils to determine the impact of impurities. Polaris Renewables LLC will receive a sub-award to calculate the...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $1,250,017 Cooperative Agreement to Arizona State University on August 26, 2024 under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The overall objective is to demonstrate the sequestration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide as a durable and long-lasting bio-asphalt material for roadway construction. The project will combine a novel algae cultivation technology with extremophile...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $3,648,906 cooperative agreement to SRI International and the University of Houston to develop a "Printed Microreactor for Renewable Energy Enabled Fuel Production (PRIME-FUEL)." This project, funded under ARPA-E's GREENWELLS program (CFDA 81.135), aims to create a highly energy-efficient, modular catalytic microreactor that will convert carbon dioxide to methanol using intermittent...