Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010465

Lanzatech, Inc. was awarded a $3.71 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a carbon-negative chemical production platform. Under the three-year award beginning October 2021, Lanzatech will engineer a non-traditional host strain to maximize stable ethanol production from high hydrogen-to-carbon monoxide gas uptake ratios, enabling a single-step, direct carbon dioxide gas fermentation process integrated with...

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...

Via Biofuels Inc. received a $175,000 Project Grant award on September 1, 2025, from the Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The project, scheduled for completion by April 30, 2026, focuses on developing a genetically engineered yeast strain capable of...

This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212), provides $175,000 to PCC Hydrogen Inc. to investigate using ethanol as a feedstock for distributed hydrogen production. Ethanol is a less hazardous carrier of hydrogen than other hydrocarbons and can be produced from various biomass sources. This project will...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) supports the development of a novel bioprocess to produce n-butanol, an industrial solvent and advanced biofuel, from low-cost agricultural residues such as corn stalk. The $175,000 award to Bio-Missions LLC, a for-profit, veteran-owned limited liability company, aims to...

The Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service awarded a $5.475 million Project Grant to Central Indiana Ethanol, LLC (CIE) through the Biofuel Producer Program. The grant will support CIE's production of biofuels from May 2022 to May 2024. The Biofuel Producer Program (CFDA 10.378) provides payments to eligible biofuel producers for unexpected market losses due to COVID-19. Given this context, the funding will likely help offset financial losses CIE experienced in its Indiana biofuel...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $10,000,000 Project Grant to Allotrope Cellulosic Development Company LLC in Orinda, California under the Biobased Market Development and Access Grant Program (CFDA 10.376). The grant supports the development of advanced biomanufacturing technologies, including anaerobic fermentation, yeast microbe modification, and cellulosic biorefinery facilities. The project aims to build or operate an Integrated Demonstration...

The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Tallgrass MLP Operations, LLC $1.6 million under the Renewable Energy Research and Development federal grant program (CFDA 81.087) for a Cooperative Agreement from October 1, 2022 to October 10, 2022. Under this award, Tallgrass MLP Operations will demonstrate robust engineered catalysts for converting ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel via an oxygenate intermediate. The Renewable Energy Research and...

This $275,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) to Encore CO2 LLC supports the development of scalable technology to convert CO2 into high-value products, starting with ethanol production. The project aims to advance sustainable manufacturing by using renewable energy to transform CO2 and water into common products like ethanol, which can be used in beverages, sanitizers, and consumer goods. The...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program, awarded a $1,248,841 Cooperative Agreement to Helios-Nrg LLC, a minority-owned, for-profit limited liability company based in East Amherst, New York. The project aims to leverage Helios-Nrg's multi-stage continuous algae-based process to transform brewery off-gas carbon dioxide emissions into algae biomass, which will then be...