Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010983
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $1.0 million Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), effective October 1, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2028. The award supports development and demonstration of the MARINER (fluid kinetic energy conversion) device, a novel marine renewable energy technology designed...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received $999,958.00 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to develop and demonstrate an adaptive stiffness hydraulic power take-off (PTO) system for wave energy converters (WECs). The project, which commenced October 1, 2025, and extends through December 31, 2028, focuses on enabling WECs to achieve higher capacity factors and greater annual...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Purdue University received a $999,523 Cooperative Agreement from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), effective October 1, 2025 through March 14, 2029. The award supports development of a wave-powered pumpless seawater desalination system, with research and development activities conducted at Purdue's West Lafayette, Indiana campus. This project aligns with...
- North Carolina State University received a $737,518 Cooperative Agreement from 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) effective October 1, 2025, through January 31, 2028. The university will develop an operational framework leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to increase operational flexibility of hydropower facilities. Key deliverables include...
- This $2,972,788 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program aims to develop Mobile Energy-Water Reuse Systems (MEWRS) to provide reliable electricity and potable water in disproportionately affected communities (DACs). Led by Louisiana Tech University, the project will: (1) create new perovskite solar cell systems to supply stable electricity during natural disasters; (2) develop energy-efficient water purification...
- This Project Grant award for $200,000.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), will support the co-development of wave energy and modular floating desalination technology. The award was made to Dehlsen Associates, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in Santa Barbara, California. The project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Minnesota received a $984,062 Cooperative Agreement from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028. The award supports the development of a hydraulic switch-mode power transformer power-take-off system designed for wave-powered reverse osmosis desalination applications. This...
- This $250,000 National Science Foundation project grant, funded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports the development of a solar evaporator-based, high-efficiency water desalination system. Northeastern University will work to optimize an all-in-one solar evaporator using a novel design of a planar, interconnected open-pore copper-copper oxide foam structure. This is intended to provide a cost-effective (4.5 kg/sqm/hr) desalination solution driven directly by solar irradiation. A...
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $310,344 awarded on October 1, 2022 will fund research to develop a self-sustainable interconnected food-energy-water system for saline coastal regions. Under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), researchers from the University of Michigan and partners in China will create an ocean wave-powered desalination process to reclaim salt-affected soils for agriculture. They will integrate wave energy-based seawater desalination, sustainable land...
- This $813,386 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), aims to drive convergence of ocean wave energy research for empowering remote coastal communities. Over the 5-year award period from September 2024 to August 2029, the University of Michigan will lead a multidisciplinary team to develop a roadmap for wave energy converter (WEC) technologies, screen and down-select 2-3 leading WEC design concepts, and investigate these...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program provides $1,585,180 to North Carolina State University to develop a novel piston-pump system and corresponding controller to repurpose the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider as a mobile, anchorless desalination device. The project will focus on an integrated co-design approach, including the piston pump, float, glider, and control system, to benefit communities, ocean stakeholders, and other at-sea missions in need of clean drinking water. North Carolina State University will collaborate with the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Michigan on modeling, control system design, and scaled testing activities to validate the integrated desalination system. The project has a period of performance from March 1, 2024 to February 28, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.6m | 5/10/24 |
GrantNumber | Description | Subgrantee | Prime Award | Dollars Obligated | Updated At |
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PAMP23001702SA02S | University Of Maryland, College Park | Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010983 | $201.2k | 10/31/24 | |
PAMP23001702SA01S | Regents Of The University Of Michigan | Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010983 | $215.6k | 9/26/24 |