This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $917,112, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, will establish an Oregon hub for ore electrolysis. The project aims to demonstrate and scale a fully electrified pathway for the production of iron, iron alloys, and steel from low-cost ores. The ultimate goal is to develop an electrochemical stack capable of generating iron...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Kalbacher Associates LLC on October 1, 2023 under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). The goal of the project is to conduct research and development on a simplified process for direct lithium hydroxide production from Salton Sea brines in Puerto Rico. The effort aims to advance technologies for industrial decarbonization and support the...
This $164,997 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into developing advanced magnesium electrolytes to enable high energy density magnesium batteries. The grant was awarded to the University of Utah on August 1, 2022 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) and will run through July 31, 2025. Specifically, the grant funds a collaborative research project between the University of Utah and other organizations to design chloride-free magnesium pinacolatoborate electrolytes...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $7,495,491 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to 3M Company. The two-year project aims to develop ultra-low iridium loading and ultra-durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) powder catalysts for proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzers. The goal is to reduce the amount of iridium needed in these electrocatalysts by approximately 64...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Fluxmagic, Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company based in Portland, Oregon, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant funding will support Fluxmagic's research and development of "MAGNETIC GEARS FOR OCEAN GENERATORS", focused on advancing magnetic gear and drivetrain technologies for offshore renewable energy applications, particularly in the ocean and wind...
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $2,857,374 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program to the Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC) in Westerville, OH. The objective of this 29-month project is to develop advanced electric melting technologies to decarbonize the commercial glass manufacturing industry. The funding will support comprehensive research,...
This $12,286,600 Cooperative Agreement awarded 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 a nationwide collaboration between industry and academia to pioneer an industrial-scale demonstration of alternative injectant refining and electromagnetic stirring (EMS) electric arc furnace (EAF) operation in the U.S. The project aims to enable complete decarbonization of the EAF...
E3Tecservice LLC received a $199,423 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research on renewable ocean thermal energy for low-pressure desalination of seawater with co-production of ammonia. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy...
This $4,500,000 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) is funding Ecolectro Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop BIL-alkaline stable organic cations incorporated into rigid polymer backbones to enhance the mechanical properties of thin films. The 12-month project, which began on September 1, 2024, aims to advance...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $99,739,322 Cooperative Agreement to Electric Hydrogen Co. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this 3-year project is to develop and pilot an automated, fully integrated manufacturing process for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, scaling production capacity to 100MW. Key objectives include integrating new manufacturing techniques,...