The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $2,460,076 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) on August 1, 2024. The goal of this award is to reduce the iridium (Ir) loading in catalysts to below 0.125 mg Ir/cm2 for improved performance and cost-effectiveness of fuel cell technologies. The key objectives are to stabilize highly active Ir catalytic sites in acid-stable metal oxides...
This $9.4 million Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), will fund Resource Chemical Corp's research, development, and prototype or pilot-scale technology validation and demonstration activities focused on industrial decarbonization. The work will advance strategies identified in the Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap and Industrial Heat Energy...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $2,568,750 Cooperative Agreement to Stanford University under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The purpose of this award is to develop an "Ultra-Efficient Porous-Media Combustion Technology for H2-Based Combustion in Process Heating". Stanford University has issued a $306,588 sub-award to RTX Corporation's Raytheon Technologies Research Center to support...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded 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, aims to develop and demonstrate an industrial-scale solution for decarbonizing the electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking process. The $12,286,600 project, awarded on September 1, 2024, will establish a nationwide collaboration between industry and academia to pioneer the use of alternative...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $2,020,000.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The objective of this project is to develop a fundamental mechanistic understanding of lithium-sulfur electrochemistry through a combination of continuum modeling and electronic structure calculations. The prime awardee is the University of California,...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), will support the decarbonization of electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking by using CO2-sourced graphite electrodes. The $15,213,183 award, made on October 1, 2024, will be executed by Seerstone Development LLC, a woman-owned small business located in Provo, UT. The project aims to develop and...
This $4,443,737 Cooperative Agreement award from 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 a "Flexible Industrial Heat Pump for Simultaneous Refrigeration and Steam Production." The project, awarded to Atmoszero, Inc. in Fort Collins, CO, aims to advance energy efficiency, decarbonization, and sustainable solutions in industrial processes. The award...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, will support a comprehensive assessment of the technical, social, and governance feasibility of establishing a community alliance for direct air capture in California. The total funding amount is $3,685,904.00, with a performance period of August 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025. The prime awardee, the...
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) was awarded a $2,481,237 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program. The award supports comprehensive research, development, demonstration, and deployment of innovative technologies to advance energy efficiency, decarbonization, and sustainable solutions across multiple critical sectors, including buildings,...
This is a $48,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The award is a renewal of a previous grant (DE-EE0007888) to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) to advance the decarbonization of the process industries through the development and scale-up of advanced process technologies. The renewed award will allow AIChE to...