The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, received a $760,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the CFDA 81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program. The award supports the development and demonstration of novel technologies that can produce iron-based products from iron-containing ores and alternative feedstocks without process emissions in the ironmaking step. The technologies funded under this...
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...
This $2,909,514 Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA #81.135) supports Tufts University's project titled "Solving Ore Concentrate Reduction with New Chemistry" to revolutionize the ore-to-steel process and reduce emissions. The project aims to directly reduce iron ore concentrates using ammonia, eliminating CO2 emissions from ironmaking and reducing costs by 10-25%. As part of the project, the University of Minnesota's Natural...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) Federal Grant Program will establish an Oregon hub for ore electrolysis. The $917,112 award to the University of Oregon aims to demonstrate and scale a fully electrified pathway for iron, iron alloys, and steel production. The ultimate goal is to develop an electrochemical stack capable of generating iron...
This $9.4 million Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, will fund research, development, and prototype or pilot-scale technology validation and demonstration activities focused on cross-sector approaches for industrial decarbonization. The award recipient, Resource Chemical Corp, will explore strategies to increase efficiency and...
The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), a program under the U.S. Department of Energy (CFDA 81.135), awarded a $2,872,216 Cooperative Agreement to Electrasteel Inc. on September 23, 2024 for the project titled "Low-Temperature Green Ironmaking from Unconventional Feedstocks." The purpose of this award is to develop an electrochemical and hydrometallurgical process to valorize low-grade iron ore feedstocks, such as steel slag, into iron metal and valuable minerals...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, provides $15,213,183 to Seerstone Development LLC, a woman-owned small business in Provo, UT, to conduct research and development on decarbonizing electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking by using CO2-sourced graphite electrodes. The project aims to advance technologies that can reduce...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $6,265,773 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) on September 19, 2024. The primary objective of this project, titled "The Alliance for Critical Mineral Extraction and Production from Coal-Based Resources for Vitality Enhancement in Domestic Supply Chains (ACME-REVIVE)," is to revive a robust,...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049 Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) provides $200,000.00 to Storagenergy Technologies Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business, to conduct research on high-efficiency continuous electrolysis of iron ore for carbon-emission-free iron production. The research aims to deliver scientific innovations that promote U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness in the area of advanced...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program will provide $17,547,861 to advance solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) systems from technology readiness level 4 to 6. The project aims to design, install, and demonstrate a 250 kWe SOEC system that can perform steam and co-electrolysis, integrating it with an existing 1.6 million ton...