The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $425,309 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Dayton Research Institute Division under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). Through this project, the University of Dayton will develop scalable performance and optimization tools for narrow-channel particle-to-sCO2 heat exchangers and commercial-scale trough designs in multi-stage falling particle receivers for...
The University of Central Florida and its partners received a $2,699,594 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Renewable Energy Research and Development Program (CFDA 81.087). The funding will support the design, development, and demonstration of a reactive particle-based thermochemical energy storage system for concentrating solar-thermal power (TCES-CSP). Key tasks include designing and testing lab-scale...
This $6,699,894 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by 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), aims to develop a rapid, low-cost, continuous ultrafast high-temperature sintering (UHS) process for manufacturing high-performance solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs). The project, led by Hight-Tech, Inc., seeks to expand an ongoing collaborative effort to advance the technology...
This 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) aims to accelerate the discovery, design, and manufacturing of low-temperature oxygen-conducting solid oxide electrolyzer cells (LT-O-SOEC) with a minimum active area of 15 cm2. The funding of $4,902,057 over a 12-month period seeks to achieve performance targets of 1.2 A/cm2 at 1.3 V/cell with a...
This $4,443,737 Cooperative Agreement was 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). The award, made to Atmoszero, Inc. in Fort Collins, CO, supports the development of a "Flexible Industrial Heat Pump for Simultaneous Refrigeration and Steam Production." The project aims to advance energy efficiency, decarbonization, and sustainable technologies in the industrial...
This $9.4 million Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). The funding will support Resource Chemical Corp, a for-profit company, in advancing research, development, prototype or pilot-scale validation, and demonstration activities focused on cross-sector approaches for industrial decarbonization. Key areas include decarbonizing...
This $1,800,065 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), supports research and development of cost-effective solutions to integrate phase change material (PCM) thermal energy storage and wet compression for high-efficiency industrial heat pumps.
The prime recipient, University of Cincinnati, will conduct this work with a subrecipient, Trane...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,751,512 Cooperative Agreement to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy) on August 1, 2024. This award, under the DOE's Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), supports the development of a novel inductively heated reactor for high-temperature endothermic reactions and other industrial applications. The funding will enable GTI Energy, a non-profit research organization, to...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $9,279,968 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to West Virginia University Research Corporation. The project will design and build a Hybrid Microwave-Assisted Heating Process (HMAP) system for rapid, energy-efficient calcination and sintering of solid-oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) materials and cells. The final deliverable will be two...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award DEEE0011192 for $4,688,123.00, 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), supports Echogen Power Systems (Delaware), Inc. in the development and demonstration of a CO2 high temperature heat pump (HTHP) system. Echogen Power Systems, a leading producer of waste heat recovery and power generation systems, will use the funding to advance...