Cooperative Agreement DEEI0003246

The Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Notre Dame's Office of Research. The purpose of this grant is to apply the university's subject matter expertise in economic modeling to produce accurate and timely public and governmental forecasts for natural gas (NG) and liquified natural gas (LNG) prices. This award, which runs from July 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024, furthers understanding of real-time NG and LNG price...

This Cooperative Agreement between the McNeese State University Foundation and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) provides $1,445,355.00 in funding and lease terms for the National Center of Excellence for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Safety located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The funding is provided through PHMSA's Pipeline Safety Research and Development "Other Transaction Agreements" (CFDA 20.723) program, which supports advanced R&D initiatives to...

This $2,941,672 collaborative research project, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), aims to build strategic research and development capacity in Louisiana for the conversion of agricultural residues into liquid transportation fuels. Led by Louisiana State University (LSU) and the LSU AgCenter, the project will integrate thermochemical conversion and electrocatalytic upgrading to improve overall efficiencies in biomass-derived fuel...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $406,343 to Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU AgCenter) to develop a comprehensive, statewide initiative for converting agricultural residues to liquid transportation fuels. The key products and services to be delivered include: Advancing biomass-derived fuel technologies by integrating thermochemical conversion and electrocatalytic upgrading processes...

This $242,520 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) supports research examining the impacts of electricity market regulation on energy transitions and environmental justice. Over a three-year period ending in February 2025, researchers at Columbia University will develop structural economic models to evaluate how rate-of-return regulation historically influenced shifts from coal to natural gas generation and may...

This five-year, $500,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research and education activities aimed at improving electricity market transparency and efficiency. The grantee, North Carolina State University, will advance understanding of pricing challenges arising from non-convex generating unit characteristics. Analytical frameworks will be developed to evaluate and adapt evolving market mechanisms. Game-theoretic and data-driven...

This $1,562,500 federal Project Grant 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) will support research to address challenges in transporting hydrogen (H2) and H2-natural gas (NG) blends through existing pipeline infrastructure. The key objectives are to: 1) investigate the flow behavior and transportability of NG-H2 blends, 2) assess the durability of polyethylene...

This $650,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (CFDA 47.075) to The Pennsylvania State University supports research to strengthen the resilience and equity of U.S. energy infrastructure during extreme cold weather events. The project develops an integrated framework to assess and improve the allocation of natural gas between local distribution companies and power plants. It involves modeling the impacts of winter...

This $206,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) under the Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program (CFDA 20.708) supports the City of Port Allen, Louisiana in repairing, rehabilitating, or replacing their natural gas distribution pipeline system. The key objectives are to reduce safety incidents and fatalities, avoid economic losses, improve energy delivery to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $250,000 in funding to Louisiana State University (LSU) to explore enhancing hydrogen storage capacity in gas hydrates. The project aims to significantly increase hydrogen storage by trapping hydrogen gas nanobubbles within solid hydrate structures, an approach that can potentially increase storage capacity and formation rate beyond existing hydrate-based hydrogen storage (HBHS)...