Cooperative Agreement DEFE0004343

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $6,389,512 Cooperative Agreement under its Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) on September 25, 2024. The key objectives of this project are to: Design, build, and operate a solvent-based post-combustion carbon capture system at the Vicksburg Pulp and Paper Mill facility to separate 120,000 tons of CO2 per year, validating at least 90% carbon capture efficiency and 95% CO2 purity under...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated $1.722 million under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA #81.089) for the project "Tunable Rapid-Uptake Aminopolymer Aerogel Sorbent for Direct Air Capture of CO2 (TRAPS)." Through this cooperative agreement awarded February 16, 2021 and set to be completed by March 31, 2023, Palo Alto Research Center will develop tunable rapid-uptake...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $1,875,339.00 and issued on October 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development), aims to develop an integrative process for achieving three beneficial uses for produced water: valuable mineral recovery, carbon fixation, and irrigation water generation. The project involves bench-scale testing and optimization of key treatment process steps,...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $206,479.00 to TDA Research, Inc. to develop a digital design tool for CO2 transport systems. The project aims to address potential asset integrity threats related to higher than desired trace oxygen gas concentrations within a CO2 stream. TDA Research, Inc. has subcontracted a portion of the work to Azo Global LLC to conduct research and contribute to the...

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...

This $452,715 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of 3D architectures that embed porous gas adsorbent materials inside high thermal conductivity substrates. The goal is to improve thermal control and enhance gas sorption performance for applications such as air purification, carbon capture, molecular sensing, gas separations, and catalysis. The key research objectives include developing methodologies to...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) provides $22,532,805.00 in funding to Arizona State University to execute planning activities and complete a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for a regional direct air capture (DAC) hub in the Southwest United States. The hub is intended to have an initial capacity of at least 50,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year,...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), will fund a $17,547,861 project to design, install, and demonstrate a 250 kW solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) system. The project aims to advance the SOEC technology from TRL 4 to TRL 6 by integrating it with an existing 1.6 million ton per year direct reduction of iron (DRI)...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) provides $4,824,449 to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. to mature and demonstrate the long-term operation, material durability, and sustained performance of efficient compact combustors for methane mitigation in the oil and gas sector. The project aims to create workforce development strategies to benefit...

TDA Research, Inc. received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support development of a new hybrid cryogenic process for a transformational carbon capture process. The project aims to deliver this new carbon capture technology for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sources such as power plants and manufacturing facilities. The funding is provided through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA...