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...
Creare LLC was awarded a $769,822 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a novel air contractor design for direct removal of carbon dioxide from ambient air under Topic P of funding opportunity announcement DE-FOA-0001954. The project will create low pressure drop contactors for direct air capture using amine-based sorbent coated plates. Research Triangle Institute (RTI) will provide the sorbent coated plates as a...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program, awarded a $23,659,268 Cooperative Agreement to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to advance the development of a Direct Air Capture (DAC) hub in the Southern San Joaquin Valley of California. The project will focus on designing, engineering, and planning an integrated DAC system to support the transition to a net-zero carbon economy. The...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program awarded a $3,709,032 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Illinois to complete a feasibility study for a regional Direct Air Capture (DAC) hub in Florida. The key objectives are to define the DAC hub organization, select technologies, assess life cycle emissions, identify safety/regulatory requirements, and develop financing, business, and community benefits plans. Planned sub-awards include...
Mosaic Materials Inc. received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to support integration of ultrahigh capacity sorbents into direct air capture systems. The award period runs from July 5, 2021 through March 31, 2022. Under ARPA-E's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA #81.135), which aims to support the President's national energy objectives and objectives in authorizing legislation, Mosaic...
This $3,751,595 federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), supports a feasibility study for a regional Direct Air Capture (DAC) hub in the Pueblo region of Colorado. The overall objective is to evaluate the potential to capture and store at least 1 million metric tons of CO2 from the atmosphere annually, with an initial capacity of at least 50,000 metric tons. The study will be executed in two phases...
Susteon Inc. will receive $1.5 million under a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy to develop a novel direct air capture technology using high capacity structured sorbents. The award is funded through September 30, 2023. The technology development work is supported by the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management's Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA #81.089). This program seeks to minimize environmental impacts from fossil fuels...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $20,484,466 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program to the Southern States Energy Board (SSEB) to establish the Southeast Direct Air Capture (SEDAC) Hub. The goal of the SEDAC Hub is to lay the groundwork for broad deployment of direct air capture (DAC) technology in Mobile County, Alabama. The project involves multiple sub-awardees such as Air Capture LLC, 8...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $6,104,774 was granted on August 26, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program. The objective of this feasibility study is to (1) assess, de-risk and validate a portfolio of direct air capture (DAC) technologies, (2) explore opportunities to optimize the balance of plant for economies of scale, and (3) assess the technical and commercial viability...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) federal grant program provides funding to Victory Over Carbon, Inc. for the development of a novel direct air carbon capture (DAC) technology. The $1,248,768 award supports the testing and demonstration of a commercial-scale DAC pilot system that aims to address key hurdles to achieving gigaton-scale CO2 capture, including reducing costs and energy...