Cooperative Agreement DEFE0032397

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $2,073,897 Cooperative Agreement to the Georgia Institute of Technology, in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, and Princeton University, to develop a transformative modular chemical manufacturing process that efficiently converts carbon dioxide (CO2) and intermittent electricity and hydrogen (H2) into a liquid hydrocarbon/low-oxygen organic mixture. The overall goal is to create a...

This $150,000 federal grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports collaborative research between Brown University and the University of Connecticut to develop an innovative system for direct air capture and electrochemical conversion of CO2 to ethanol and other liquid fuels. The project aims to create a novel cellulose-based membrane system integrated with cobalt nanosheet catalysts on graphene to efficiently capture CO2 from air...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) awarded a $99 million Cooperative Agreement to Orsted Star P2X LLC on December 1, 2024 under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255). The project, known as the STAR E-Methanol Project, plans to use captured carbon dioxide from a local industrial facility to produce up to 300,000 metric tons of e-methanol per year, reducing the carbon footprint by 80% compared to traditional production methods. This...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $719,881 Cooperative Agreement to Carbonbridge Inc. under the GREENWELLS project. The award supports Carbonbridge's technology that uses bacteria (methanotrophs) to convert methane into methanol. By combining this with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) technology, the project aims to produce liquid methanol from renewable electricity, carbon dioxide, and water that could be used to power...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the 81.135 Federal Grant Program, provides $4,275,642.00 to Columbia University for the development of a membrane-free electrochemical reactor ("electrolyzer") that can efficiently convert carbon dioxide into energy-dense liquid ethanol fuel. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) Develop a novel electrode assembly and state-of-the-art cathode catalysts to enable the...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Giner Inc. a $3,750,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The goal of this 1-year project is to develop a dual-recycle carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion platform tailored for the exclusive conversion of CO2 into ethylene (C2H4). The project aims to achieve high carbon efficiency, energy efficiency, C2H4 selectivity and productivity, and...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, CFDA 47.084, provides $550,000 to develop an advanced membrane-contact reactor system for fuel alcohol production from distributed biomass and natural gas resources. The awardee, Power Environmental Energy Research Institute of Covina, California, will design a highly efficient methanol production process using a sweep liquid-facilitated membrane contact reactor. This integrated reactor...

This $2,526,095 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program aims to develop a highly efficient, cell-free enzymatic cascade system for the electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into methanol. The project, led by Arzeda Corp, a biotechnology company in Seattle, Washington, seeks to achieve energy efficiencies exceeding 70% by integrating AI-driven enzyme design, synthetic chemistry,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $981,840 Cooperative Agreement to Renewco2 Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop a scalable CO2 electrolyzer system for the competitive carbon-negative production of formic acid. The project aims to create an electrocatalytic process that can convert CO2 and electricity into formic acid, a valuable industrial chemical used in agriculture, leather treatment, and environmentally-friendly deicing. By utilizing waste CO2 from sources like...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to develop a direct air capture technology for carbon dioxide sequestration. The university will utilize industrial waste materials and a two-step mineral carbonation method to directly capture CO2 from the atmosphere and store it as a stable mineral. This has the potential to offer a low-cost solution for permanent CO2 removal on a...