The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $6,740,943 Cooperative Agreement to Tetra Tech, Inc. under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program. The award, granted on October 1, 2024, supports the demonstration-scale production of modular rare earth metals, alumina, and lithium carbonate from bituminous coal underclay. This project aims to advance clean energy technologies and reduce environmental impacts associated with fossil...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded $362,497 to West Virginia University Research Corporation under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) for a cooperative agreement titled "Advanced Processing of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals from Acid Mine Drainage Feedstocks." The award, made in January 2022, will support research to develop processes for extracting rare earth elements and critical minerals from acid...
This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development), plans to conduct pilot testing to obtain aqueous solutions rich in mixed rare earth elements, critical minerals, and materials such as manganese, cobalt, nickel, and strontium, as well as a lithium-containing raffinate. The total funding amount is $6,390,593, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31,...
This $325,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management supports research under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) to extract, separate, and produce high purity rare earth elements and critical minerals from coal-based and related resources. The University of Utah is the primary awardee and will conduct the technical work from January 2022 through April 2023. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State...
This 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 $6,250,007 to West Virginia University Research Corporation to design, develop, and deploy innovative process technologies to produce salable rare earth metals and critical minerals from acid mine drainage feedstocks. The overall objective is to reduce the nation's vulnerability to international competitors by lowering...
This $6,250,000 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) to the University of Utah will support research and development of advanced processing technologies for critical materials extraction, recovery, separation, and purification. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) evaluate physical upgrading technologies for sample feedstock materials; 2) extract rare earth...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $677,554 Project Grant to The Washington University Office of Sponsored Research Services Division under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089). The grant supports research and development of a novel supercritical fluid extraction and enrichment process to directly recover rare earth elements from solid coal-based resources. The project will be conducted at The Washington University's...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $5,000,226 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program to the University of Illinois. The "Illinois Rare Earth Novel Extraction and Supply (IRENES)" project aims to perform front-end engineering and design to establish an integrated supply chain for critical minerals and rare earth metals within Illinois. The project will validate an...
The Respec Company, LLC received a $249,929 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support production of critical minerals from coal-based resources. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, Respec Co LLC will use the funding...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $2,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Lehigh University under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The objective of this project is to characterize the rare earth elements and other elements of interest in coal combustion residual wastewater and solid wastes associated with coal power generation, and to demonstrate recovery technologies to enable beneficial use of these...