Cooperative Agreement DENE0009046

The U.S. Department of Energy's Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) awarded a $1,619,426 Cooperative Agreement to RTX Corporation's Raytheon Technologies Research Center to advance the technology readiness level of an electrochemically activated oxygen sorbent and reactor system. The project aims to develop a scalable, efficient, and durable electrochemical oxygen separation technology to enable high-quality syngas production and carbon capture for hydrogen production...

The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $2,499,220 Project Grant under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) to Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The grant supports university-led research and development initiatives focused on advancing nuclear energy technology, including maintaining existing reactors, developing advanced reactor designs, securing the nuclear fuel cycle, and expanding international nuclear energy cooperation....

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $600,000 and made by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008), is supporting research to evaluate the scalability of dose-based siting boundaries for multi-unit advanced reactor plants. The project, led by the Georgia TECH Research Corp, will use a consequence-driven, physical security-informed framework to assess the impact of multi-unit configurations on emergency planning zones and...

This $2.8 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will fund the PIONEERING A CERMET WASTE FORM FOR DISPOSAL OF WASTE STREAMS FROM ADVANCED REACTORS (PACE-FORWARD) project led by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The three-year project aims to develop and demonstrate to Technology Readiness Level 6 a high-density, durable ceramic-metal (cermet) waste form suitable for immobilizing all types of wastes from...

This $800,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121), will fund research, development, and demonstration activities at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The project aims to advance nuclear energy science and technology to meet U.S. energy, environmental, and national security needs. Specific areas of focus include existing...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $5,000,000 in funding to West Virginia University Research Corporation to design and validate an innovative system prototype for producing green hydrogen. The project will integrate high-temperature solid oxide electrolysis (HTSE) with solar concentrator-thermal energy storage (TES) to...

The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) to RTI International, in partnership with Creare LLC and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The project aims to perform conceptual design and feasibility studies for carbon-neutral methanol synthesis from direct air capture of CO2, combined with hydrogen production from water electrolysis. The main...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations awarded Membrane Technology And Research, Inc. (MTR) a $9,305,920 Cooperative Agreement under the DOE's Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) to produce a fully developed engineering package, commercial-quality budgets, and supporting studies for the Dry Fork Station Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Project. This project aims to prepare the Dry Fork Station carbon capture and storage project for its...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, with ID DEAR0001909, was granted by the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), a program within the U.S. Department of Energy. The $1,788,621 award, with a duration of August 15, 2024 to August 14, 2027, is funding the development of a microwave-powered hydrogen plasma (H-plasma) rotary kiln process for reducing iron ore, which has the potential to be a zero-carbon solution. The project, led by Argonne National Laboratory, involves the...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $4,824,449 Cooperative Agreement to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program. The goals of this 1-year project are to mature the technology for efficient compact combustors for methane mitigation and create workforce development strategies to support broad application of the technology in the oil and gas sector. ACT, a small business...