Cooperative Agreement DTMA91H1600005

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...

Dynaflow, Inc. received a $199,754 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research titled "CAVITATION ENHANCED SUBCRITICAL WATER EXTRACTION OF WET ALGAE FOR PHYTOL AND LIPIDS RECOVERY." The award is being carried out in Jessup, Maryland through March 26, 2023. The funding supports Dynaflow's research under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to transform understanding of nature and...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $2,942,758 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) to develop highly active and durable platinum-based cathode electrocatalysts, supports, and membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for heavy-duty vehicle fuel cell applications. Key products and services to be delivered...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) [CFDA 81.135] provides $1,317,842 to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop an "Alkali Hydroxide Triple Phase Flow Battery (3PFB)". The proposed 3PFB system will enable reversible operation of ultra-high energy density battery chemistries (>1,000 Wh/kg and Wh/L) through an innovative design inspired by fuel injection and conventional flow batteries. A...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Global Algae Innovations, Inc. $200,000 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop algae-based non-isocyanate polyurethanes from June 27, 2022 to June 26, 2023. The award will support generating polymer formulations using samples of crude algal oils from Global Algae Innovations and simulated algal oils to determine the impact of impurities. Polaris Renewables LLC will receive a sub-award to calculate the...

Floating Island International, Inc. was awarded a $183,395 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to advance the development of floating solar-powered nanobubble aeration systems for use with floating treatment wetlands. The award, issued on June 28, 2021 for a period of one year, will support efforts to deliver innovative floating infrastructure utilizing solar power and nanobubble technology to...

This $6,602,155 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), will enable Power To Hydrogen LLC to demonstrate its 250-kW scale liquid alkaline-based electrolyzer cell design. The project aims to develop the U.S. supplier base capable of gigawatt-scale manufacturing for key components like bipolar plates, electrodes, and membrane/seal...

This $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to develop a high-performing, durable, and low-cost membrane electrode assembly (MEA) to exceed DOE performance and durability targets for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) in medium- and heavy-duty vehicle applications. The key objectives are to: 1) develop a highly...

Celadyne Technologies, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support research and development activities concluding on June 30, 2022. The award is being used by Celadyne Technologies to fund work on NANOCOATING FOR INCREASED NAFION MEMBRANE DURABILITY AND EFFICIENCY. Specifically, the company is developing nanocoating technologies aimed at improving the durability and efficiency of Nafion polymer membranes for use in fuel...

Oceanit Laboratories Inc. received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop the Hydrogen-Recovery Using an AI-ARC-Plasma Learning Operational System (HALO) for Oilfield Waste Transformation to Value Added Products. The project aims to utilize an artificial intelligence-assisted atmospheric radio frequency cold plasma system to transform oilfield waste into marketable byproducts. This work directly supports the mission of the...