Cooperative Agreement NR213A750001C010

This $440,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) aims to facilitate the further development and enhancement of the OPENET software system and associated evapotranspiration (ET) data production. The project, led by scientists from California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB), will support five key elements: 1) science coordination and organization of OPENET operations, 2) upgrades and efficiency improvements...

This $274,916 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of an innovative, scalable ocean carbon sensing grid by Subtidal, Inc. The goal is to enhance measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) capabilities for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies, which have the potential to extract up to 5 gigatons of CO2 annually from the atmosphere. The research objectives include...

The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), under the U.S. Department of Energy's CFDA 81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program, has awarded a $6,204,233 cooperative agreement to the University of Colorado Boulder. The purpose of the award is to develop an innovative optical underwater sensor system for monitoring, reporting, and validating marine carbon dioxide removal (MCDR) processes across large ocean volumes. The key components of the funded project...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $6,389,512 Cooperative Agreement to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) on September 25, 2024 under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255). The purpose of the project is to: 1) Design, build, and operate a solvent-based post-combustion carbon capture system at the Vicksburg Pulp and Paper Mill to capture at least 90% of CO2 at 95% purity for at least 2,000 hours of continuous operation; 2) Achieve DOE Technology Readiness...

Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. was awarded a $199,967 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support real-time, onsite analysis of turbid chemical waste with TIR-Raman spectroscopy. The Office of Science aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security through its Financial Assistance Program. This particular...

Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. was awarded a $249,948 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop Distributed Sensor-Modulated Transistors for Hydro-Biogeochemical Monitoring. The Office of Science aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific discoveries and tools. This award will support Intelligent Optical...

This $175,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) supports Butterfly Photonics, Inc. in developing a novel, low-cost, internet-connected solar spectrometer network. The objective is to reliably monitor greenhouse gas concentrations, particularly methane and CO2, across wide geographic regions utilizing an array of small, solar-powered remote sensors. The data...

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,018,902 Cooperative Agreement to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) on May 6, 2024 under the agency's Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (MCDR) program (CFDA 81.135). This funding supports the development of scalable measurement, reporting, and validation (MRV) technologies to quantify marine carbon drawdown as part of the emerging negative emissions industry. Key activities...

Opto-Knowledge Systems Inc., doing business as Oksi, was awarded a $254,688.76 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a terrestrial-aquatic isotope sensor for in-situ field measurements. The funding supported work under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools through the Office of Science to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), under the CFDA 81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program, will provide $3,884,825.00 to [C]Worthy, LLC to develop scalable measurement, reporting and validation (MRV) technologies to accelerate the growth of the marine carbon dioxide removal industry. The project aims to enable reliable quantification of carbon drawdown magnitudes and permanence to support carbon markets and...