Cooperative Agreement W9132T2220007

Active Energy Systems Inc. was awarded a $999,444 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) federal grant program. The award will support the company's SBIR Phase II project to develop grid-scale electricity storage from waste heat over a two-year period from May 2021 through April 2023. As part of its Engineering program goal to foster innovation in engineering research and economic strength, this award...

This $1,015,999 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will fund a joint effort between Baylor University and the City of Waco to pilot a novel climate-smart, waste-to-energy multi-fuel combustor (CSWEC) system at the Hannah Hill Landfill in Waco, Texas. The CSWEC system aims to enable clean landfill flaring, efficient waste-to-energy conversion from a variety of waste sources, and enhanced energy...

This federal 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 $2,250,000.00 in funding to Michigan Technological University to conduct research and development on converting sorted municipal solid waste into clean syngas via solvent targeted recovery and precipitation (STRAP) technology. The project, titled "FROM SORTED MSW TO CLEAN SYNGAS VIA...

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, was awarded a $1.627 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop waste-to-energy (WTE)-derived low-carbon-footprint concrete (LCFC). The award, issued on September 30, 2021 under ARPA-E's program to support new energy technology areas, will fund Rutgers' research through March 29, 2024 to produce concrete with reduced carbon emissions through the use of ash from municipal...

This $275,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development, modeling, and validation of a novel technology to enhance the efficiency of anaerobic digestion for biogas generation from organic waste. The project, led by Elif Environmental LLC, aims to leverage microwaves and electromagnetic fields to improve anaerobic fermentation efficiency by at least 20% across a range of...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $2,150,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.086 - Conservation Research and Development) to Washington State University to research and develop a pilot-scale upcycling protocol for transforming carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) waste into recyclable structural automotive components. The objectives are to create an eco-friendly, energy-efficient, and cost-effective recycling process that can be adapted for...

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...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Illinois at Chicago's Energy Resources Center under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants (CFDA 66.808) program. The project, called Technical Education and Analysis for Community Hauling and Anaerobic Digesters, will provide at least 20 anaerobic digestion technical assessments utilizing EPA's Co-Digestion Economic Analysis Tool along with other tools. Technical support will also be...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $9,200,000 Project Grant under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) to Expost Technology, Inc., located in San Diego, California. The objective of this grant is to develop an advanced machinery system for pre-processing consumer electronics and batteries to improve the economics of recycling consumer electronics batteries and generate greater market demand for recycling...

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...