Project Grant 80NSSC24K0585

This $622,016 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports the collaborative development of a novel self-powered, multimodal pH, pressure, and temperature MEMS sensor system for marine carbon dioxide removal (MCDR) monitoring. The project involves researchers from the University of North Texas, University of Michigan, and University of California San Diego working to design, fabricate, and test this innovative sensor array to provide...

This $3,409,297 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) supports a three-phase project by Blue Sky Measurements, Inc. to perform field validation testing, develop a commercial-ready certified design, and obtain EPA approval for their NIRVIEW fixed-position optical sensing technology. The technology is designed for the detection, quantification, and location of fugitive...

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 U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $3,904,266 Cooperative Agreement to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to develop small, low-cost, multiparameter carbon sensors that can be fabricated at scale. The 3-year project, starting on June 7, 2024, aims to create sensor "motes" that can cost-effectively monitor the evolution and fate of marine carbon dioxide across broad spatial and temporal scales. The sensors will...

This $4,824,449 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) to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) aims to mature and demonstrate the long-term performance and durability of efficient compact combustors for methane mitigation in the oil and gas sector. The key goals are to validate the technology's sustained operation, material lifespan, and versatility for different...

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 $2,805,030 to West Virginia University Research Corporation to conduct continued research, development, and deployment of prototype methane mitigation systems (MMS) at active natural gas compression sites. The goal is to serve as case studies to bolster commercialization efforts and demonstrate the emissions...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program, will provide $1,035,400 in funding to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to enhance their air monitoring capabilities. The key activities supported by this award include purchasing air monitoring equipment, training staff, integrating...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $6,204,233 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Colorado Boulder under the ARPA-E "Sensing Exports of Anthropogenic Carbon Through Ocean Observation (SEA CO2)" program (CFDA 81.135). The objective is to develop and demonstrate an innovative optical underwater sensor system for large-scale monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of marine carbon dioxide removal (MCDR) processes....

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 4-year, $490,570 Project Grant under its Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to develop an autonomous eddy covariance air-sea CO2 flux measurement system for use on moored ocean buoys. This system is designed to provide accurate, low-power measurements of atmospheric and oceanic carbon dioxide exchange, which is critical for improving the predictive capabilities of climate models. As part of this project,...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $1,221,032 Cooperative Agreement under its CFDA #81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program to Precision Combustion, Inc. The purpose of the award is to accelerate the development of the marine carbon dioxide removal (MCDR) industry through the advancement of scalable measurement, reporting, and validation (MRV) technologies. The project aims to drive a paradigm shift in chemical...