Project Grant 01910

This $812,500 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) is focused on developing an integrated cascaded heat exchanger design for combined power generation and industrial process heat applications. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Demonstrating an advanced particle-based heat exchanger system to achieve...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $397,351 Cooperative Agreement to Kawerak, Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program. The funding will support the design of a new direct-use geothermal district heating and cooling (GDHC) system to provide space conditioning for tribal buildings at Pilgrim Hot Springs in Nome, Alaska. The project aims to develop a scalable GDHC system that will provide 95%...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $2,328,897 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a Multiscale Porous High-Temperature Heat Exchanger Using Ceramic Co-Extrusion. The goal of the project is to design a novel ceramic heat exchanger capable of operating over 1,200°C for aerospace applications. MIT will work with sub-awardees General Electric Company and Purdue University to develop a high...

This $4,443,737 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.086 - Conservation Research and Development) to Atmoszero, Inc. will support the development of a flexible industrial heat pump capable of simultaneous refrigeration and steam production. The project aims to advance energy efficiency, decarbonization, and sustainable solutions across industrial sectors. The award has a performance period from September 1,...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $4,688,123 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) to Echogen Power Systems (Delaware), Inc., headquartered in Akron, Ohio. The funding will support the development of a CO2 high-temperature heat pump (HTHP) system, a cutting-edge energy efficiency technology that aims to capture and transform waste heat into usable power. Echogen Power Systems specializes...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded a $5.7 million Project Grant to the Alaska Department of Conservation under the Targeted Airshed Grant Program (TAGP, CFDA 66.956) to reduce emissions in the Fairbanks North Star Borough nonattainment area. Through July 2022 to June 2027, the Department will implement expanded woodstove change-outs and conversions, professional installer training, and emission verification testing. Key deliverables include replacing solid fuel burning...

This $24,232,383 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program will enable the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) to implement greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction measures in the Alaskan communities of Chevak, Toksook Bay, Tununak, and Nightmute. The key activities include installing two 1MW wind turbines with battery storage and a 300kW wind-to-heat boiler on the Toksook Bay grid. The...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $999,926 Cooperative Agreement to RTX Corporation, doing business as Raytheon Technologies Research Center, for the project "Flight Worthy Additive Heat Exchanger for Aircraft Thermal Management." The project aims to mature the technology developed under RTX Corporation's previous ARPA-E award (DE-AR0001473) on topology optimization and additive manufacturing for high-temperature,...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Energy Concepts Company, LLC $175,000 under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program to develop an innovative refrigeration cycle for small-scale refrigeration. Energy Concepts will modify an existing propane-fired diffusion absorption chiller to enable operation using heat from renewable energy sources like solar thermal, geothermal, waste heat,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) will complete a feasibility study of existing direct air capture technologies and their applicability in Alaska. The $3,539,998.00 award to Asrc Energy Services, LLC, a subsidiary of the Alaskan Native Corporation Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, will analyze the viability of deploying direct air capture...