Project Grant 18IG11132650150

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program provides $3,784,848 in funding to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to demonstrate a 5kW prototype system for renewable propane production using dynamic CO2 electrolysis. The multi-institutional collaboration also includes GTI Energy, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Propane Education and Research Council, and SHV Energy. The project aims to achieve 97%...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program, is funding a $36,864,167 project to advance the development of a biomass carbon dioxide capture and removal system at a pulp mill in Alabama. The key objectives of this project are to: 1) gather the necessary information to determine the suitability of the CO2 injection location for geologic storage, 2)...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under CFDA 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development, aims to establish a viable pathway to produce net-zero hydrogen at a cost of $1 per kilogram through biomass and waste gasification. The $4,984,609 award to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy) will fund the development and pilot demonstration of a novel feedforward gasifier feed control system to maximize the...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $2,509,545 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development Program (CFDA 81.087) to Innovative Downhole Solutions LLC in Houston, TX. The primary objective of this award is to design and construct an ultrasonic measurement tool capable of withstanding extreme geothermal environments. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) designing high-frequency, highly-focused...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $4,500,000 Project Grant to the Jo-Carroll Depot Local Redevelopment Authority (LRA) on September 1, 2025 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.087). The grant seeks to assess the feasibility of establishing a biofuels facility at the Savanna Industrial Park in Savanna, Illinois. The project will determine the suitability of collecting, transporting, and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), supports the development of an integrated cascaded heat exchanger system. The $812,500 award aims to demonstrate advanced manufacturing techniques to meet both power generation and industrial process heat demands. Key objectives include improving particle-side convective heat transfer,...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,726,405 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.087) to Exergy Labs LLC (UEI: SJ33T27MFM57) on October 1, 2025. The award will implement two approaches to energy storage in concentrated solar-thermal (CST) systems: thermochemical storage via solar fuel production and local thermal energy storage (TES) for dispatchable energy. These technologies...

This 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 provide $800,000 to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) to conduct a preliminary feasibility study for a U.S. grid-connected ocean current test facility (OCTF). The project aims to evaluate current energy converters (CECs) in the open ocean offshore Palm Beach County, Florida, in order to...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program awarded a $7,523,134 project grant to the County Sanitation District No. 2 of Los Angeles County to construct, install, operate, and maintain a biogas conditioning system (BCS). The BCS will be capable of upgrading up to 1,440 standard cubic feet per minute (SCFM) of biomethane to approximately 860 SCFM, making it suitable for injection into a natural gas pipeline system owned by Southern California...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $406,343 to Louisiana State University (LSU) Agricultural Center to conduct a comprehensive, statewide initiative to build strategic research and development capacity in Louisiana for the conversion of agricultural residues to liquid transportation fuels. The key products and services to be delivered include: Research to identify ways to use electricity for enhancing...