Project Grant 21IG11132650139

This $30,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) aims to deploy three community-scale bioenergy systems in Burney, Mariposa, and Mammoth Lakes, California. The project performer, West Biofuels LLC, will transform 28,000-35,000 dry tons per year of forest biomass residuals from sustainable management activities into 3 MW of renewable electricity and 11,939 tons of carbon sequestering biochar...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded 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, provides $4,984,609.00 in funding to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy) to establish a viable pathway to produce net-zero hydrogen at a cost of $1 per kilogram through biomass and waste gasification. The project objective is to develop and demonstrate a novel feedforward gasifier feed control...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $370,308 Cooperative Agreement to Green Plains Inc. on October 1, 2023 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program. The funding will enable Green Plains, a for-profit manufacturer, to conduct research and development efforts to advance emission reduction technologies at its biorefineries. The project aims to support the Biden Administration's goals of achieving...

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 $937,000 Project Grant awarded on September 20, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708) will fund Southwest Biochar Products LLC, a small disadvantaged business, to increase biomass utilization by 400% and create a clean, emission-free heat source. The project aims to install a wood energy system that utilizes wood and wood biomass as the primary fuel, as well as build an innovative wood...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Alder Energy, LLC a $4,957,452 Cooperative Agreement on October 1, 2023 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program. This two-month award tasks Alder Energy, a for-profit limited liability company, with performing techno-economic analyses on the capital and operating costs of converting alder tree biocrude oil, agricultural residues, waste streams, and other biomass feedstocks...

This $17,547,861 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (under CFDA 81.086 - Conservation Research and Development) aims to advance solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) steam and co-electrolysis technologies from TRL 4 to TRL 6. The project will design, install, and demonstrate a 250 kW SOEC system integrated with an existing 1.6 million ton per year direct reduction of iron (DRI) facility in Toledo, OH. Key objectives...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $4,522,555.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, supports the development of an innovative "Omnivore Combustion System" technology by the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy), a non-profit research organization. The award, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, is focused on...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, CFDA 47.084, provides $550,000 to develop an advanced membrane-contact reactor system for fuel alcohol production from distributed biomass and natural gas resources. The awardee, Power Environmental Energy Research Institute of Covina, California, will design a highly efficient methanol production process using a sweep liquid-facilitated membrane contact reactor. This integrated reactor...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Forest Concepts LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Auburn, Washington. The grant, titled "PARTICLE-LEVEL DENSIFICATION OF BULK BIOMASS MATERIALS TO REPLACE PELLETIZED FUELS AND FEEDSTOCKS," aims to support research and development into advanced biomass densification technologies. The project, which will run from July 22, 2024, to March 21, 2025, seeks to transform bulk biomass...