Project Grant CO16857

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 Project Grant award for $599,997.00, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to educate, inspire, and engage middle and high school as well as community college educators in the field of renewable energy. The three-year "Engaging Educators in Renewable Energy (ENERGY)" program will enable educators to conduct research alongside university faculty, graduate students, and industry advisors. Participants will explore topics such...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $3,000,000 was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) to Emrgy Inc., a small disadvantaged business, on January 12, 2025. The award supports a research and development project entitled "Performance Enhancement of Hydrokinetic Arrays Using Reliable, Low-Cost Dynamic Components." Emrgy is teaming with Premier Energy Holdings, Stanford University, and the University of...

Eden Geopower Inc. was awarded a $3,271,671 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program. The three-year award will support Eden Geopower's development of an electro-hydraulic fracturing technology for enhanced geothermal systems. Their proposed concept involves using electric currents to selectively increase permeability in targeted fractures. This is intended to stimulate a larger reservoir volume without reducing fluid...

This NSF Engineering program Project Grant, awarded to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), aims to develop novel modeling and optimization approaches to enable more efficient utilization of renewable energy and energy storage resources (ESRs) for low-carbon power grid operation. The $395,783 award, with a funding period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029, will support research to create ESR market participation models, formulation tightening techniques, and optimization methods to address...

Fervo Energy Company has been awarded a $3,984,899 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a fiber optics-based diagnostic platform to monitor and optimize dynamic subsurface processes for geothermal energy storage and generation. With a performance period of August 2022 through August 2024, Fervo Energy will work to address major barriers to operating geothermal facilities flexibly through their "FervoFlex"...

This $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117), is intended to scale a support program throughout California to credential those who prepare California Energy Code (Energy Code) permit documentation and plans examiners who verify compliance during plan...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $3,790,157 Cooperative Agreement to Princeton University on September 1, 2024 under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). The project, titled "INTER-GRINDING OF WASTE ACTIVATORS AND LOW-GRADE CALCINED KAOLIN CLAY FOR ONE-PART ALKALI-ACTIVATED CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY (INTERAACT)", will focus on bench-top testing and industrial pre-demonstration scale trials to develop an...

Imagen Energy LLC was awarded an $11.7 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop products that will accelerate electric vehicle charging infrastructure deployment. Under the award titled "CHARGED: Commercialization of Highly Accelerated Reliable Grid-Networked Energy Delivery," Imagen Energy will produce solutions to improve space utilization, reduce installation costs, and increase charging efficiency...

Enerlite Consulting, Inc. was awarded a $200,000 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop an Automated Calibration Tool for Building Energy Models. The tool will help streamline the process of calibrating building energy simulation programs to actual energy use data, allowing for more accurate energy modeling of existing buildings. The Office of Science's financial assistance program supports...