Project Grant DEAR0001231

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to Redshift Energy, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The funding supports the development of a plasma technology for the dissociation of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) to produce carbon-free hydrogen and recover sulfur. Key innovations include: 1) a high-speed vortex flow design to achieve high energy efficiency, 2) a gas-dynamic and chemical-kinetic...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $150,000 to researchers at the City University of New York (CUNY) City College to investigate using hydrogen peroxide, a toxic waste product generated by certain bacteria, as an energy source for efficient biofuel and biochemical production. The key objectives are to: 1) develop an E. coli strain platform to control and monitor hydrogen...

This $460,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities Program (CFDA 47.083) supports a collaborative research project led by Howard University to develop an innovative electromagnetic (EM)/microwave-assisted catalytic process for in-situ hydrogen (H2) generation within petroleum reservoir formations. The key objectives of this 3-year research effort are to: 1) elucidate the fundamental rock-hydrocarbon-water-catalyst interactions under...

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 $4,984,609 to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy) to establish a viable pathway for producing net-zero hydrogen at a cost of $1 per kilogram through biomass and waste gasification. The objective is to develop and conduct a pilot demonstration of a novel feedforward gasifier feed control system to maximize...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $2,400,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to Georgia Tech Research Corp. The goal of this 20-month project is to discover new electrolyte, electrode, and catalyst materials for low-cost, highly efficient, and durable proton conducting solid oxide electrolysis cells (P-SOECs) to enable cost-effective hydrogen production. Key...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $999,975 Cooperative Agreement to Louisiana State University (LSU) on February 1, 2024 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The overarching goal of this 1-year project is to develop a safe, inexpensive, and recyclable hydrogen storage and generation system based on formate dehydrogenation and bicarbonate hydrogenation reactions. The primary objective is to create...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $3,577,398 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Georgia Tech Research Corp to combine state-of-the-art alkaline polymer electrolyzer components with advanced manufacturing methods and cell operating conditions to meet program goals of 2.0 A/cm2 operation at 65°C and 30 bar. Under this award, Georgia Tech Research Corp is serving as the prime...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Peregrine Hydrogen, Inc. on July 18, 2024. The purpose of this 2-year award is to develop sulfur-depolarized electrolysis (SDE) technology to generate low-cost green hydrogen and sulfuric acid for decarbonizing industrial processes such as ammonia, iron, and cement production. The SDE approach aims to achieve the energy intensity of conventional water electrolysis while producing...

Lanzatech, Inc. was awarded a $3.71 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a carbon-negative chemical production platform. Under the three-year award beginning October 2021, Lanzatech will engineer a non-traditional host strain to maximize stable ethanol production from high hydrogen-to-carbon monoxide gas uptake ratios, enabling a single-step, direct carbon dioxide gas fermentation process integrated with...

This Cooperative Agreement award from 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) provides $5,000,000 in funding to West Virginia University Research Corporation to design and validate an innovative system prototype for producing green hydrogen. The project focuses on integrating high-temperature solid oxide electrolysis (HTSE) with solar concentrator-thermal energy storage (TES)...