Project Grant DEEE0010709

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $7,412,558 Project Grant under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to the City of Rochester, Minnesota. The project will install geothermal wells, interconnect buildings, and transition four city buildings to 130-degree hot water, providing efficient carbon-free heating and cooling. Key activities include designing and purchasing geothermal wells, pumps, and materials,...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $700,414 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to the City of Duluth, Minnesota to design and deploy a geothermal heating and cooling system in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The project objectives are to: 1) Design a new geothermal system to meet 100% of the heating demand in the underserved Lincoln Park community, and 2) Develop a career pathways plan to build the workforce needed for...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $516,258 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to the Clean Energy Economy For The Region. The funding will support the design and deployment of a fifth-generation geothermal district heating and cooling (5G) system that can initially supply 25% of the heating and cooling needs for the 32 Zero Energy District (32ZED) in Carbondale, CO and...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255), aims to demonstrate the viability and positive impacts of mechanical vapor recompression steam-generating heat pumps (MVR SGHPs) to achieve significant decarbonization of industry. The $15,316,593 project, awarded to Skyven Technologies, Inc., will demonstrate an innovative new approach to MVR SGHPs that addresses standardization and economy-of-scale...

The Department of Energy awarded a $3,400,000 Project Grant under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to the Albuquerque Housing Authority (AHA) to rehabilitate and electrify two existing public housing properties in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The grant will fund the replacement of gas furnaces, water heaters, and appliances with high-efficiency electric heat pump systems and electric hot water heaters, as well as the replacement of service panels and wiring. This...

The Department of Energy awarded a $21,708,597 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to Hydro-Temp Corporation. The objective of the grant is to create a production capacity of at least 4,750 ground-source heat pumps per year at two factories located in disadvantaged communities, while reducing production costs by at least 45% of current pricing. The grant will support a tenfold increase in domestic...

The University of Oklahoma, through its Office of Research Administration, was awarded a $525,141 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development program) to design, implement, and evaluate the performance of a solar-geothermal district heating and cooling (Sol-GDHC) system in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The project aims to gain a better understanding of the financial and environmental...

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%...

This $299,999 federal Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Northwestern University. The grant aims to develop experimental and theoretical knowledge on the performance and impacts of using geothermal structures like building basements, parking garages, and metro stations as thermal batteries for renewable energy storage. This novel approach could enable the widespread decarbonization of buildings and infrastructure...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Calion Technologies, Inc. on September 21, 2023. The grant supports the development of a modular, drop-in air source heat pump replacement for natural gas boilers used for process heating up to 160°F. The technology, known as "zero-GWP air source heat pump steam generation using ionocalorics," aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency....