Project Grant DEEE0010975

This $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded 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), focuses on integrating high-temperature solid oxide electrolysis (HTSE) with solar concentrator-thermal energy storage (TES) to generate green hydrogen for further use in syngas and fuel production. The project, led by the West Virginia University Research Corporation, aims to design and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $299,999 to Rutgers, The State University to develop a novel non-equilibrium electrochemical plasma catalysis (NE-EPC) system for efficient, distributed, and electrified ammonia synthesis. The project aims to create a reactor that can produce "green" ammonia from water, nitrogen, and renewable electricity, providing a potential solution for decarbonizing chemical...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,750,000 Project Grant to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this 3-year project (9/1/2025 - 8/31/2028) is to enable world-class research in low-carbon electrochemical power production and hydrogen generation. The project will focus on developing flexible fuel cell power generation, hydrogen producing...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), awarded a $2,602,145 Cooperative Agreement to Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc. on November 1, 2024. The award supports the development of a "Fuel-Flexible Regenerative Low NOx Industrial Hydrogen Burner" over a period ending on October 2, 2025. This project aims to advance energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies in...

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), through the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135), awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Pittsburgh to develop, demonstrate, and field validate novel fiber optic-based hydrogen leak sensor systems and robust gas quantification models. The goal is to accurately and efficiently quantify hydrogen emissions from hydrogen pipelines and the broader hydrogen value...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $193,395 to the Regents of the University of Idaho to conduct research on the combustion kinetics of hydrogen-rich fuels such as hydrogen, methane, and ammonia. The project aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of the gas-phase and catalytic combustion processes of these fuel mixtures, which have the potential to enable more efficient and environmentally-friendly combustion...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $2,073,897 Cooperative Agreement to the Georgia Institute of Technology, in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, and Princeton University, to develop a transformative modular chemical manufacturing process that efficiently converts carbon dioxide (CO2) and intermittent electricity and hydrogen (H2) into a liquid hydrocarbon/low-oxygen organic mixture. The overall goal is to create a...

TDA Research, Inc. was awarded a $250,000 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a novel sorbent-assisted steam methane reforming process for production of blue hydrogen. The process aims to produce hydrogen through steam methane reforming with integrated carbon capture and storage. TDA Research will conduct research and development activities at its facility in Wheat Ridge, Colorado from...

Under a $3,230,673 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), Purdue University is leading the development and validation of a technology that enables cost-effective utilization of spark-ignited hydrogen (H2) combustion engines in off-road vehicles. The project aims to create a high energy-efficient hybrid excavator powered by a hydrogen combustion engine. As sub-awardees, Cummins Inc. and Bosch Rexroth...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is focused on developing a membrane-based process for recovering hydrogen from ammonia. The goal is to enable more efficient and cost-effective hydrogen production as an alternative fuel or chemical feedstock. The $509,694 award to The Ohio State University (OSU) aims to tune the kinetics and stability of an oxygen-permeable membrane-catalyst system. This will allow for higher ammonia conversion...