Project Grant DESC0018857

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has awarded a $328,059 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program to Catalytic And Redox Solutions LLC located in Cary, North Carolina. The objectives of this award are to: (I) create refined process models of a sustainable aromatics manufacturing system from methane via oxidative coupling and aromatization; (II) develop a plant design with unit sizing to act as a basis...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $6,740,943.00, was granted 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. The funding supports the construction of a demonstration-scale modular rare earth metals, alumina, and lithium carbonate production plant from bituminous coal underclay. The project, to be performed in Pittsburgh, PA, will run from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025....

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 $3,135,483 to demonstrate an advanced bench-scale process for producing germanium (Ge) and gallium (Ga) from a mixed rare earth oxide/salt concentrate derived from a carbon-based feedstock. The key objectives are to design and construct a bench-scale unit that can extract and purify Ge and Ga from the concentrate, with...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has awarded a $13,257,761 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program to CYG Nittany, LLC. The goal of this project is to demonstrate the commercial and carbon dioxide (CO2) mitigation potential of a pilot-tested CO2 utilization technology. Specifically, the project will use CO2 emitted from an industrial lime production plant as a feedstock to produce ultra...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $256,494 Project Grant to Semplastics EHC LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to develop high-value products from produced water mineralized via reaction with anthropogenic CO2. This award is funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and tools that advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security. Semplastics previously received over $8 million in prime...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE-EERE) awarded a $410,000 Project Grant under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) to the Center For Applied Research & Technology, Inc. (Cart) to conduct research and develop prototype architectural components using coal-derived composite materials. As part of this Phase 1 project titled "Bluefield Battery Prototyping Laboratory", Cart will leverage its expertise in...

The Department of Energy (DOE), through its Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255), has awarded a $61.7 million Cooperative Agreement to The Roanoke Cement Company, LLC (RCC) to construct and operate a first-of-its-kind calcined clay production facility in Troutville, Virginia. The project aims to produce up to 300,000 short tons per year of calcined clay, which will be used to replace a significant portion of clinker in the production of Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3). This...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $6,250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program to the University of Utah. The objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) evaluate technologies for physical upgrading of sample feedstock materials, 2) extract rare earth elements (REEs) and critical minerals/materials (CMMs) using environmentally friendly methods, 3) separate REEs/CMMs into high purity...

The Respec Company, LLC received a $249,929 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support production of critical minerals from coal-based resources. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, Respec Co LLC will use the funding...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $6,265,773 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) on September 19, 2024. The primary objective of this project, titled "The Alliance for Critical Mineral Extraction and Production from Coal-Based Resources for Vitality Enhancement in Domestic Supply Chains (ACME-REVIVE)," is to revive a robust,...