Project Grant DESC0019885

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Giner Inc. a $3,750,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The goal of this 1-year project is to develop a dual-recycle carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion platform tailored for the exclusive conversion of CO2 into ethylene (C2H4). The project aims to achieve high carbon efficiency, energy efficiency, C2H4 selectivity and productivity, and...

Phoenix Tailings, Inc. will provide carbon dioxide gasification of lateritic ore to extract nickel as part of a $1.275 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E). Through its "CO2 Gone - CO2 Gasification of Ore for Nickel Extraction" project, Phoenix Tailings proposes using a carbon-negative mining process that employs carbon dioxide to extract nickel from lateritic ore. The two-year award beginning April...

This $1,250,000 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) is funding Global Algae Innovations, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop and demonstrate an integrated process for producing algal-based polyurethane consumer products from flue gas carbon dioxide. The key objectives include: 1) scaling up algal oil extraction and fatty acid separation, 2) optimizing the...

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...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program, provides $328,059.00 in funding to Catalytic And Redox Solutions LLC to develop sustainable aromatics manufacturing from methane. The key objectives of this project include: (i) creating refined process models based on preliminary data, (ii) developing a plant design with unit sizing for...

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 Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $2,697,458 Cooperative Agreement to North Carolina State University (NC State) to develop a Plasma-Enhanced Catalysts-in-Tandem (PECT) system that can efficiently convert renewable power, water, and CO2 into transportable and sustainable fuels. The project aims to address limitations in grid capacity for intermittent renewable power by enabling off-grid CO2-to-liquids (CTL) conversion under dynamic operating...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, supports the development of a light-based, energy-generating carbon removal process. The $274,094 award to Banyu Carbon Inc. aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by sequestering or reusing captured carbon dioxide. Key objectives include improving the resistance of the proprietary photoacid catalyst to degradation and replacing expensive...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded Universal Matter Limited a $515,000 cooperative agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089). The two-year award will support the development of facile technology for converting domestic United States coal into high-value graphene materials. The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management seeks to minimize environmental impacts from fossil fuels while advancing net-zero...