Project Grant DESC0024009

The University of Illinois received a $650,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The goal of this 3-year project is to lower the carbon intensity (CI) of corn-based ethanol production by replacing at least 40% of the natural gas used with a renewable fuel gas generated from ethanol production byproducts. The project aims to achieve an 18% reduction in...

This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) provides $583,549 to develop a smart, biochar-based controlled-release nitrogen fertilizer technology. South Dakota State University will design, fabricate, and test a novel biochar carrier integrated with nitrogen fertilizers and encapsulated in a biodegradable coating responsive to soil...

This $30,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) aims to deploy three community-scale bioenergy systems in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The project performer, West Biofuels LLC, will transform 28,000-35,000 dry tons per year of forest biomass residuals into 3 MW of renewable electricity and biochar soil amendments at each of the three sites in the communities of Burney, Mariposa, and Mammoth...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services, under the Fertilizer Product Expansion Program (CFDA 10.383), provides $32,286,899 to Biogas Corp. to expand its fertilizer production capacity and improve supply chain resilience in the agricultural fertilizer and nutrient management sector. The two-year grant period runs from December 1, 2023, to December 1, 2025. The purpose of this funding is to...

This two-year, $250,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development of an innovative low-temperature approach to convert captured carbon dioxide emissions into calcium and magnesium carbonates using a vortex-flow driven process. Specifically, Cornell University will advance the fundamental aspects of reactor engineering and tuning of multiphase chemical interactions to chemically regenerate carbon dioxide-loaded solvents,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $20,513,899 Fertilizer Product Expansion Program (CFDA 10.383) Project Grant to Saratoga Biochar Solutions, LLC on January 16, 2025. The grant, which has a completion date of January 16, 2027, will support the company's efforts to expand its fertilizer production capacity, improve competition, and increase supply chain resilience within the agricultural fertilizer and nutrient management sector. Key activities...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $244,018 to the Florida Institute of Technology Inc. (Florida TECH) to develop a novel hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) technology that recovers nutrients from animal manure to produce liquid fertilizer and engineered carbon materials. The key objectives are to: 1) develop a pH-swing HTC process to recover nitrogen and phosphorus into a liquid fertilizer phase from wet animal manures; 2)...

This $274,042 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development and demonstration of a bench-scale reactor for a high-temperature reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) process. The project aims to improve the materials and design of the RWGS reactor, which can produce electrofuels (e-fuels) from electricity, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels,...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089), aims to decarbonize iron production in a direct reduction of iron plant. The project will integrate biomass chemical looping technology to generate syngas from carbon-neutral biomass feedstocks, while also incorporating in-situ carbon capture. Awarded to The Ohio State University on August 1, 2024,...

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $174,746 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to Glanris Water Systems Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, to develop a low-cost, easily manufactured modified biochar that can adsorb plant nutrients. The goal is to use this biochar to remediate agricultural runoff and wastewater, removing harmful phosphate and nitrate,...