Advanced Energy Materials LLC received a $256,500 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop bioplastic polyethylene (2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PEF) using CO2. The one-year project will be performed in Louisville, KY under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, the company will work to...
This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant, funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), supports the development of a new manufacturing process to convert carbon dioxide into bioplastics and design bioplastic composites. Texas A&M Agrilife Research, in collaboration with The Texas A&M University System, will establish an electrochemistry-bioconversion hybrid system to efficiently and cost-effectively produce polyhydroxyalkanoates from CO2. Researchers will...
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 Department of Energy Office of Science awarded KSE Inc. a $250,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to evaluate technologies for the pre-treatment and enzymatic breakdown of lignocellulosic feedstocks for the manufacture of 2,5 furandicarboxylic acid. The Office of Science aims to advance scientific understanding and energy technologies through its broad and balanced portfolio, and this award will support KSE Inc.'s work developing...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Exelus Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business located in Fairfield, NJ. The award, effective July 22, 2024 and scheduled for completion by April 21, 2025, is for a project titled "LOW-COST ROUTE TO GLYCOLS FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS." The research aims to develop innovative approaches to produce glycols, important...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.212 - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program) provides $181,500 to Sustainable Chemicals LLC to develop a family of renewable and biodegradable bioplastics that can replace large-volume petrochemical plastics like polyethylene and polypropylene. The bioplastics are designed to have a 75% lower carbon...
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has awarded a $199,459.00 Project Grant to Enexor Energy, LLC (doing business as Enexor Bioenergy LLC) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, awarded on July 22, 2024, supports the development of a modular biomass preprocessing system. This project aligns with the DOE Office of Science's mission to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific...
The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Composites Automation LLC, a for-profit limited liability company focused on composites manufacturing and materials research. The grant, funded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports Composites Automation's work to develop techniques to recycle carbon fiber and plastic composites from end-of-life vehicles into construction materials. This project aims to contribute to...
This $250,000 Project Grant was awarded on July 10, 2023 by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Media And Process Technology Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit manufacturer. The funding supports the company's research and development of reactive carbon capture processes to produce on-site green chemicals, through absorbent recycling. Specific efforts include bench-scale testing of ceramic membranes, modules,...
The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $249,952 Project Grant to Microbeam Technologies Incorporated, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for their work on "DECHLORINATION OF MIXED-PLASTICS FEEDSTOCK WITH LOW TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS FOR DOWNSTREAM GASIFICATION AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION" under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The funding supports Microbeam's research and development activities related to developing techniques for...