Grant Round 39
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New Implementation of Stack Heat Recovery Technology to Increase Efficiency and Production at Existing Ethanol Production Facility
- Sponsor: Hankinson Renewable Energy, LLC
- Objective: Installation of a SHR system that will capture excess heat energy released from the plant’s dryer exhaust stack and recycle the heat back into the production process.
- Funded Amount: $500,000
- Total Project Cost: $3,242,569
- Final Report
Grant Round 38
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Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage for ND Ethanol Production-Phase III
Fargo's Smart Energy Ramp
R-38-47: Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage for North Dakota Ethanol Production-Phase III
- Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
- Objective: The third phase of a five-phase project building on the two prior studies for integrating carbon capture and storage (CCS) of CO2 emissions from Red Trail Energy to reduce net CO2 emissions associated with ethanol production.
- Funded Amount: $500,000
- Total Project Cost: $2,650,000
- Final Report
R-38-48: Fargo's Smart Energy Ramp
- Sponsor: eSmart Systems US, Inc
- Objective: Solar, battery storage, Electric Vehicle (EV) charging, and intelligent (A1) control at the Roberts Common mixed use facility (City Parking ramp with a private residential and commercial wrap) to optimize the use of renewable energy while minimizing the impact on the utility grid.
- Funded Amount: $305,000
- Total Project Cost: $610,000
- Final Report
Grant Round 37
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R-37-46: Barley Protein Concentrate
- Sponsor: Midwest AgEnergy Group
- Objective: To research the feasibility and steps of utilizing barley for advanced ethanol and a high value protein concentrate for aquaculture.
- Funded Amount: $83,810
- Total Project Cost: $167,620
- Final Report
Grant Round 36
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R-36-45: Low-Pressure Electrolytic Ammonia Production
- Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
- Objective: To demonstrate significant NH3 production energy reduction by replacing HB-based NH3 synthesis with the LPEA process.
- Funded Amount: $437,000
- Total Project Cost: $3,164,010
- Final Report
Grant Round 35
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Preparation of Graphene-Modified LiFEP04 Cathode for Li-Ion Battery
R-35-44: Preparation of Graphene-Modified LiFEP04 Cathode for Li-Ion Battery
- Sponsor: University of ND (UND)
- Objective: To prepare graphene-modified lithium iron phosphate cathode materials (LFP/G) at pilot scale (10 tons/year). The project will extract and purify humic acid from North Dakota sourced leonardite.
- Funded Amount: $238,366
- Total Project Cost: $696,238
- Final Report
Grant Round 34
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Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage for ND Ethanol Production-Phase II
ND Soybean Processors-Phase I Engineering
R-34-43: Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage for ND Ethanol Production-Phase II
- Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
- Objective: Build on the feasibility study for integrating carbon capture and storage (CCS) of CO2 emissions from Red Trail Energy to reduce net CO2 emissions associated with ethanol production that was completed in Phase I.
- Funded Amount: $345,000
- Total Project Cost: $690,000
- Final Report
Grant Round 33
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R-33-42: Dickinson Renewable Diesel
- Sponsor: Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company
- Objective: Retrofit equipment at Dakota Prairie Refinery to co-process renewable feedstocks into renewable diesel.
- Funded Amount: $500,000
- Total Project Cost: $3,500,000
- Final Report
Grant Round 32
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R-32-41: Portable Solar Array Modules
- Sponsor: Packet Digital
- Objective: To develop and commercialize transportable solar power generation modules capable of delivering up to 1kW.
- Funded Amount: $500,000
- Total Project Cost: $1,000,000
- Final Report
Grant Round 31
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R-31-40: A Novel Approach to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Residential Homes
- Sponsor: Terra Labs
- Objective: To develop a community heating and cooling system that utilizes geothermal energy and heat pumps to provide affordable and efficient energy for a residential community to be built in Horace.
- Funded Amount: $500,000
- Total Project Cost: $1,461,664
- Final Report
Grant Round 30
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Commercial Demonstration of Geothermal Electricity Generation using Produced Fluids at Existing Hydrocarbon Wellsites
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