Grant Round 54
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Valorization of DDGS
ACS NewCarbon RNG Project
VBD NewCarbon RNG Project
Accelerating the Waste-to-Fuels Commercialization for the Sandwich Gasifier
R-54-73: ACS NewCarbon RNG Project
- Sponsor: NewCarbon Feedstocks, LLC
- Objective: Study sizing and integration of a renewable natural gas project with American Crystal Sugar.
- Funded Amount: $455,000
- Total Project Cost: $930,000
- Final Report
R-54-74: VBD NewCarbon RNG Project
- Sponsor: NewCarbon Feedstocks, LLC
- Objective: Study sizing and integration of a renewable natural gas project with VanBedaf Dairy.
- Funded Amount: $455,000
- Total Project Cost: $930,000
- Final Report
R-54-75: Accelerating the Waste-to-Fuels Commercialization for the Sandwich Gasifier
- Sponsor: Singularity Energy Technologies
- Objective: Scale up and integrate operation of the Sandwich gasification technology to develop a viable customer base and build future commercial-scale facilities.
- Funded Amount: $486,950
- Total Project Cost: $978,950
- Final Report
Grant Round 53
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Twin Solar Complex
Regional Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Resiliency (REVIR) Plan
R-53-72: Regional Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Resiliency (REVIR) Plan
- Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
- Objective: Development of Regional Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Resilience Plan to support actionable, adaptable, and evolving road map for electric vehicle infrastructure.
- Funded Amount: $375,000
- Total Project Cost: $1,875,000
- Final Report
Grant Round 52
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Smart Holistic Zero Waste Utilization Paradigm (SHOWUP)
Prairie Horizon Carbon Management Hub
Use of Bioengineering to Enhance the Agronomic Potential of Camelina
R-52-70: Smart Holistic Zero Waste Utilization Paradigm (SH0WUP)
- Sponsor: Surojit Gupta, University of ND (UND)
- Objective: Designing materials with innovative tagging methods and separating the constituents for effective wind blade reuse by developing a smart interface to sort blades into different functional components using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) (Objective-A).
- Funded Amount: $500,000
- Total Project Cost: $3,780,360
- Final Report
R-52-71: Prairie Horizon Carbon Management Hub
- Sponsor: Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
- Objective: Provide technical assistance and engagement for a prospective large-scale CO2 storage hub, with emphasis on community outreach and public engagement activities that will support better understanding of the social landscape of the region in which the storage hub would be developed.
- Funded Amount: $100,000
- Total Project Cost: $3,225,000
- Final Report
Grant Round 51
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Integrated Renewable Combined Heat and Power for Ethanol
Clean Hydrogen from High-Volume Waste Materials and Biomass
DEFC Research and Development
Carbon Convert
R-51-69: DEFC Research and Development
- Sponsor: 4H2, Inc.
- Objective: Engaging in a “Sponsored Research Project” with the University of Central Florida for the development of a high-energy density, direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC). The goal is to develop a catalyst that is low in rare earth metals yet can achieve the same energy density as current state hydrogen fuel cell technology (1 watt per centimeter-squared).
- Funded Amount: $346,915
- Total Project Cost: $693,832
- Final Report
Grant Round 50
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Novel Process for Biocoal Productions with CO2 Mineralization to Achieve Negative Carbon Emissions
Flexible Direct Air Capture System-Flex-DAC
Enhanced Sweep Efficiency for Geothermal Renewable Energy Using Bio-Polymer Supplement
Production of Hydrogen and Valuable Carbons from Methane-Sources
Unlocking Lithium Extraction in Produced Water
Modular Biomass Gasification for Co-Production of Hydrogen and Power
R-50-65: Enhanced Sweep Efficiency for Geothermal Renewable Energy Using Bio-Polymer Supplement
- Sponsor: University of ND (UND)
- Objective: Investigate if heat flow sweep efficiency and geothermal energy recovery from heterogeneous or fractured reservoirs can be significantly improved by using green-viscous polymer gels to selectively reduce the unfavorable flow capacity of fractures that cause the most severe channeling.
- Funded Amount: $468,877
- Total Project Cost: $942,877
- Final Report
R-50-66: Production of Hydrogen and Valuable Carbons from Methane-Sources
- Sponsor: University of ND (UND)
- Objective: Proposing to reduce the cost of renewable hydrogen (H2) to <$2.00 per kilogram (kg) by decomposing biomethane via a catalytic decomposition process.
- Funded Amount: $180,000
- Total Project Cost: $360,000
- Final Report
R-50-67: Unlocking Lithium Extraction in Produced Water
- Sponsor: Triple 8, LLC Dba Wellspring Hydro
- Objective: Wellspring Hydro will utilize a unique feedstock from oilfield brines (a.k.a. produced water) that presently is treated and pumped into disposal wells. Wellspring Hydro’s project will produce three commercially essential products and lithium in a sustainable format that will diversify North Dakota’s economy, bolster existing industries with an improved cost position, and drive clean sustainable energy.
- Funded Amount: $500,000
- Total Project Cost: $1,000,000
- Final Report
R-50-68: Modular Biomass Gasification for Co-Production of Hydrogen and Power
- Sponsor: University of ND (UND)
- Objective: Develop a modular, distributed biomass/solid waste to hydrogen, heat and power conversion system.
- Funded Amount: $500,000
- Total Project Cost: $2,120,000
- Final Report