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DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

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million to 10 industry-led projects to advance nuclear technologies, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy. A well-established downstream syngas-to-synfuel conversion process, such as Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, converts the syngas to liquid synfuel for a total projected cost of less than $4/gallon.

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DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office to award $8.5M to 7 small business R&D projects

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will develop low-cost, energy-efficient nanoporous ceramic membrane modules for separating pure oxygen from air. This technology is applicable to both the industrial and medical sectors, such as for energy-efficient steelmaking and on-demand oxygen for ventilators. manufacturing industry. Quantum Ventura Inc.

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INL researchers develop high-performance oxygen electrode for PCEC cell; high-temperature electrolysis

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Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a new electrode material for a protonic ceramic electrochemical cell (PCEC) that can efficiently convert excess electricity and water into hydrogen. —Hanping Ding, a materials scientist and engineer for Idaho National Laboratory’s Chemical Processing Group.

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Pacific Ethanol Stockton partners with Edeniq to boost corn ethanol yield up to 2-4%

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Edeniq’s Cellunator technology mills corn and other plant materials into particles of feedstock that can be more efficiently converted into the plant sugars needed to produce biofuels. In June, Edeniq received a $3.9

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DOE to award $35M to 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing

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The selected projects vary in levels of maturity and industry-readiness—from concept definition (focused on specific experimental proof or detailed analysis) to proof-of-concept (requiring physical experimental validation). Idaho National Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

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DOE selects 33 clean energy businesses for nearly $6.7M in support under Small Business Vouchers pilot

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SBV is a collaborative, national effort that provides $20 million for US companies to help improve industry awareness of national laboratory capabilities and provide small and mid-size businesses access to the resources available within the national laboratory system. Vouchers range from $50,000-300,000. Organization. Description.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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FIVSIM – An Accurate And Efficient Code for the Industrial Simulation of Flow Induced Vibrations, $1,500,000. Idaho National Laboratory. Highly Efficient Low-Thermal-Budget Hydrogen and Chemical Co-Production via an Electrochemical Activation of Propane, $100,000. Praj Industries Ltd. NovaCentrix (Austin, Texas).