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ARPA-E awards $38M to 12 projects leading used nuclear fuel recycling initiative

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The projects, led by universities, private companies, and national laboratories, were selected to develop technologies to advance UNF recycling, reduce the volume of high-level waste requiring permanent disposal, and provide safe domestic advanced reactor fuel stocks. Earlier post.) Award amount: $2,796,545). Award amount: $6,449,997).

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DOE Selects 42 University-Led Nuclear Research and Development Projects for $38 Million in Funding

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 42 university-led research and development projects for awards totaling $38 million. These projects, funded over three to four years through the Department’s Nuclear Energy University Program, are intended to help advance nuclear education and develop the next generation of nuclear technologies.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Columbia University. Harvard University.

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USDA awards $5.6M to 220 biofuel producers

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These awards include: The National Biodiesel Board and Regents of the University of Idaho received $768,000 and $192,000 respectively, through the Biodiesel Fuel Education Program. South Dakota State University (SDSU) received $2.3 a producer of biodiesel from waste vegetable oil, received $8,655. produced 6.9

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DOE to award up to $13M to four advanced biofuels projects

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Hydrocarbon-based biofuels made from non-food feedstocks, waste materials, and algae can directly replace gasoline and other fuels. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Georgia Institute of Technology, Pall Corporation, OmniTech International, and FuelCellsEtc will also participate in this project. Bio-hydrocarbons Biomass Fuels'

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DOE’s Manufacturing Institute to award $35M to support R&D in recycling, reuse and remanufacturing

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Reducing EMbodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Manufacturing Institute announced approximately $35 million to support research and development (R&D) that will enable US manufacturers to increase the recovery, recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing of plastics, metals, electronic waste, and fibers.

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DOE and USDA Select Projects for More Than $24M in Biomass Research and Development Grants

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Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corporation (Columbus, OH) up to $1,800,000: to demonstrate, at scale, the operation of a dry fermentation system that uses pre- and post-consumer food wastes from supermarkets and restaurants, waste sawdust, grass, leaves, stumps and other forms of wood waste to produce biogas, heat, and electrical power.

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