This Third Amended Determination follows the approval of additional funding, extended period of performance, change of teaming partners, and new project milestones to support the project team's small-scale research and development activities of creating a modular reactor design to convert dilute carbon dioxide into a concentrated ethanol product, in progress under the Optimized Flexible Fuels using Grid-free Reactors with Intermittent Delivery (OFF GRID, formerly GREENWELLS) Program.
The Disruptive DC Converters for Grid Resilient Infrastructure to Deliver Secure energy (DC-GRIDS) program supports the small-scale research and development of more compact and cost effective power electronics converters for direct current (DC) transmission to transport electricity over longer distances with less electricity lost during conveyance from generator to user.
The Reliable Ore Characterization with Keystone Sensing (ROCKS) program supports small-scale research and development projects to advance cutting-edge technologies in drilling, sensing, and analytical technologies to enable rapid, high-resolution, and cost-effective assessment of rare earth elements (REE) in ore deposits.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of quantum and machine learning-accelerated software tools and apply them to discovering ultra-strong, lightweight magnets for electric motors and generators and for future high-performance information technology.
The Catalytic Application Testing for Accelerated Learning Chemistries via High-throughput Experimentation and Modeling Efficiently (CATALCHEM-E) program supports the small-scale research and development of heterogeneous catalysts, solid materials that reduce the inherent energy needed to drive industrial-scale chemical reactions responsible for making everyday products and commodities.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a cost-effective, electrified method of extracting lithium from low-grade U.S. brines and converting it to battery-grade materials.
The Catalytic Application Testing for Accelerated Learning Chemistries via High-throughput Experimentation and Modeling Efficiently (CATALCHEM-E) program supports the small-scale research and development of heterogeneous catalysts, solid materials that reduce the inherent energy needed to drive industrial-scale chemical reactions responsible for making everyday products and commodities.
The Magnetic Acceleration Generating New Innovations and Tactical Outcomes (MAGNITO) program supports the small-scale research and development of stronger magnets to improve energy productivity, reduce the cost of electricity generation, and enable smaller, lighter motors for U.S. industry and transportation.
This Sixth Amended Determination follows the approval of additional funding, extended period of performance, and additional project milestones to support the project team's small-scale research and development activities to use and recycle carbon dioxide (CO2) to extract energy-relevant minerals, including nickel and magnesium, from iron- and aluminum-rich ore through carbonation with CO2, in progress under the Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery (MINER) program.
The Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) program will support the research and development of technologies that enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel to reduce the impact of storage in permanent disposal facilities.