DEAR0002057

ADDIS ENERGY, INC.
CONTROL NUMBER 3387-2218
VISION OPEN 2024
TITLE: STIMULATED GEOLOGIC AMMONIA AS A NEW PRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCE

ADDIS ENERGY IS OPTIMIZING AND SCALING AN AMMONIA SYNTHESIS REACTION LEVERAGING GEOLOGIC RESOURCES. ADDIS ENERGY WILL COMBINE EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS WITH COMPUTATIONAL MODELING TO SCALE REACTIONS FROM BATCH REACTIONS TO FIELD PILOT DEMONSTRATION. ADDITIONALLY, ADDIS ENERGY WILL COMPLETE TECHNO ECONOMIC AND LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE COST AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF THIS NEW AMMONIA SYNTHESIS PATHWAY.

Addis Energy

THIS FOA MARKS THE SIXTH OPEN SOLICITATION IN THE HISTORY OF ARPA-E. SINCE THE AGENCY’S INCEPTION IN 2009, THE THREE-YEAR PERIODIC CYCLE OF ARPA-E OPEN PROGRAMS HAVE SERVED AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE TRANSFORMATIVE ENERGY BREAKTHROUGHS IN CRITICAL AREAS THAT FALL OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF ITS TECHNOLOGY-FOCUSED PROGRAMS. THE ENERGY TRANSITION TOWARDS NET-ZERO BY 2050 DEMANDS AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF INNOVATION. VISION OPEN 2024 CHALLENGES THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE A FUTURE ENERGY LANDSCAPE THAT IS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT. THE VISION OPEN 2024 INCLUDES THREE GOALS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND CARBON TRANSITION WITH: - GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG)-FREE ABUNDANT PRIMARY ENERGY; - AN INTERMODAL ENERGY SUPERHIGHWAY THAT TRANSPORTS DIVERSIFIED FORMS OF PRIMARY ENERGY; AND - A CARBON TRANSITION THAT SUSTAINABLY MEETS DEMAND FOR POLYMERS AND OTHER MATERIALS. THESE GOALS WILL ENABLE A NOVEL AND ROBUST GLOBAL ENERGY SYSTEM THAT RESPONSIBLY MEETS THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. ACHIEVING THESE THREE GOALS BY 2050 WILL NECESSITATE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF DISRUPTIVE AND AMBITIOUS TECHNOLOGIES AT AN UNPARALLELED SPEED AND SCALE.

81.135 - Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy

Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) [DOE]

Somerville, Massachusetts United States

City-Wide

Vision OPEN 2024 (DE-FOA-0003387)