DEFE0032677
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – Low-cost solution for upcycling flare gas to fertilizer
The objective of this award is to adapt its core methane bioconversion technology to deploy a full-scale system designed to operate as a flare replacement system on an operating oil production site.
This system will reduce the contributions of methane emissions caused by unwanted gas being flared in the United States by gathering well-site gas that would otherwise be emitted or flared and facilitating the beneficial use of the gas by conversion (upcycling) to high-value organic fertilizer that can be more easily transported off-site.
This system will dramatically reduce the methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with current flaring and provide local benefits.
The objective of this award is to adapt its core methane bioconversion technology to deploy a full-scale system designed to operate as a flare replacement system on an operating oil production site.
This system will reduce the contributions of methane emissions caused by unwanted gas being flared in the United States by gathering well-site gas that would otherwise be emitted or flared and facilitating the beneficial use of the gas by conversion (upcycling) to high-value organic fertilizer that can be more easily transported off-site.
This system will dramatically reduce the methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with current flaring and provide local benefits.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THE PURPOSE OF THIS FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT (FECM) ON BEHALF OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLED, “INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) – METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION PROGRAM OIL AND GAS METHANE MONITORING AND MITIGATION”, IS TO MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO A VARIETY OF ENTITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF MITIGATING METHANE EMISSIONS FROM MARGINAL CONVENTIONAL WELLS (MCWS) AND OTHER OIL AND NATURAL GAS ASSETS; ACCELERATING THE COMMERCIALIZATION, SCALE-UP AND APPLICATION OF INNOVATIVE METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; AND ADVANCING THE CHARACTERIZATION AND REDUCTION OF METHANE EMISSIONS THROUGH MULTI-SCALE, MEASUREMENT-INFORMED DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
San Mateo,
California
94404-2082
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Windfall Bio was awarded
IRA: Flare Gas Upcycling for Fertilizer
Cooperative Agreement DEFE0032677
worth $5,999,629
from the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in San Mateo California United States.
The grant
has a duration of 8 months and
was awarded through assistance program 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development.
$2,946,934 (33.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – Methane Emissions Reduction Program Oil and Gas Methane Monitoring and Mitigation.
Status
(Complete)
Last Modified 5/28/25
Period of Performance
1/17/25
Start Date
9/30/25
End Date
Funding Split
$6.0M
Federal Obligation
$2.9M
Non-Federal Obligation
$8.9M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to DEFE0032677
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEFE0032677
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
For-Profit Organization (Other Than Small Business)
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892404 FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT
Awardee UEI
CG6EMKWKGNY5
Awardee CAGE
9EPR2
Performance District
CA-15
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Alejandro Padilla
Modified: 5/28/25