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Biden-Harris Administration Selects Five Recipients to Receive Nearly $15M in
Grants to Address Climate-Damaging Hydrofluorocarbons as Part of Investing in
America Agenda
WASHINGTON — Today, May 28, as part of President Biden’s Investing in
America Agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the
selection of five recipients from across the country for grants to tackle the
climate crisis by reclaiming and destroying hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent
greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigeration and air conditioning.
Collectively, recipients will receive nearly $15 million in HFC Reclaim and
Innovative Destruction grants from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction
Act, the largest climate investment in history.
“This diverse set of projects will tackle the destruction and reclamation of
HFCs in innovative ways to help protect our climate and bolster American
technologies,” said Joe Goffman, Assistant Administrator for the Office of
Air and Radiation.
The funding made possible by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will
range from $1,500,000 to $3,801,100 and support broader Biden-Harris
Administration efforts to support a growing American industry on effectively
managing HFCs. The selectees for this grant program are The University of
Washington, Texas A&M University, Drexel University, University of
California-Riverside, and the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration
Technology Institute. By increasing the reuse of existing HFCs, selected
projects are expected to further reduce our economy’s need for new HFCs and
reduce overall HFC impacts on our climate.
HFCs are a class of potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigeration and
air conditioning, aerosols, and foam products. Their climate impact can be
hundreds to thousands of times stronger than the same amount of carbon
dioxide. Under the bipartisan American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, the
Biden-Harris Administration is phasing down HFCs to achieve an 85% reduction
below historical levels by 2036. President Biden also signed the U.S.
ratification of the Kigali Amendment, and international agreement to phase
down these super-polluting HFCs and avoid up to 0.5 °C of global warming by
2100.
With today’s announcement, this Administration is continuing to deliver
win-wins for climate action and U.S. manufacturing competitiveness while
ensuring that American workers reap the benefits of a growing global market
for HFC reclamation and destruction. These projects help facilitate the
phasedown of HFCs under the AIM Act by helping increase the amount of HFCs
that can be reclaimed and reused in the economy and by developing innovative
techniques to destroy unusable HFCs, ensuring they do not contribute to
climate change.
EPA anticipates that grants to the selected applicants will be finalized and
awarded in the summer of 2024 once all legal and administrative requirements
are satisfied, and that selected applicants will begin projects in the fall
and winter of this year.
To learn more about the Hydrocarbon Reclaim and Innovative Destruction grants,
visit the HFC Reclaim and Innovative Destruction grants webpage.
Selected Grant Applicants
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
University of Washington’s project will evaluate and demonstrate via
alkaline hydrolysis a novel way to destroy HFCs. The project aims to reduce
the pollution emissions associated with HFC destruction since it does not
release hydrogen fluoride or gaseous carbon dioxide. UW has an outreach plan
to engage with disadvantaged communities and intends to hold workshops, public
input meetings, and community consultations and incorporate that feedback into
the methodologies of the project.
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Texas A&M’s project aims to reduce the time and cost of reclaiming HFCs in
two ways: 1) by designing and testing a technology capable of separating a
range of HFC mixtures and 2) by incorporating a data-driven decision framework
for reverse logistics with high supply chain visibility that includes quality,
cost efficiency, changing market dynamics, stakeholder collaboration, safety,
and environmental regulation. This project intends to achieve a 30% increase
in reclaimed HFC and at least a 25% reduction in cost from the baseline
operation.
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Drexel University’s project aims to develop a portable and energy efficient
HFC destruction device by integrating liquid injection incinerator and
nonthermal gliding arc plasma, which will provide refrigerant reclamation
companies with an on-site treatment option for the reduction of HFC emissions.
The project intends to develop a community engagement plan to evaluate
environmental impacts on local communities.
University of California – Riverside
Riverside, California
University of California – Riverside’s project aims to develop scalable
catalytic and assisting technologies for efficient HFC destruction, which
would create a competitive and cost-effective integrated destruction system.
The project intends to contribute to climate change mitigation and sustainable
practices in disadvantaged communities by advancing an innovative and
replicable HFC destruction technique through pilot scale demonstration.
Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Technology Institute
Arlington, Virginia
Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Technology Institute is developing
a pilot project to chemically convert and destroy mixed HFCs back into
components for new commercial use. This zero-emission technique would thereby
create value from the destruction process, while also lowering the costs and
energy required to destroy HFCs compared to conventional incineration
methods.
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