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Six Massachusetts cleantech companies will receive a total of $1.7 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy for research and development projects, the DOE announced Wednesday.
The six projects were among the 48 selected as award winners of the Industrial Energy Efficiency Grand Challenge.
The full slate of grantees will receive a total of $13 million to fund the development of “transformational” industrial processes and technologies that can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the industrial sector, the DOE said.
The funding will be matched by more than $5 million in private industry funding to support a total of $18 million in projects intended to enhance America’s energy security and strengthen the economy, according to the DOE.
Winning companies from Massachusetts were:
* Advanced Electron Beams Inc., Wilmington: $294,880 to develop a method of oxidizing organic pollutants at room temperature by injecting electron beam energy in place of using thermal oxidizers, which use methane and produce carbon dioxide.
* Aspen Aerogels Inc., Northborough: $299,960 to develop a new insulation material (Pyrogel HT) for high-temperature steam and process pipes.
* Metal Oxygen Separation Technologies Inc., Natick: $260,000 to develop an innovative process to treat low-grade post-consumer magnesium scrap and produce pure magnesium for making new auto parts.
* Oasys Water Inc., Cambridge: $300,000 to develop a new osmosis-based technology for treating industrial wastewater, with the aim of developing full-scale components for piloting in an industrial facility.
* Rive Technology Inc., Cambridge: $300,000 to use advanced nanostructured molecular sieves for energy-efficient industrial separations.
* SolidUV Inc., Chelmsford: $300,000 to explore the development of ultra-high power UV LED curing systems that are more efficient, more reliable, lower cost and higher performance than conventional high-power mercury lamp systems.
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