- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced up to $127.5 million in federal funding for carbon dioxide capture, removal, and conversion test centers.
- This initiative aims to support cement manufacturing facilities and power plants in achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
- Accelerating the development and deployment of technology to capture CO2 emissions and remove it from the atmosphere is critical for environmental goals.
- High energy and capital costs of advanced carbon capture systems hinder widespread adoption.
- The funding will establish test centers for cost-effective research and evaluation of carbon capture technologies in industrial settings.
- Investments in test centers aim to reduce costs, minimize environmental risks, and scale up carbon management processes for commercial use.
- The funding opportunity announcement will focus on three key areas:
- A Carbon Capture, Removal, and Conversion Test Center at an Electric Generating Unit for post-combustion testing.
- Enabling improvements at existing carbon capture test facilities for enhanced capabilities.
- A test center at a Cement Manufacturing Facility for representative flue gas testing.
- The selected projects will support technologies that capture and convert CO2 into products or remove it from the atmosphere.
- This research is geared towards promoting economical and environmentally sustainable carbon management practices.
- The application deadline for interested parties is October 31, 2024, at 5:00 PM ET.
- The FECM focuses on minimizing the environmental impact of fossil fuels while working towards net-zero emissions across the U.S. economy.
DOE Announces Over $127 Million to Advance Carbon Capture, Removal, and Conversion Test Centers
August 19, 2024
Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced up to $127.5 million in federal funding to support the development of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, removal, and conversion test centers for cement manufacturing facilities and power plants. Meeting the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of a net-zero emissions economy by 2050 requires accelerating the responsible development and deployment of technology to capture CO2 emissions from industrial operations and power generation and to remove CO2 directly from the atmosphere. However, the energy and capital cost associated with state-of-the-art carbon capture systems is a barrier to wide deployment. This effort supports the establishment of test centers to cost-effectively research and evaluate carbon capture, removal, and conversion technologies in an industrial/utility environment.
“Carbon capture and storage is one of our critical pathways for significantly reducing domestic and global carbon dioxide emissions,” said Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. “Investments in test centers will help reduce costs, minimize environmental risks, scale up carbon capture, removal, and conversion processes to commercial scale, and ultimately help reduce carbon pollution.”
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will support three areas of focus:
- Carbon Capture, Removal, and Conversion Test Center at an Electric Generating Unit will focus on providing post-combustion flue gas testing capabilities representative of domestic coal and/or natural gas-based power systems.
- Enabling Capital Improvements at Existing Carbon Capture Test Facilities will focus on providing enhanced capabilities and infrastructure improvements at existing flue gas testing centers representative of domestic fossil-based power systems.
- Carbon Capture, Removal, and Conversion Technology Test Center at a Cement Manufacturing Facility will focus on providing flue gas testing representative of domestic cement manufacturing facilities.
Projects selected under this funding opportunity will support testing facilities that will further advance technologies to capture and convert CO₂ into products from utility and industrial sources or remove CO2 from the atmosphere. This research will enable economical and environmentally sustainable carbon management.
Read more details of this FOA here. All questions must be submitted through FedConnect;
register here for an account. The application deadline is October 31, 2024 at 5:00 PM ET.
FECM minimizes environmental and climate impacts of fossil fuels and industrial processes while working to achieve net-zero emissions across the U.S. economy. Priority areas of technology work include carbon capture, carbon conversion, carbon dioxide removal, carbon dioxide transport and storage, hydrogen production with carbon management, methane emissions reduction, and critical minerals production. To learn more, visit the
FECM website,
sign up for FECM news announcements, and visit the
National Energy Technology Laboratory website.
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