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October 20, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), with DOE’s Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), has announced more than $58.5 million in federal funding for 11 projects to help develop a commercially viable carbon dioxide removal industry in the United States. The funding will support pilot projects and testing facilities to demonstrate and scale carbon dioxide removal technologies that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution by removing it directly from the atmosphere. “Alongside strong actions to lower carbon dioxide emissions from industry and power generation, large-scale deployment of carbon dioxide removal technology is crucial to achieving the Biden-Harris Administration’s climate and clean energy goals,” said Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. “By investing in these pilot-scale projects, DOE aims to expand our technology portfolio and drive down costs of carbon dioxide removal, while also taking the care to evaluate any impacts of this technology on our environment and local communities.” To support an emerging and necessary carbon dioxide removal industry, in 2021 DOE launched the Carbon Negative Shot—the U.S. government’s first major carbon dioxide removal effort. Part of DOE’s larger Energy Earthshots Initiative, the Carbon Negative Shot is a Department-wide call for crosscutting innovation and commercialization of a wide range of carbon dioxide removal technologies and approaches. This Earthshot sets the portfolio-wide goal of reducing the cost of removing CO2 from the atmosphere to less than $100 per net metric ton of CO2-equivalent by 2032, together with robust measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification and secure storage. The selected projects will aim to support Carbon Negative Shot objectives across carbon dioxide removal pathways through integrated pilot-scale testing of advanced technologies and detailed monitoring, reporting, and verification protocols. HFTO will manage the following project that supports small-scale biomass carbon removal and storage technology:
DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), under the purview of FECM, will manage the remaining 10 projects. Four of these projects will also support small-scale biomass carbon removal and storage technology:
Four projects will support enhanced mineralization technologies:
Two projects will support testbed facilities suitable for evaluating, developing, and integrating multiple carbon dioxide removal pathways across different ecosystems, climates, and communities:
A detailed list of the selected projects can be found here. To support the goal of building a clean and equitable energy economy, selected project teams were required, as part of their applications, to submit a Research and Development Community Benefits Plan. These plans provide details on their commitments to quality job creation; diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; and benefits to disadvantaged communities as part of the President’s Justice40 Initiative. 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 NETL website. HFTO focuses on research, development, and demonstration of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies across multiple sectors enabling innovation, a strong domestic economy, and a clean, equitable energy future. To learn more, visit the HFTO website and learn more about the administration’s all-of-government approach to clean hydrogen, as coordinated by the Hydrogen Interagency Task Force. |
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