Office: Office of Clean Energy Demonstration
FOA number: DE-FOA-0002962
Download the full FOA: OCED eXCHANGE
FOA Amount: $1,700,000,000
Background Information
On December 14, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations announced up to $890 million in funding for three projects to demonstrate technologies designed to capture, transport, and store carbon emissions that would otherwise accelerate climate change and jeopardize public health. Funded by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the three projects—located in California, North Dakota, and Texas—have the potential to curb carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from three power plants by preventing roughly 7.75 million metric tons of CO2 emissions from being released into the atmosphere each year—an amount equivalent to the annual CO2 emissions of 1.7 million gasoline-powered cars. Funding applicants were required to submit Community Benefits Plans, which will help ensure meaningful community and labor engagement in carbon management technologies while addressing environmental burdens in partnership with communities to ensure an equitable and just energy transition.
The Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program aims to advance integrated carbon capture, transport, and storage technologies and infrastructure that can be deployed at power plants and in hard-to-decarbonize heavy industries. DOE estimates that reaching President Biden’s ambitious plan for a net-zero emissions economy will require capturing and storing between 400 million and 1.8 billion metric tons of CO2 from emissions sources annually by 2050.
This funding is provided from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Section 41004(b).
Awardees
Selected projects, once completed, will help reduce emissions from the power sector, which accounts for more than a quarter of U.S. carbon emissions. These projects are also breaking ground by demonstrating three novel solvents at commercial-scale and combining them with carbon transport and storage in different geological settings.
- Calpine Texas CCUS Holdings, an indirect subsidiary of Calpine
- Dakota Carbon Center East Project LLC (DCC East Project LLC)
- Sutter CCUS LLC, a subsidiary of Calpine
A detailed list of the selected projects can be found here.
Additional Information
- Download the full funding opportunity on OCED eXCHANGE.
- All applicants must register and submit application materials through OCED exchange.
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Last Updated: December 20, 2023