FECM Press Releases and Techlines

FECM announced $4.5 million in funding for Pennsylvania State University to study ways to improve turbine performance and efficiency.

FECM announced nearly $2.7 million for five R&D projects selected under the Accelerating Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies initiative, including three CO2 storage projects and two carbon conversion projects.

FECM announced $6 million in funding for six university-led research and development projects that will repurpose domestic coal resources for high-value products.

Funding Supports 33 Carbon Management Projects to Ramp Up Efforts to Achieve Nationwide Goal of Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050

FECM announced $2.5M for four projects to be conducted at U.S colleges and universities to support the development of technologies capable of converting natural gas to high-value products and to promote collaborative work in humanities-driven STEM fields.

FECM announced $5.3M in funding for five cutting edge projects that will advance research supporting the domestic production of rare earth elements and other critical minerals.

FECM issued two Requests for Information on the implementation of Future Growth Grants under the CIFIA program and the development of field laboratories at carbon storage facilities through the CarbonSTORE initiative.

Releases Are Part of President Biden’s Continued Action to Protect American Consumers, Address the Global Supply Disruption Caused by Putin’s Energy Price Hike, and Enhance Energy Security

DOE's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management and National Energy Technology Laboratory are working with international and domestic partners to investigate the resource potential of gas hydrates within the Prudhoe Bay Unit on the Alaska North Slope.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that contracts have been awarded for the purchase of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) following a Notice of Sale announced on September 19, 2022.