DOE to award $20M for carbon capture, utilization and storage projects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will award up to $20 million for projects that accelerate the deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS).
These projects will support the Office of Fossil Energy’s Carbon Storage Program.
“Carbon capture is essential to lowering global carbon emissions,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry said. “By accelerating the deployment of this indispensable technology, the United States can continue to use its domestic energy resources for decades to come without compromising the environment.”
Through this opportunity, DOE will award cooperative agreements for research and development (R&D) projects to help address regional storage and transport challenges currently facing the development of CCUS.
They are looking for projects that address key technical challenges; facilitate data collection, sharing, and analysis; and evaluate regional infrastructure; promote regional technology transfer.
“As the leading clean energy technology for emission reduction, CCUS is a critical part of our R&D portfolio,” Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg said. “By investing in research that will help identify and overcome these ongoing storage and transport challenges, FE hopes to bring CCUS that much closer to widespread industry deployment across the United States—and eventually the world.”
