DOE requests feedback on development-ready carbon emissions reduction, removal technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) posted a new Request for Information (RFI) this week from industry, investors, developers, academia, and more to guide its selection and management of investments into carbon emissions reduction and CO2 removal technologies.
The DOE reckons that decarbonization technologies are both largely available and affordable, but that additional innovation, demonstration, and large-scale deployment of carbon management solutions are needed. To achieve fully carbon-free electricity by 2035 and a net-zero carbon economy by 2050, the department seeks information on various means to those ends: direct air capture, point source carbon capture, geologic storage, and more.
Specifically, it wants to grow areas where both demonstration and deployment have been limited.
“There is no time to waste in delivering the benefits of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to the American people, which includes over $10 billion to deploy effective carbon reduction and removal technologies,” Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said. “DOE’s request for information will help ensure this historic climate investment supports an equitable energy transition, eliminates greenhouse gas emissions, generates good-paying jobs, and enables a net-zero economy by 2050.”
Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, more than $62 billion will be provided to the DOE to ensure more equitable clean energy. With that much money on the line, the department’s RFI seeks greater insights into the life cycle of various technologies, from supply chain considerations to social and institutional contexts, to aid designs of future projects and guarantee any deployment will be not only sustainable but also inclusive of traditionally marginalized communities.
No funding is associated with this departmental request. Presently, it’s fishing for information, not applications for grants or anything else as yet.
