Energy Efficiency, GHG Emissions - October 11, 2024
DOE Invests $29 Million for Carbon Capture, Conversion, Storage
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $29 million will be allocated for 12 research and development projects to fund two carbon management priorities.
These projects will work on the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into environmentally responsible and economically valuable products and the development of lower cost, highly efficient technologies to capture CO2 from industrial sources and power plants for permanent storage or conversion.
The acceleration of the development of these technologies will advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s climate goals of achieving a carbon-neutral power sector by 2035 and net zero GHG emissions by 2050 and help establish the foundation for a successful carbon capture, storage, and conversion industry in the U.S.
“The deployment of carbon capture and storage creates an opportunity to reduce emissions of additional pollutants beyond carbon dioxide, as well as to convert captured carbon emissions into environmentally beneficial products,” said Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, in a statement. “The projects announced today leverage university and industry expertise to help advance the commercialization of transformational carbon capture and conversion technologies that have the potential to deliver cleaner and more sustainable energy and products.”
Seven projects selected under this funding opportunity will focus on technologies that utilize CO2 from sources such as industrial and power generation facilities, as well as from legacy CO2 emissions captured directly from the atmosphere. Each of these projects will produce value-added products while simultaneously reducing CO2 emissions.
Five projects will focus on development and testing of enabling technologies such as engineering and advanced process control approaches to address non-greenhouse gas emissions in the context of carbon capture. These projects will seek to develop technologies that enable scale-up testing and demonstrations of carbon capture systems and assure their responsible deployment.
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