Cooperative Agreement DEFE0032287

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) has awarded a $20,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy) to conduct the Southeast Methane Emissions Quantification (SE-MEQ) study. The SE-MEQ study aims to establish a regional methane emissions estimate focused on the Southeast/Gulf Coast region through a comprehensive effort involving technical experts, academics, industry...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development), provides $5,000,000 to Encino Environmental Services, LLC to develop and deploy an advanced "smart" thief hatch for storage tanks. The "EnviroMech Thief Hatch 2.0" leverages sensors, actuators, and composite materials to increase the durability, reliability, and operational life of the thief hatch,...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $3,037,399 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to General Electric Company's GE Research Division. The goal of this 12-month project is to design, manufacture, and test a 20 kg composite liquid hydrogen (LH2) storage tank that is scalable to larger capacities of 60-120 kg for heavy trucks and 200-1000 kg for aircraft. The project will...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has awarded a $80,225,157 Cooperative Agreement to Tampa Electric Company (TEC) to assess the technical and commercial feasibility of developing a carbon dioxide (CO2) storage facility near the Polk Power Station. The project, funded through the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program, aims to advance the commercial project from the site characterization and permitting phase to...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $9,999,878 Cooperative Agreement to Sonoma Technology, Inc. under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The award, titled "INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) - COMPREHENSIVE OIL AND GAS POLLUTION AND EMISSIONS RESEARCH NETWORK IN CALIFORNIA'S UNDERSERVED SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COMMUNITIES (COPERNICUS)", will fund research and development focused on minimizing the...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $20,000,000 Cooperative Agreement (Award ID: DEFE0032701) to the University of Texas at Austin under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The objectives of this 1-year project are to: Design and deploy consistent, accurate, granular, and transparent multi-scale methane emissions measurements across the Northeast United States. Construct measurement-informed methane...

This $31,262,296 cooperative agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program, is aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of converting a mature oil and gas field in the Permian Basin into a dedicated carbon dioxide (CO2) storage facility. The key objectives of this project are: 1) to validate the subsurface characterization, storage capacity, and technical/economic...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $8,368,433 Cooperative Agreement to Pioneer Energy Inc., a for-profit manufacturer based in Lakewood, Colorado, under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The objective of this 1-year project is to continue the development of the Emission Control Treater (ECT), a new well pad processing technology that uses a fundamentally different process to achieve better separation,...

The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $12,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Calpine Texas CCUS Holdings, LLC under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) to construct and operate a post-combustion carbon capture system at the Baytown Energy Center. The project is expected to capture and sequester approximately 2 million metric tons of CO2 each year using Shell Catalysts & Technologies' Cansolv amine-based absorbent. The project will engage local and state stakeholders,...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Targeted Airshed Grant Program (CFDA #66.956), awarded a $5,000,000 project grant to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to demonstrate the deployment of six (6) Daimler (Freightliner) Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) trucks. SCAQMD will implement this demonstration project through a subaward, leasing the zero-emission HFC trucks to various fleet operators in Southern California. The project aims to accelerate the...