The U.S. Department of Energy's Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program awarded a $3,709,032 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Illinois to complete a feasibility study for a regional Direct Air Capture (DAC) hub in Florida. The key objectives are to define the DAC hub organization, select technologies, assess life cycle emissions, identify safety/regulatory requirements, and develop financing, business, and community benefits plans. Planned sub-awards include...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $3,316,800.00 and funded 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, will support a pre-feasibility study and preliminary front-end engineering design for a potential Direct Air Capture (DAC) hub in the Houston area. The project aims to determine the ownership structure, identify anchor DAC and conversion technologies, and conduct life cycle...
This Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $3,909,166.00, is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). The overall objective is to complete a feasibility study for a regional Direct Air Capture (DAC) hub encompassing Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. The study will be executed in two phases: Phase 0A to complete a pre-feasibility study, and Phase 0B to complete the full feasibility study. Key...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $50,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) to 1Pointfive P2 LLC to construct the South Texas Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hub. The project aims to demonstrate the commercial-scale processing, transport, geologic storage, and conversion of up to 1,000,000 metric tons of captured atmospheric CO2 per year using liquid sorbent DAC technology developed by Carbon Engineering, an affiliate of 1Pointfive. The South...
This Cooperative Agreement award is funded 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. The award provides $22,532,805.00 to Arizona State University (ASU) to develop and demonstrate a regional Direct Air Capture (DAC) hub in the Southwest United States. The objectives of this project are to execute planning activities and complete a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study for a regional...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) provides $4,144,938 to the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a non-profit organization, to formulate a regional Direct Air Capture (DAC) hub concept in the Pacific Northwest. The primary objective is to conduct the necessary analysis, engineering, and stakeholder engagement to advance the DAC hub project from the concept stage to...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $6,104,774 Cooperative Agreement to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program. The objective of this 21-month feasibility study is to: (1) assess and validate a portfolio of direct air capture (DAC) technologies for a potential regional DAC hub, (2) explore opportunities to optimize the balance of plant, and (3) evaluate the technical and commercial...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program, will support a comprehensive assessment of the technical, social, and governance feasibility of establishing a community alliance for direct air capture in California. The total funding amount is $3,685,904.00, with a performance period of August 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025. The prime awardee, the...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $4,570,059 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program to Aera Federal LLC on May 1, 2024. The project aims to establish the technical and business feasibility of the Aera Direct Air Capture Hub in California's San Joaquin Valley. The key objectives include evaluating the technical and engineering requirements for the entire direct air capture (DAC)...
The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $23,659,268 Cooperative Agreement to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to advance the development of a Direct Air Capture (DAC) hub in the Southern San Joaquin Valley of California. Through this 2-year award, EPRI will design, engineer, and plan an integrated DAC system to support the decarbonization of the region. The project falls under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089)...