Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded Southern Company Services, Inc. a $62.9 million Cooperative Agreement effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2028 under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089). The awardee will maintain and operate the National Carbon Capture Center, a comprehensive testing facility located in Wilsonville, Alabama, designed to support technology evaluations of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technologies across industrial and power generation applications. The center will provide critical engineering-scale testing infrastructure to advance CO2 capture innovations as part of the Office's broader mission to minimize environmental and climate impacts of fossil fuel and industrial processes.

The National Carbon Capture Center serves as core supporting infrastructure within the DOE's fossil energy and carbon management research portfolio, enabling field-scale demonstrations and technology validation efforts across multiple industrial sectors. As a Cooperative Agreement, the award structure emphasizes collaborative partnership between DOE and the awardee in managing and operating the testing center, which represents a significant component of the federal government's estimated $10.44 billion investment in fossil energy research and development activities focused on carbon capture, methane mitigation, hydrogen production, and industrial decarbonization initiatives.