Expand and Extend Clean Coal Power Initiative

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy administered the Expand and Extend Clean Coal Power Initiative (CFDA 81.131), with the most recent grant award issued on May 7, 2010, making this program dormant for over sixteen years. The program funded commercial-scale carbon capture and storage projects and advanced integrated gasification combined cycle technology demonstrations with carbon capture capabilities. All three awards in the portfolio were Cooperative Agreements structured to cost-share with recipients, with combined federal dollars obligated of $739.7 million and total project costs of $2.51 billion, indicating substantial recipient matching contributions. The Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy provided two awards totaling $693.9 million in federal funds, while a separate Department of Energy entity provided one award of $45.8 million, representing full coverage of the award portfolio.

Representative awards included the W.A. Parish Post-Combustion CO2 Capture and Sequestration project (Cooperative Agreement DEFE0003311, $664.8 million federal obligation), the Mountaineer Commercial Scale Carbon Capture and Storage project (Cooperative Agreement DEFE0002673, $396.7 million federal obligation), and the Hydrogen Energy California Project demonstrating integrated gasification combined cycle with full carbon capture (Cooperative Agreement DEFE0000663, $1.44 billion federal obligation, later decreased through amendment and retired). All three projects originated from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding authorized during the 2009–2010 award cycle.

No grant opportunities are currently posted under this Assistance Listing. The program has not issued new awards since 2010, and no recent solicitation activity is present in the source material. Organizations pursuing federal fossil energy funding should monitor whether the Department of Energy has initiated successor programs or new funding announcements in this technology area.