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OCED announced four projects selected for award negotiations for up to $304 million in funding to pilot transformational technologies designed to de-risk carbon capture technologies and catalyze investments for commercial-scale carbon capture across the power and industrial sectors. These large-scale pilot projects are located at power and industrial sites in Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas, and Wyoming and have the potential to prevent more than 500,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions from being released into the atmosphere each year. Learn more about the selected projects here and engagement opportunities here.
OCED issued a Request for Information (RFI) in support of the Regional Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hubs program, which seeks public input from industry, investors, developers, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, potentially impacted communities, and other entities on their interest, potential structure, benefits, and risks of mid-scale commercial DAC demonstration facilities. Watch OCED Acting Director Kelly Cummins preview this RFI and discuss OCED’s progress on DAC at Bipartisan Policy Center’s DAC Day event held earlier this month here. Responses to the RFI are due by April 25, 2024 at 5 p.m., ET. Learn more and submit a response here.
Request for Information Summary Now Available for Pilot-Scale Rapid Operational Validation of Key Energy Infrastructure Technologies
In June 2023, OCED issued an RFI on opportunities for Pilot-Scale Rapid Operational Validation of Key Energy Infrastructure Technologies to help inform a potential clean energy pilot-scale project demonstration program. The responses strongly supported a potential small business program to fund pilot-scale projects that aim to catalyze future commercial demonstrations and provided important feedback on what aspects a potential program should include. Read the full RFI summary here.
Secretary Granholm Speaks to Importance of Modern American Industrial Strategy
Watch U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm discuss OCED’s Industrial Demonstrations and Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs programs during her speech on industrial strategy for the clean energy transition at the National Press Club here.
Under Secretary of Infrastructure David Crane Visits California Hydrogen Hub
Under Secretary of Infrastructure David Crane visited OCED’s California Hydrogen Hub, Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES) and toured the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles Fenix Marine Terminal. View photos here.
Hydrogen Hubs Listening Sessions
From March through May, OCED is hosting virtual listening sessions designed to bring relevant Hydrogen Hubs stakeholders together, including OCED personnel, project teams, and local community members, to provide a forum for community members to formally offer input. For more details on the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs listening sessions, visit the OCED H2Hubs engagement webpage or email engage_h2hubs@hq.doe.gov.
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