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As the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) moves into 2022, it has been thrilling to look back on the past year and see all that the team accomplished. From awarding $197 million across 40 research projects to advance carbon management approaches, to accelerating research progress on clean hydrogen and launching key carbon management initiatives at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, 2021 was a significant year. Read our 2021 Year in Review blog post for more highlights.
We plan to make many more strides this year toward achieving the Biden Administration’s climate, justice and equity goals. Keep an eye out for our new Strategic Vision, set to be released soon, which will lay out how we plan to advance carbon management technologies this year and for years to come. And keep your calendar open on February 28-March 1, which is when DOE will host a seminar on Carbon Negative Shot to dive deeper into this initiative and answer your questions—look out for an invitation in your inbox soon!
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Sincerely,
Dr. Jennifer Wilcox
Acting Assistant Secretary and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
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2021: A Momentous Year for FECM
Read our blog post on FECM’s 2021 highlights to learn how the FECM team shifted focus and efforts across the past year to support the Biden Administration’s climate and equity goals and accelerate carbon management research and development activities across the United States.
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What's New in Carbon Management
Updated and Extended: Request for Information on Carbon Reduction and Removal Technologies
This request for information now includes a new topic and related questions on iron, steel, manufactured products or construction materials and clean energy jobs, and the deadline for submitting responses has been extended to February 1. Learn More
Federal Partners Announce a New Interagency Effort to Clean Up Legacy Pollution
A new Memorandum of Understanding, signed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and four other agencies, establishes a framework to implement an orphaned well program that will create good-paying jobs and address environmental injustice. Learn More
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exchange and Contract Awards Strengthen Fuel Supply Chain
To bolster the fuel supply chain, FECM awarded Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) exchanges on December 23, December 30, January 12 and January 18, and also awarded SPR sale contracts to six companies on January 13 in accordance with a Congressional mandate. Learn More about the SPR
DOE Launches the Clean Energy Corps
We’re hiring! As U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm explains in her announcement video, DOE is embarking on its largest staff expansion in more than four decades to support the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Learn More
Deadline Extended: Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) Summer 2022 Program
Applications for DOE’s MLEF 2022 Summer Program—a 10-week summer research program that gives undergraduate and graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math majors experience conducting cutting-edge research in the energy sector—are due by January 31. Learn More
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 NETL Researchers Receive DOE Secretary’s Honor Awards
FECM congratulates NETL’s Dr. Christina Lopano, NETL’s Energy Data eXchange (EDX) Development and Operations Team and NETL’s Multi-Functional Sorbent Technology (MUST) Team for receiving the prestigious Secretary’s Honor Awards! These individuals have gone above and beyond in fulfilling DOE’s mission and serving the nation with their research over the past year.
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Coming up on FECM social media
- January 17-21: FECM Science and Innovation
- January 24-28: FECM 2021 Year-in-Review
- February 2022: Black History Month
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