Recent Announcements
On December 11, FECM announced $10M for four projects selected to help lower costs for treating wastewater from oil and natural gas production. These projects will explore safe, alternative uses of the wastewater, such as the irrigation of non-edible crops and hydrogen generation. They will also recover critical minerals and materials essential to manufacturing clean energy technologies.
On December 13, FECM announced the third release of the five-year, $2.25 billion funding opportunity announcement available under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Carbon Storage Validation and Testing program to develop new and expanded carbon storage projects through the CarbonSAFE initiative. Each project will have the capacity to store 50 or more million metric tons of carbon dioxide over a 30-year period.
On December 14, DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations announced up to $890 million in funding for three projects to demonstrate technologies designed to capture, transport, and store carbon emissions.
On December 15, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and DOE announced a conditional commitment to 14 states to receive a total of $350 million in formula grant funding to help measure and reduce methane emissions, one of the biggest drivers of climate change, from the oil and gas sector.
On December 15, DOE announced up to $59 million to accelerate the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of affordable clean-hydrogen technologies. DOE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office will administer this funding opportunity announcement, which focuses on: advancing fueling infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and other heavy transportation applications; developing and demonstrating hydrogen-based zero-emissions equipment for seaport facilities; addressing key challenges to siting, permitting, and installation; and improving community engagement and outreach to support environmental justice and ensure equitable deployment of clean hydrogen systems.
On December 19, FECM announced a total of $45.6 million for nine projects that will advance carbon dioxide capture technologies and help establish the foundation for a successful carbon transport and storage industry in the United States.
On December 19, FECM announced seven semifinalists for the development phase of the Direct Air Capture Pre-Commercial Prize to receive a total of $1.05 million for technology solutions that reduce carbon dioxide pollution by removing it directly from the atmosphere.
On December 21, FECM issued a notice of intent to provide funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for large-scale conversion of carbon emissions into environmentally responsible and economically valuable products.
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