$4 Million to Advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology for Clean, Low-Cost Hydrogen Production 

FECM announced up to $4 million in federal funding to support research and development projects that will expand the versatility and applicability of solid oxide fuel cell technology. 

$5.5 Million to Develop New and Alternative Products Using our Nation’s Supplies of Critical Minerals and Materials 

FECM announced $5.5 million for six projects that will advance new and improved technologies using critical minerals and materials that can predominantly be domestically sourced, reducing our dependence on offshore supplies.  

$19.5 Million to Develop a Secure Domestic Supply Chain of Critical Minerals and Materials  

In collaboration with DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, FECM announced up to $19.5 million in federal funding to advance technologies that will help reduce costs for recovering critical minerals and materials from domestic secondary and unconventional sources.  

$15 Million to Develop Innovative Systems for Clean Hydrogen Production 

FECM announced up to $15 million in federal funding to support research and development projects that convert feedstocks—such as coal, biomass, petcoke, household waste, industrial wastes, and waste plastics—into synthesis gas, also known as syngas, to enable the low-cost production of clean hydrogen. 

$15 Million to Reduce Methane Emissions From the Oil and Gas Sector 

FECM announced up to $15 million in federal funding to support research and development projects that advance cost-effective technologies toward commercialization that address characterization, advanced remediation techniques, and long-term monitoring of undocumented orphaned wells to reduce methane emissions and other harmful environmental impacts. 

DOE Issues Notice of Intent to Fund Direct Air Capture Technologies 

DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, in collaboration with FECM, issued a Notice of Intent to fund up to $1.8 billion for the design, construction, and operation of mid- and large-scale commercial direct air capture facilities and infrastructure scaling platforms. 

DOE Issues Notice of Intent to Fund Transformational Emissions Reducing Technologies 

DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, in collaboration with FECM, issued a Notice of Intent to fund up to $1.3 billion to catalyze investments in transformative carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies. 

DOE Announces Conditional Commitment to Wabash Valley Resources to Repurpose Fossil Fuel Infrastructure to Produce Low-Carbon Ammonia for Midwest Farmers 

DOE’s Loan Programs Office announced a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $1.5 billion to Wabash Valley Resources, LLC to help finance a commercial-scale waste-to-ammonia production facility using carbon capture and sequestration technology. 

• Blog Post: Insights from the Appalachia Regional Deploy Dialogue: Advancing Industrial Decarbonization  

• Webinar: Project Briefing on Four Corners Carbon Storage Hub – CarbonSAFE Phase III (Briefing Slides)