(FOA)-Carbon
Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE):
Site Characterization and CO2 Capture Assessment (DE-FOA-0001999); January 15,
2020
Agency
Department
of Energy – National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
Description
Carbon
Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) is becoming widely accepted as a viable
and necessary option for fossil-based energy sources, such as coal- or
gas-fired power plants and other industrial sources to lower their carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions. For CarbonSAFE,
storage complexes should be characterized to ensure they are capable of
safely and efficiently storing a minimum of 50 million metric tons of
CO2 within a 30 year period. For the purposes of this FOA, a storage
complex consists of: (1) one or more storage reservoirs, with permeability and
porosity that allow injection and storage of CO2; and (2) one or more
low-permeability seals, which enclose the reservoir(s) and serve as barriers to
migration of CO2 out of the reservoir. Project sites include both the
surface footprint and subsurface storage complex over the entire volume of
subsurface impacted by the injection. Project site(s) could potentially need to
be monitored for several decades throughout the project’s injection and
post-injection time frames.
The
overall objective of this FOA is to accelerate wide-scale deployment of CCUS by
assessing and verifying safe and cost-effective commercial-scale storage sites
for anthropogenic CO2 emissions, and assessing the technical and economic
viability of carbon capture and/or purification technologies for sources that
will supply CO2 to storage sites.
Announcement
Number:
DE-FOA-0001999
Closing
Date:
January
15, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=320538
Contact
Information
Carla
J. Winaught
304-285-4530