DOE Point Source Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilots, Commercial Demonstrations, and Networked Demonstration Commercialization

FUNDING PROGRAM: DOE Point Source Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilots, Commercial Demonstrations, and Networked Demonstration Commercialization.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: DE-FOA-0003473.

FUNDING AGENCIES: United States Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED).

OPPORTUNITY:

DOE’s OCED is issuing this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), in collaboration with the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) and National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), for integrated carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects that demonstrate substantial improvements in the efficiency, effectiveness, cost, and environmental performance of carbon capture technologies for power, industrial, and other commercial applications. The overarching goal of this NOFO is to unlock a wave of follow-on investment in low-carbon power and low-carbon industrial products by increasing the capital flow to sectors where it is already occurring and by expanding the CCUS market to additional power, industrial, and commercial applications. Awards made under this NOFO will be funded with funds appropriated by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, more commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).

DESCRIPTION:

This NOFO provides funding for the following three topic areas:

  1. Topic Area 1 (TA1): CCUS Demonstration: TA1 will support commercial-scale demonstrations of integrated carbon capture, transport, and storage at up to one coal-fired power plant and up to two industrial plants with a minimum capture capacity of 300,000 metric tons CO2/year. TA1 is designed to increase investor confidence through funding fully integrated projects at commercial scale.
  2. Topic Area 2 (TA2): Large-Scale Pilot Projects: TA2 will support large-scale pilot projects demonstrating transformative technical advances in point-source carbon capture.
  3. Topic Area 3 (TA3) Networked Demonstration Commercialization: TA3 will support activities that drive maturation of the CCUS market where key infrastructure is already developing.

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

  • Institutions of higher education
  • For-profit organizations
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • States and local governments
  • Indian Tribes, as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 25 U.S.C. § 5304

Note: In general, foreign entities are not eligible to apply as either a recipient or subrecipient. In limited circumstances, DOE may allow a foreign entity to participate as a recipient or subrecipient. A foreign entity may submit an application to this NOFO, but the application must be accompanied by a waiver request for the foreign entity’s participation.

COST SHARING: 

The non-Federal cost share must be at least 50% of the total project costs for demonstration projects in Topic Areas 1 and 3, and 30% in Topic Area 2 (Phases 1–4). The cost share must be at least 20% of total project costs for Topic Area 2 Phase 0. Each Budget Period of the project must also meet the specific cost share requirements unless a different basis is sufficiently justified and negotiated. DOE funding is limited to the amount specified in the award. Any cost increases afterwards must be covered by additional non-Federal cost share.

FUNDING AVAILABLE:

  • FUNDING AVAILABILITY: Up to $1.3 billion beginning in FY 2026.
  • INDIVIDUAL AWARD AMOUNTS:
    • Expected number and type of awards: Up to 11 total cooperative agreements
      • Topic Area 1: 1–3 awards, each $175M – $400M, $750M max
      • Topic Area 2: 1–5 awards, each $75M – $135M, $450M max
      • Topic Area 3: 1–3 awards, each $20M – $30M, $100M max

APPLICATION WINDOW: 

  • Submission Deadline for Concept Paper: March 1, 2025.
  • Submission Deadline for Applications: July 1, 2025.
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