US DOE announces $127.5 million funding to boost carbon capture and conversion test centres

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced that it would be endowing around $127.5 million in federal funding to boost the development of carbon capture, removal, and conversion test centres.  

The centres will be built to be utilised by the cement manufacturing facilities and power plants.  

The funding seeks to eliminate the energy and cost barriers associated with establishing such facilities.  

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The FECM's support will enable the development of test centres that can “cost-effectively research and evaluate carbon capture, removal, and conversion technologies in an industrial/utility environment.” 

“Carbon capture and storage is one of our critical pathways for significantly reducing domestic and global carbon dioxide emissions,” said Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management.  

He added, “Investments in test centres will help reduce costs, minimize environmental risks, scale up carbon capture, removal, and conversion processes to commercial scale, and ultimately help reduce carbon pollution.” 

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This funding opportunity announcement is aimed at three main objectives: 

1. Establishing a carbon capture, removal, and conversion test center at an electric generating unit to provide post-combustion flue gas testing that mimics conditions of domestic coal and natural gas power systems.
   

1. Enhancing existing carbon capture test facilities through capital improvements to upgrade their capabilities and infrastructure, making them more representative of domestic fossil fuel power systems.
   

1. Developing a carbon capture, removal, and conversion technology test centre at a cement manufacturing facility to offer flue gas testing that accurately reflects the conditions of domestic cement production.

Projects funded through this opportunity will enhance testing facilities for advancing technologies that capture and convert CO₂ from utility and industrial sources or remove it from the atmosphere.