DOE Grant: Industrial Carbon Capture, Sequestration, and Beneficial CO2 Use

The CO2 Capture and Sequestration (CCS) and CO2 use is a cost-shared
collaboration between the Government and industry to increase investment in

clean industrial technologies and sequestration projects.

In accordance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and
Section 703 of Public Law 110¿140, for this Funding Opportunity
Announcement,
DOE¿s two specific objectives, identified as Technology Areas, are to
demonstrate: (1) Large-scale industrial CCS projects from industrial
sources
and (2) Innovative concepts for beneficial CO2 use. The Applicants shall
clearly identify the technology area under which the application is being
submitted.

Technology Area 1 – Large-scale industrial CCS projects from industrial
sources: The objective is to demonstrate advanced technologies that
capture
and sequester carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources into
underground
formations. The large-scale CCS projects include integration of CO2
capture,
transportation and sequestration incorporating comprehensive monitoring,
verification accounting (MVA). The projects may include plant efficiency

improvements for integration with CO2 capture technology. The industrial
sources include, but are not limited to, cement plants, chemical plants,
refineries, steel and aluminum plants, manufacturing facilities, and power
plants using opportunity fuels (petroleum coke, municipal waste, etc.).
Plants
with electric power output greater than 50% of total energy output that
operate
on more than 55% coal as a feedstock are ineligible.

The sequestration opportunities include deep saline formations, and deep
geologic systems including basalts, operating oil and gas fields, depleted
oil
and gas fields, and unmineable coal seams. The CO2 sequestration
commercial
benefits include enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and enhanced methane recovery
from
unmineable coal seams. DOE¿s objective is that Recipients are able to
operate
at commercial scale in an industrial setting, technologies that make
progress
toward capture and sequestration of 75% of CO2 from the treated stream
comprising at least 10% CO2 by volume that would otherwise be emitted to
the
atmosphere and at a scale sufficient to evaluate full impact of the CO2
capture
technology on plant operations, economics, and performance. Additionally,
the
objective is to demonstrate geologic sequestration options in a variety of
geologic settings in order to evaluate costs, operational processes, and
the
technical performance. DOE¿s target is for one million tons per year of
CO2
emissions from each plant to be captured and sequestered.

The evaluation process will give greater weights to applications for
projects
that capture and sequester amounts of CO2 approaching or exceeding DOE¿s
Industrial Carbon Capture and Sequestration (ICCS) target of one million
tons
per plant per year by 2015 as an integral component of commercial
operation.
Long-term commitments from the suppliers or purchasers or users of CO2
would
strengthen an application. Coordination with a large scale sequestration
test,
including EOR, is one way to demonstrate participation by a long term
purchaser, or supplier of CO2, although other approaches to demonstrating
sequestration will be given equal consideration in the merit review
process.

The CO2 Capture and Sequestration (CCS) and CO2 use is a cost-shared
collaboration between the Government and industry to increase investment in

clean industrial technologies and sequestration projects.

In accordance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and
Section 703 of Public Law 110¿140, for this Funding Opportunity
Announcement,
DOE¿s two specific objectives, identified as Technology Areas, are to
demonstrate: (1) Large-scale industrial CCS projects from industrial
sources
and (2) Innovative concepts for beneficial CO2 use. The Applicants shall
clearly identify the technology area under which the application is being
submitted.

Technology Area 1 – Large-scale industrial CCS projects from industrial
sources: The objective is to demonstrate advanced technologies that
capture
and sequester carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources into
underground
formations. The large-scale CCS projects include integration of CO2
capture,
transportation and sequestration incorporating comprehensive monitoring,
verification accounting (MVA). The projects may include plant efficiency

improvements for integration with CO2 capture technology. The industrial
sources include, but are not limited to, cement plants, chemical plants,
refineries, steel and aluminum plants, manufacturing facilities, and power
plants using opportunity fuels (petroleum coke, municipal waste, etc.).
Plants
with electric power output greater than 50% of total energy output that
operate
on more than 55% coal as a feedstock are ineligible.

The sequestration opportunities include deep saline formations, and deep
geologic systems including basalts, operating oil and gas fields, depleted
oil
and gas fields, and unmineable coal seams. The CO2 sequestration
commercial
benefits include enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and enhanced methane recovery
from
unmineable coal seams. DOE¿s objective is that Recipients are able to
operate
at commercial scale in an industrial setting, technologies that make
progress
toward capture and sequestration of 75% of CO2 from the treated stream
comprising at least 10% CO2 by volume that would otherwise be emitted to
the
atmosphere and at a scale sufficient to evaluate full impact of the CO2
capture
technology on plant operations, economics, and performance. Additionally,
the
objective is to demonstrate geologic sequestration options in a variety of
geologic settings in order to evaluate costs, operational processes, and
the
technical performance. DOE¿s target is for one million tons per year of
CO2
emissions from each plant to be captured and sequestered.

The evaluation process will give greater weights to applications for
projects
that capture and sequester amounts of CO2 approaching or exceeding DOE¿s
Industrial Carbon Capture and Sequestration (ICCS) target of one million
tons
per plant per year by 2015 as an integral component of commercial
operation.
Long-term commitments from the suppliers or purchasers or users of CO2
would
strengthen an application. Coordination with a large scale sequestration
test,
including EOR, is one way to demonstrate participation by a long term
purchaser, or supplier of CO2, although other approaches to demonstrating
sequestration will be given equal consideration in the merit review
process.

The CO2 Capture and Sequestration (CCS) and CO2 use is a cost-shared
collaboration between the Government and industry to increase investment in

clean industrial technologies and sequestration projects.

In accordance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and
Section 703 of Public Law 110¿140, for this Funding Opportunity
Announcement,
DOE¿s two specific objectives, identified as Technology Areas, are to
demonstrate: (1) Large-scale industrial CCS projects from industrial
sources
and (2) Innovative concepts for beneficial CO2 use. The Applicants shall
clearly identify the technology area under which the application is being
submitted.

Technology Area 1 – Large-scale industrial CCS projects from industrial
sources: The objective is to demonstrate advanced technologies that
capture
and sequester carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources into
underground
formations. The large-scale CCS projects include integration of CO2
capture,
transportation and sequestration incorporating comprehensive monitoring,
verification accounting (MVA). The projects may include plant efficiency

improvements for integration with CO2 capture technology. The industrial
sources include, but are not limited to, cement plants, chemical plants,
refineries, steel and aluminum plants, manufacturing facilities, and power
plants using opportunity fuels (petroleum coke, municipal waste, etc.).
Plants
with electric power output greater than 50% of total energy output that
operate
on more than 55% coal as a feedstock are ineligible.

The sequestration opportunities include deep saline formations, and deep
geologic systems including basalts, operating oil and gas fields, depleted
oil
and gas fields, and unmineable coal seams. The CO2 sequestration
commercial
benefits include enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and enhanced methane recovery
from
unmineable coal seams. DOE¿s objective is that Recipients are able to
operate
at commercial scale in an industrial setting, technologies that make
progress
toward capture and sequestration of 75% of CO2 from the treated stream
comprising at least 10% CO2 by volume that would otherwise be emitted to
the
atmosphere and at a scale sufficient to evaluate full impact of the CO2
capture
technology on plant operations, economics, and performance. Additionally,
the
objective is to demonstrate geologic sequestration options in a variety of
geologic settings in order to evaluate costs, operational processes, and
the
technical performance. DOE¿s target is for one million tons per year of
CO2
emissions from each plant to be captured and sequestered.

The evaluation process will give greater weights to applications for
projects
that capture and sequester amounts of CO2 approaching or exceeding DOE¿s
Industrial Carbon Capture and Sequestration (ICCS) target of one million
tons
per plant per year by 2015 as an integral component of commercial
operation.
Long-term commitments from the suppliers or purchasers or users of CO2
would
strengthen an application. Coordination with a large scale sequestration
test,
including EOR, is one way to demonstrate participation by a long term
purchaser, or supplier of CO2, although other approaches to demonstrating
sequestration will be given equal consideration in the merit review
process.

The CO2 Capture and Sequestration (CCS) and CO2 use is a cost-shared
collaboration between the Government and industry to increase investment in

clean industrial technologies and sequestration projects.

In accordance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and
Section 703 of Public Law 110¿140, for this Funding Opportunity
Announcement,
DOE¿s two specific objectives, identified as Technology Areas, are to
demonstrate: (1) Large-scale industrial CCS projects from industrial
sources
and (2) Innovative concepts for beneficial CO2 use. The Applicants shall
clearly identify the technology area under which the application is being
submitted.

Technology Area 1 – Large-scale industrial CCS projects from industrial
sources: The objective is to demonstrate advanced technologies that
capture
and sequester carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources into
underground
formations. The large-scale CCS projects include integration of CO2
capture,
transportation and sequestration incorporating comprehensive monitoring,
verification accounting (MVA). The projects may include plant efficiency

improvements for integration with CO2 capture technology. The industrial
sources include, but are not limited to, cement plants, chemical plants,
refineries, steel and aluminum plants, manufacturing facilities, and power
plants using opportunity fuels (petroleum coke, municipal waste, etc.).
Plants
with electric power output greater than 50% of total energy output that
operate
on more than 55% coal as a feedstock are ineligible.

The sequestration opportunities include deep saline formations, and deep
geologic systems including basalts, operating oil and gas fields, depleted
oil
and gas fields, and unmineable coal seams. The CO2 sequestration
commercial
benefits include enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and enhanced methane recovery
from
unmineable coal seams. DOE¿s objective is that Recipients are able to
operate
at commercial scale in an industrial setting, technologies that make
progress
toward capture and sequestration of 75% of CO2 from the treated stream
comprising at least 10% CO2 by volume that would otherwise be emitted to
the
atmosphere and at a scale sufficient to evaluate full impact of the CO2
capture
technology on plant operations, economics, and performance. Additionally,
the
objective is to demonstrate geologic sequestration options in a variety of
geologic settings in order to evaluate costs, operational processes, and
the
technical performance. DOE¿s target is for one million tons per year of
CO2
emissions from each plant to be captured and sequestered.

The evaluation process will give greater weights to applications for
projects
that capture and sequester amounts of CO2 approaching or exceeding DOE¿s
Industrial Carbon Capture and Sequestration (ICCS) target of one million
tons
per plant per year by 2015 as an integral component of commercial
operation.
Long-term commitments from the suppliers or purchasers or users of CO2
would
strengthen an application. Coordination with a large scale sequestration
test,
including EOR, is one way to demonstrate participation by a long term
purchaser, or supplier of CO2, although other approaches to demonstrating
sequestration will be given equal consideration in the merit review
process.