Published: April 25, 2024 |

[Click image to enlarge]

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $11 million for four selected projects that will bolster the nation’s carbon management industry. The projects, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will support the transport of carbon dioxide (CO₂) captured from industrial and power generation facilities, as well as from legacy carbon dioxide emissions captured directly from the atmosphere, to locations for permanent geologic storage.

“Thanks to today’s investments, DOE continues to build out the infrastructure needed to safely transport and permanently store carbon dioxide emissions — resulting in cleaner air, more jobs, and healthier communities,” said Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management.

The United States will likely need to capture and permanently store approximately 400-1,800 million metric tons of CO₂ annually by 2050 to meet its net-zero commitments. To accommodate the expected rapid growth of the carbon capture and storage industry, the U.S. will need to significantly expand its CO₂ transport network over the next decade to connect CO₂ sources, such as industrial facilities and power plants, to geologic formations where captured CO₂ emissions can be securely and permanently stored deep underground.

CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT, FRONT-END ENGINEERING, AND DESIGN PROJECT SELECTIONS

The four selected projects will support front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies for regional transport networks to safely transport captured CO₂ from key sources to centralized locations for permanent storage. The projects will focus on carbon transport costs, transport network configurations, and technical and commercial considerations to enable industrial-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage.

• BKV dCarbon High West (Denver, Colorado) will conduct a FEED study for a system that will use barges to transport 2 million metric tons of CO₂ per year to BKV’s carbon storage sites in southeastern Louisiana, considering emissions sources within 100 miles of the storage sites.

• Carbon Solutions (Okemos, Missouri) will conduct a FEED study for an open-access, 488-mile CO₂ pipeline that can transport up to 32 million metric tons of CO₂ per year across Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming.

• Overseas Shipholding Group (Tampa, Florida) will conduct a FEED study for a system that aims to transport 2 million metric tons of CO₂ per year from a proposed multimodal hub at Port Tampa Bay to an existing tank terminal near Sunshine, Louisiana via articulated tug and barge.

• ZuCO2 Transport (Acampo, California) will conduct a FEED study for a common-carrier CO₂ barge transport system to transport 1 million metric tons of CO₂ per year from sources in Washington, Oregon, and California to a storage site in the San Joaquin Delta of California.

DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), under the purview of DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), will manage the selected projects.

A detailed list of the selected projects can be found HERE.

FECM minimizes environmental and climate impacts of fossil fuels and industrial processes while working to achieve net-zero emissions across the U.S. economy. Priority areas of technology work include carbon capture, carbon conversion, carbon dioxide removal, carbon dioxide transport and storage, hydrogen production with carbon management, methane emissions reduction, and critical minerals production. To learn more visit the FECM website HERE. Visit the NETL website HERE.

Be in-the-know when you’re on-the-go!

CLICK HERE to register your email address.

Copyright © 2024 Mining Connection LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without permission.

For licensing permission, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)