Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Storage, Validation and Testing (Section 40305): Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE): Phases III, III.5, and IV

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0002711) will support the availability of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to reach climate goals by building upon these learnings to test, mature, and validate CCUS technologies at commercial-scale. One aspect is the need to improve practices regarding how to efficiently and cost-effectively characterize and permit commercial carbon storage project site(s) ensuring that secure geologic carbon storage is available in diverse regions and settings that will support longer term carbon management goals across the US. The CarbonSAFE initiative was launched in 2016.Modification 000003 is to add a second closing, add Phase II CarbonSAFE as Area of Interest 4 and associated requirements, revise prerequisite requirements to Phase IV, reduce page numbers for Technical Volume and CarbonSAFE Phases III, III.5, and IV Project Readiness, update Program Policy Factors, update various terms in different sections, and clarify language in various sections. Please see full FOA document for a detailed list of the changes.
Categories: Energy.