{"id":50508,"date":"2018-02-23T07:32:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T06:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=50508"},"modified":"2021-09-09T21:34:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:34:47","slug":"energy-department-invests-44m-in-advanced-carbon-capture-technologies-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/energy-department-invests-44m-in-advanced-carbon-capture-technologies-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Department Invests $44M in Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has selected seven projects to receive approximately $44 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development through the funding opportunity announcement,\u00a0Design and Testing of Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These projects will advance competitive operation of our nation&#8217;s fossil-based power-generation infrastructure by reducing energy consumption and capital costs associated with next-generation carbon capture systems. Specifically, the projects will target one of two areas: 1) engineering-scale testing of transformational solvent- or membrane-based carbon dioxide (CO<sub>\u2082<\/sub>) capture technologies, or 2) designing a commercial-scale, post-combustion CO<sub>\u2082<\/sub> capture system at an existing coal-fueled generating unit. The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will manage the selected projects.<\/p>\n<p>The following four projects were selected under Area of Interest 1,\u00a0Scaling of Carbon Capture Technologies to Engineering Scales Using Existing Host Site Infrastructure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scale-Up and Testing of Advanced Polaris Membrane CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0Capture Technology\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (MTR)\u00a0(Newark, CA) will scale up next-generation Polaris<sup>TM<\/sup>\u00a0membranes and modules to a final form for commercial use and validate their potential in an engineering-scale field test at the Technology Centre Mongstad in Norway.<br \/>\nDOE Funding: $7,427,258; Non-DOE: $2,400,000; Total Value: $9,827,258<\/li>\n<li>Engineering-Scale Testing of Transformational Non-Aqueous Solvent-Based CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0Capture Process at Technology Centre Mongstad \u2013\u00a0RTI International\u00a0(Research Triangle Park, NC) will advance its non-aqueous (water lean) solvent-based CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0capture technology and tests will be performed using the existing large-scale pilot infrastructure at\u00a0the Technology Centre Mongstad\u00a0in Norway. This project expands on work conducted with DOE in both the Office of Fossil Energy\u2019s and the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy\u2019s portfolios.<br \/>\nDOE Funding: $10,000,000; Non-DOE: $13,045,000; Total Value: $23,045,000<\/li>\n<li>Engineering-Scale Demonstration of Mixed-Salt Process for CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0Capture\u00a0\u2013\u00a0SRI International\u00a0(Menlo Park, CA) will demonstrate its Mixed-Salt Process at engineering scale, using the existing infrastructure at the Technology Centre Mongstad in Norway. The objectives are to address concerns related to scale-up and integration of the technology in coal-based power plants.<br \/>\nDOE Funding: $8,296,403; Non-DOE: $2,100,000; Total Value: $10,396,403.00<\/li>\n<li>Membrane-Sorbent Hybrid System for Post-Combustion Carbon\u00a0Capture\u00a0\u2013\u00a0TDA Research, Inc.\u00a0(Wheat Ridge, CO) will design, construct, and operate an engineering-scale 1 megawatt-electric post-combustion, hybrid carbon capture system. This system consists of a polymeric membrane and a low-temperature physical adsorbent to remove CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0from the flue gases generated by coal-fired power plants. The membrane, developed by Membrane Technology and Research, Inc., will be responsible for bulk CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0removal, while the TDA-developed sorbent will extract additional levels to achieve an overall 90 percent system removal.<br \/>\nDOE Funding: $8,000,000; Non-DOE: $2,000,025; Total Value: $10,000,025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following three projects were selected under Area of Interest 2,\u00a0Initial Engineering, Testing, and Design of a Commercial-Scale, Post-Combustion CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0Capture System:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Initial Engineering Design of a Post-Combustion CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0Capture System for Duke Energy\u2019s East Bend Station Using Membrane-Based Technology\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.\u00a0(Palo Alto, CA) will produce an engineering design and cost estimate of a membrane-based post-combustion CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0capture system on Duke Energy\u2019s East Bend Station in Kentucky. The project team will create a model that replicates the station\u2019s performance and will be used to estimate the impacts of retrofitting CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0capture to the plant.<br \/>\nDOE Funding: $1,625,244; Non-DOE: $406,485; Total: $2,031,729<\/li>\n<li>ION Engineering Commercial Carbon Capture Design and Costing\u00a0\u2013\u00a0ION Engineering, LLC\u00a0(Boulder, CO) will provide a detailed design and cost estimate for a retrofitted, 300-megawatt-equivalent, commercial-scale CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0capture facility. The facility is located at Nebraska Public Power District\u2019s Gerald Gentleman Station Unit 2, in Sutherland, Nebraska.<br \/>\nDOE Funding: $2,797,961; Non-DOE: $699,500; Total Value: $3,497,461<\/li>\n<li>Initial Engineering, Testing, and Design of a Commercial-Scale, Post-Combustion CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0Capture System on an Existing Coal-Fired Generating Unit\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The University of North Dakota\u00a0(Grand Forks, ND) will design and determine the cost of installing a post-combustion CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0capture system at the Milton R. Young Station, owned by Minnkota Power Cooperative. The project will design a fully integrated post-combustion CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0capture system; test a solvent on coal-derived flue gas; and conduct a techno-economic and pre-front-end engineering and design (FEED) analysis of the system.<br \/>\nDOE Funding: $6,000,000; Non-DOE: $1,500,000; Total Value: $7,500,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>About The Office of Fossil Energy<\/h3>\n<p>The Office of Fossil Energy funds research and development projects to reduce the risk and cost of advanced fossil energy technologies and further the sustainable use of the Nation\u2019s fossil resources. To learn more about the programs within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/fe\/office-fossil-energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Fossil Energy<\/a>, visit the\u00a0Office of Fossil Energy website\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/fe\/register-fossil-energy-newsalerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up<\/a>\u00a0for FE news announcements.\u00a0More information about the National Energy Technology Laboratory is available on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netl.doe.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NETL website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has selected seven projects to receive approximately $44 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development through the funding opportunity announcement,\u00a0Design and Testing of Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies. 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