GFO-23-502 - Industrial Carbon Dioxide Utilization for Value Added Products

Solicitation Type Grant Funding Opportunity Solicitation Number GFO-23-502 Solicitation Status Active Division Energy Research and Development Program Gas Research and Development Program Release Date March 13, 2024 Submission Deadline August 07, 2024, 11:59 pm Questions Deadline April 23, 2024, 5:00 pm IMPORTANT: For this solicitation, use the new Energy Commission Agreement Management System (ECAMS) portal (link is external) to submit an application. Applicants must have or create a user account in order to apply for this solicitation. For assistance, view the User Registration Instructions and Applying for a Solicitation. Purpose The California Climate Crisis Act (AB 1279, 2022) established targets to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 85% below 1990 levels and reach carbon neutrality by 2045. Supporting this legislation, the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) 2022 Scoping Plan specifies that carbon removal activities such as carbon capture, utilization,

and storage (CCUS) are new approaches that will need to be deployed to help achieve these GHG emissions reduction goals. Carbon dioxide (CO2) utilization is a promising approach in facilitating adoption of carbon capture and carbon removal while partially diverting the need for long term transportation and underground storage of CO2. Current CO2 utilization technologies are at an early stage of development and bear technical, economic, and market uncertainty. The carbon footprint associated with the energy consumption required to convert CO2 into value-added products prevents large-scale deployment of these technologies. The purpose of this solicitation is to improve the energy efficiency of innovative approaches and processes for manufacturing commodities using CO2 captured from industrial operations burning fossil gas. The goal is to decarbonize difficult-to-abate industrial fossil gas use via carbon dioxide utilization to create value-added products. Solicitation Files File 00_GFO-23-502_Application_Manual_ada.docx File 01_GFO-23-502_Att_01_Executive_Summary_Form.docx File 02_GFO-23-502_Att_02_Project_Narrative_ada.docx File 03_GFO-23-502_Att_03_Project_Team_Form_ada.docx File 04_GFO-23-502_Att_04_Scope_of_Work_ada.docx File 05_GFO-23-502_Att_05_Project_Schedule_ada.xlsx File 06_GFO-23-502_Att_06_Proposal_Budget_Template_ada.xlsx File 07_GFO-23-502_Att_07_CEQA_Compliance_Form_ada.docx File 08_GFO-23-502_Att_08_Reference_and_Work_Product_Form_ada.docx File 09_GFO-23-502_Att_09_Commitment_and_Support_Letters_Form_ada.docx File 10_GFO-23-502_Att_10_Project_Performance_Metrics_ada.docx File 11_GFO-23-502_Att_11_Applicant_Declaration_ada.docx File 12_GFO-23-502_Att_12_California_Based_Entity_Form_ada.docx File 13_GFO-23-502_Att_13_Appendix_G_from_CEQA_Handbook_ada.docx Solicitation Events Apr 16 2024 Pre-Application Workshop - GFO-23-502 - Industrial Carbon Dioxide Utilization for Value Added Products April 16, 2024 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Remote Access Only