The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) is implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Section 40303. BIL Section 40303 authorizes a total of $100 million for the five-year period encompassing fiscal years (FYs) 2022 through 2026 for the Carbon Capture Technology Program’s (Section 962 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended by Section 40303 of the BIL) Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) Program for CO₂ transport projects. Federal funding for the CO₂ transport FEED studies is being provided through Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002730.

Previously, DE-FOA-0002730 accepted applications for FEED studies consisting only of CO₂ pipelines. However, NETL may modify this FOA to accept applications describing CO₂ transport FEED studies for additional modes of transport such as rail, truck, barge and ship. If modified, a second closing date could be anticipated in the 1^st quarter of FY24.

NETL expects that applications submitted to the amended FOA will be similar in form and function to applications submitted to the original FOA; however, specific application instructions and requirements for each non-pipeline transport mode will be included in the amended FOA if it is released. Interested parties are encouraged to closely monitor the NETL web page for DE-FOA-0002730 for future modifications associated with this FOA.

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