Carbon Storage Technology Operations & Research (CarbonSTORE)

Background
The Department of Energy (DOE) through the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) intends to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) titled Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Carbon Storage Technology Operations & Research (CarbonSTORE). This initiative is part of the carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) provisions of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which represents a significant investment aimed at deploying CCUS infrastructure to support U.S. decarbonization goals and achieve net-zero CO2 emissions economy-wide by 2050.

The DOE's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) envisions leveraging existing infrastructure at geologic carbon storage sites to test, validate, and demonstrate emerging technologies.

Grant Details
The NOFO will seek applications for financial assistance awards to support the development of field laboratories for geologic carbon storage. The primary goal is to establish these laboratories where technology developers can field test, validate, and demonstrate carbon storage technologies that should be accelerated into commercial practice.

Priority research areas may include CO2 plume monitoring, cost-effective monitoring using geochemical and geophysical processes, remediation and monitoring of wells, pore space utilization, and mineralization approaches. The field laboratories are expected to facilitate rapid commercialization of emerging technologies that improve operational performance and reduce costs.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility requirements have not been explicitly detailed in the provided document. However, it can be inferred that entities involved in technology development related to carbon storage may be eligible to apply once the NOFO is issued.

Period of Performance
The NOFO is anticipated to be issued in the first half of Fiscal Year 2025; however, specific details regarding the period of performance have not been provided.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant and potential value of individual grant awards have not been specified in the document.

Place of Performance
Field laboratories could be located in various geologic settings and may be integrated with or proximal to DOE-funded carbon storage sites or other non-government funded commercial carbon storage sites.