Opportunity DE-FOA-0000033

The summary for the Opportunity DE-FOA-0000033 grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Energy Technology Laboratory, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Opportunity DE-FOA-0000033: THIS FOA HAS BEEN AMENDED ONE (1) TIME TO EXTEND THE APPLICATION DUE DATE TO AUGUST 10, 2009. Projects under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will be funded, in whole or in part, with funds appropriated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, (Recovery Act or Act). The Recovery Acts purposes are to stimulate the economy and to create and retain jobs. The Act gives preference to activities that can be started and completed expeditiously. Accordingly, special consideration will be given to projects that promote and enhance the objectives of the Act, especially job creation, preservation and economic recovery, in an expeditious manner. YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION THROUGH FEDCONNECT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN AWARD. The following paragraphs are for informational purposes ONLY. ALL questions must be submitted through FedConnect. Application preparation instructions, additional programmatic background information, merit review criterion, etc. are included in the Body of the FOA which can be located in the upper right hand corner of the FedConnect Home Page for this specific FOA (DE-FOA-0000033). YOU MUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE BODY OF THE FOA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN AWARD. The purpose of this FOA is to focus on regional site characterization of a minimum of 10 distinct high-potential (described in the next paragraph) geologic formations. Geologic storage formations can be saline formations, depleting/depleted oil fields, or coals seams. Each application submitted in response to this FOA should focus on a minimum of one specific site, formation, or area not previously characterized with public data, unless a strong case can be made for further characterization for deficiencies in the available data sets. It is anticipated that a minimum of 10 awards will be made, for a total site characterization of a minimum of 10 distinct high-potential geologic formations. It is expected that these characterization projects will increase our understanding of the potential for these formations to safely and permanently store CO2. To be a distinct high-potential geologic formation, the target formation should be representative of the regional geology that could be used to store CO2 emissions from sources where CO2 could be captured and economically transported. The site should have the potential to store at least 30 million tons of CO2 and should be able to accept CO2 from a large commercial source over the lifetime of the source. The formation should represent a significant storage opportunity in the region with appropriate structure and geology (seals) to protect against adverse impacts on the overlying formation or risks to Underground Sources of Drinking Water (USDW) and the surface. The Applicant must demonstrate to DOE that the formation is a significant CO2 storage site (sink) in the region that could be developed commercially in the future. The Applicant will be required to provide a description of the sink, seals, and the expected capacity. If stacked reservoirs (where multiple oil reservoirs, brine-filled formations, and/or coal seams are available for storage) are planned to be characterized for the project, the regional potential estimates should include a discussion of the extent and representativeness of the stacked geology. The objectives of this FOA are to develop comprehensive data sets of formation characteristics (porosity, permeability, injectivity, mineralogy, saturations (if applicable), reservoir architecture, cap rock integrity, etc.); to determine usefulness of potential geologic storage sites; to augment existing data sets and refine best practices for approving storage site selection; and to characterize a minimum of 10 distinct high-potential geologic formations or reservoirs. Geologic formations to be evaluated may include saline formations, depleting/depleted oil fields (but not specifically or primarily for the purpose of Enhanced Oil Recovery), or coal seams. The formation selected for characterization should represent a significant storage opportunity in the region with adequate seals to protect against adverse impacts on the overlying formation or risks to Underground Sources of Drinking Water (USDW) and the surface. The projects will also support the Presidents Energy Goals: develop and deploy near zero emission coal technologies; make the U.S. a leader on climate change; transfer Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) technology globally; reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050; and increase CCS technology funding.