Carbon Utilization Program News Today

U.S. Department of Energy DOE proposed new energy-efficiency standards for three categories of distribution transformers to improve the resiliency of the nation’s power grid, lower utility bills, and significantly reduce domestic carbon dioxide CO2 emissions.

Congress returns this month for the start of the 118th Congress, with Republicans in the majority in the House of Representatives and Democrats holding a slightly expanded majority in...

The US Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’s (FECM’s) Carbon Utilization Program (CUP) announced up to $19 million in federal funding for the advancement of technologies that utilize waste carbon...

Alabama’s National Carbon Capture Center successfully tests carbon-reduction technology for concrete production  By Alabama NewsCenter Staff June 30, 2021 The National Carbon Capture Center in Alabama worked with CarbonBuilt using technology developed at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering to successfully test permanently storing carbon dioxide in concrete blocks. (Ike Pigott / Alabama NewsCenter) A pioneering technology that can permanently store carbon dioxide (CO 2) in concrete block...

New details are emerging about the Biden administration's plans for a major redesign of the Energy Department's clean energy programs, refiring debates about the federal government's proper role as an engine of new technologies.

Funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002403, Engineering-Scale Testing and Validation of Algae-Based Technologies and Bioproducts, will support the goals of DOE’s Carbon Utilization Program. The primary objective of carbon utilization technology development is to lower the near-term cost of carbon capture through the creation of value-added products from the conversion of carbon dioxide.

(Department of Energy)  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced plans to make $8 million in Federal funding available for cost-shared research, development, and testing of technologies that can utilize carbon dioxide (CO 2) from power systems or other industrial sources for bio-mediated uptake by algal systems to create valuable products and services. Funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002403,  Engineering-Scale Testing and Validation of Algae-Based...

DOE announces $8M for projects to develop algae-based CO2 utilization The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) plans to make $8 million in Federal funding available for cost-shared research, development, and testing of technologies that can utilize carbon dioxide from power systems or other industrial sources for bio-mediated uptake by algal systems to create valuable products and services. Funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002403, Engineering-Scale Testing an...