DECD0000004
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
The Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC (“NTEC”) is proposing to develop a full-scale integrated CO2 capture project for the Four Corners Power Plant (“FCPP”), located on the Navajo Nation.
The proposed project retrofit of post-combustion CO2 capture technology and equipment using Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.’s (“MHI”) state-of-the-art KS-21™ solvent will be capable of capturing a minimum of 95% of the CO2 emissions from the FCPP, representing 10M+ tonnes of CO2 per year.
NTEC has partnered with Enchant Energy, LLC (“Enchant Energy”) as the CO2 capture project developer.
Additionally, NTEC and Enchant Energy have partnered with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (“OLCV”) and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (“NMTECH”), under CARBONSAFE FOA-2711, for development of the CO2 offtake solution, including pipeline and sequestration site development for the integrated front-end engineering and design (“FEED”) study.
This FEED study, performed under the BIL Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program, will support the development of the entire project integrating FOA 2738 for the capture portion and FOA 2711 (CARBONSAFE) for the transport and storage.
The proposed project retrofit of post-combustion CO2 capture technology and equipment using Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.’s (“MHI”) state-of-the-art KS-21™ solvent will be capable of capturing a minimum of 95% of the CO2 emissions from the FCPP, representing 10M+ tonnes of CO2 per year.
NTEC has partnered with Enchant Energy, LLC (“Enchant Energy”) as the CO2 capture project developer.
Additionally, NTEC and Enchant Energy have partnered with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (“OLCV”) and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (“NMTECH”), under CARBONSAFE FOA-2711, for development of the CO2 offtake solution, including pipeline and sequestration site development for the integrated front-end engineering and design (“FEED”) study.
This FEED study, performed under the BIL Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program, will support the development of the entire project integrating FOA 2738 for the capture portion and FOA 2711 (CARBONSAFE) for the transport and storage.
Funding Goals
1. DEVELOP FEED TO SUPPORT FOUR CORNERS POWER PLANT OPERATIONS.
2. DEMONSTRATE EFFECTIVENESS OF MITSUBISHI KS-21 SOLVENT TO CAPTURE >90% OF CARBON IN FOURT CORNERS POWER PLANT.
3. VALIDATE PERFORMANCE OF MITSUBISHI CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY FOR SUB-BITUMINOUS COAL EMISSIONS.
4. DELIVER A REDUCTION IN ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION, CREATE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND PERMANENT OPERATION JOBS, AND BRING A POSITIVE IMPACT TO NEARBY NAVAJO NATION COMMUNITY.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Fruitland,
New Mexico
87416
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 08/01/25 to 03/31/27.
Navajo Transitional Energy Company was awarded
NTEC CO2 Capture Project at FCPP with MHI KS-21™ Solvent
Cooperative Agreement DECD0000004
worth $6,556,328
from the Department of Energy in September 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Fruitland New Mexico United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years 6 months and
was awarded through assistance program 81.255 Clean Energy Demonstrations.
$6,556,329 (50.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity BIL: Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program FRONT-END ENGINEERING DESIGN STUDIES FOR INTEGRATED CARBON CAPTURE, TRANSPORT and STORAGE SYSTEMS.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 8/4/25
Period of Performance
9/1/24
Start Date
3/31/27
End Date
Funding Split
$6.6M
Federal Obligation
$6.6M
Non-Federal Obligation
$13.1M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to DECD0000004
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DECD0000004
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
For-Profit Organization (Other Than Small Business)
Awarding Office
892436 OFFICE OF CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONS (OCED)
Funding Office
892410 OFFICE OF CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATION
Awardee UEI
XNSJLS9HLYJ6
Awardee CAGE
7B1W6
Performance District
NM-03
Senators
Martin Heinrich
Ben Luján
Ben Luján
Modified: 8/4/25