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1. Consolidate four existing regenerative air-fired furnaces into two larger oxy-hybrid furnaces with similar capacity to the original four to demonstrate and commence operations of the first domestic deployment of oxy-hybrid glass furnace technology, which allows the flexible use of electricity to replace combustion as the energy source for melting glass by 20% up to 80%.

2. Adopt industry leading oxygen fired furnace technology, which increases the oxygen content from 21% up to 90% by replacing ambient air feed with an oxygen source during natural gas combustion cycles.

3. Disseminate findings from this project to the U.S. glass industry through industry conferences and other forums.

4. Reduce CO2 emissions associated with gas combustion in the glass melting process up to at least 45% (with electric melting at 20%) and up to 90% (with electric melting at 80%) compared to Libbey’s 2022 baseline.

5. Reduce carbon intensity of the Toledo, Ohio facility by at least 25% and up to 50% against Libbey’s 2022 baseline.

Libbey Glass

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) RELEASED FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (FOA) DE-FOA-0002936 TO SOLICIT APPLICATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT (IIJA), ALSO KNOWN AS THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL), AND THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OF 2022 (IRA). WHEN COMBINED WITH PRIVATE SECTOR COST SHARE, THIS FOA REPRESENTS A MORE THAN $12 BILLION OPPORTUNITY TO CATALYZE HIGH-IMPACT, LARGE-SCALE, TRANSFORMATIONAL ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS IN ENERGY-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL SUBSECTORS. U.S. INDUSTRY IS A BACKBONE OF THE NATION’S ECONOMY, PRODUCING THE GOODS CRITICAL TO EVERYDAY LIFE, EMPLOYING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN HIGH-QUALITY JOBS, AND PROVIDING AN ECONOMIC ANCHOR FOR THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITIES. YET THE ENERGY- AND CARBON-INTENSITY OF THE SECTOR, WHICH CONTRIBUTES NEARLY ONE THIRD OF THE NATION’S PRIMARY ENERGY-RELATED CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, POSES A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE AS THE ECONOMY TRANSITIONS TOWARDS NET-ZERO. THIS FOA OFFERED A CRITICAL OPPORTUNITY TO SOLIDIFY A “FIRST-MOVER” ADVANTAGE FOR U.S. INDUSTRY, BOLSTERING ITS COMPETITIVENESS GLOBALLY FOR DECADES INTO THE FUTURE. ACTIVITIES FUNDED UNDER THIS FOA ARE FURTHER EXPECTED TO CREATE GOOD-PAYING JOBS FOR AMERICAN WORKERS, OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR BROADLY SHARED PROSPERITY IN COMMUNITIES, AND ENABLE A CLEAN, MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE FOR ALL AMERICANS. DEMONSTRATING THE TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF INDUSTRIAL DECARBONIZATION APPROACHES WILL PROMOTE WIDESPREAD TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION AND DRIVE A U.S. EDGE IN LOW- AND NET-ZERO CARBON MANUFACTURING WHILE HELPING TO SUBSTANTIATE A MARKET FOR LOW-CARBON PRODUCTS. TO MAXIMIZE THE TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL FOR THESE FUNDS, DOE IS PRIORITIZING A PORTFOLIO OF PROJECTS THAT OFFER: • DEEP DECARBONIZATION, BY DEMONSTRATING SIGNIFICANTLY LESS CARBON-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION PROCESSES LEADING TO MATERIALS THAT CAN BE LABELED AS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER LEVELS OF EMBODIED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; • TIMELINESS, THROUGH RAPID TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS THAT CAN ADDRESS EMISSIONS IN THE NEAR-TERM, MEET FUNDING HORIZONS, AND BE REPLICATED BY FAST FOLLOWERS; • MARKET VIABILITY, WITH TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES DESIGNED TO SPUR FOLLOW-ON INVESTMENTS FOR WIDESPREAD DECARBONIZATION AS WELL AS PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN BUYERS AND SELLERS OF THE MATERIALS PRODUCED, WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO INDUSTRIES THAT ARE FOCUSING ON SHIFTING ENTIRE ECOSYSTEMS AND ENABLING NEW MARKET STRUCTURES FOR LOW-CARBON PRODUCTS; AND • COMMUNITY BENEFITS, TAILORED THROUGH SUBSTANTIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS, AS WELL AS LABOR UNIONS AND TRIBAL NATIONS ACROSS THE PROJECT LIFECYCLE, SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

81.255 - Clean Energy Demonstrations

Department of Energy (DOE)

Toledo, Ohio 43611-3846 United States

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Industrial Decarbonization and Emissions Reduction Demonstration-to-Deployment Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0002936)

Termination This cooperative agreement was reported as terminated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in July 2025. See All
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 06/30/32 to 09/30/31 and the total obligations have increased 6153% from $721,778 to $45,133,953.