DEEE0011547
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
The project aims to design, develop, prototype, and validate a novel AI-enabled, photoacoustic imaging (PAI) based well-logging tool for comprehensive evaluation of the integrity of geothermal wells at high temperature and high pressure without active cooling.
The proposed technology is a high-fidelity complete inspection tool that is compatible with current conveyance methods.
The new tool will provide the full, continuous 3D tomograph of wellbore (casing, cement, part of formation) with defects identified, classified, and displayed/overlaid.
The proposed technology is a high-fidelity complete inspection tool that is compatible with current conveyance methods.
The new tool will provide the full, continuous 3D tomograph of wellbore (casing, cement, part of formation) with defects identified, classified, and displayed/overlaid.
Awardee
Funding Goals
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IS A RENEWABLE AND DIVERSE SOLUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES; PROVIDING FIRM AND FLEXIBLE, LOW- TO NO-EMISSIONS ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND DELIVERING UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS TO AMERICA’S HEATING AND COOLING DEMANDS IN TURN, DIRECTLY SUPPORTING THE ADMINISTRATION’S GOALS OF CARBON-POLLUTION-FREE ELECTRICITY BY 2035 AND ECONOMYWIDE NET-ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050.1 GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND NATIONWIDE AND REPRESENT VAST DOMESTIC ENERGY POTENTIAL; HOWEVER, ONLY A FRACTION OF THIS POTENTIAL HAS BEEN REALIZED DUE TO TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL BARRIERS THAT CONSTRAIN INDUSTRY GROWTH.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Place of Performance
Clemson,
South Carolina
United States
Geographic Scope
City-Wide
Clemson University was awarded
AI-Enabled Photoacoustic Imaging Tool for Geothermal Well Integrity
Cooperative Agreement DEEE0011547
worth $4,280,182
from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Clemson South Carolina United States.
The grant
has a duration of 1 year and
was awarded through assistance program 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development.
$1,220,049 (22.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Combined Wellbore Construction High Temperature Tools and Reservoir Thermal Energy Storage (RTES).
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 12/26/24
Period of Performance
1/1/25
Start Date
12/31/25
End Date
Funding Split
$4.3M
Federal Obligation
$1.2M
Non-Federal Obligation
$5.5M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEEE0011547
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI NOT AVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Public/State Controlled Institution Of Higher Education
Awarding Office
892434 GOLDEN FIELD OFFICE
Funding Office
892403 ENERGY EFFICIENCYRENEWABLE ENERGY
Awardee UEI
H2BMNX7DSKU8
Awardee CAGE
1D5U5
Performance District
SC-03
Senators
Lindsey Graham
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
Modified: 12/26/24