DEFE0032343
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
The Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub (SCS HUB) will capture and store carbon from the largest proposed direct air capture (DAC) facility in the Rocky Mountains and one of the nation’s largest trona (soda ash) mines.
The project has four objectives:
1) Build three stratigraphic characterization wells to Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI specifications, with attendant permitting and site characterization while observing the Buy America requirements for infrastructure projects,
2) Complete capture & transport studies for two carbon dioxide (CO2) sources (DAC & trona) and the pipelines to connect these sources to the storage hub,
3) Prepare commercial plans to guide future work and eventual operations, such as risk assessment and mitigation plans, a storage field development plan (SFDP), and a community benefits plan, and,
4) Complete a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses.
The project has four objectives:
1) Build three stratigraphic characterization wells to Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI specifications, with attendant permitting and site characterization while observing the Buy America requirements for infrastructure projects,
2) Complete capture & transport studies for two carbon dioxide (CO2) sources (DAC & trona) and the pipelines to connect these sources to the storage hub,
3) Prepare commercial plans to guide future work and eventual operations, such as risk assessment and mitigation plans, a storage field development plan (SFDP), and a community benefits plan, and,
4) Complete a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (DE-FOA-0002711) WILL SUPPORT THE AVAILABILITY OF CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION, AND STORAGE (CCUS) AND CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL (CDR) TO REACH CLIMATE GOALS BY BUILDING UPON THESE LEARNINGS TO TEST, MATURE, AND VALIDATE CCUS TECHNOLOGIES AT COMMERCIAL-SCALE. ONE ASPECT IS THE NEED TO IMPROVE PRACTICES REGARDING HOW TO EFFICIENTLY AND COST-EFFECTIVELY CHARACTERIZE AND PERMIT COMMERCIAL CARBON STORAGE PROJECT SITE(S) ENSURING THAT SECURE GEOLOGIC CARBON STORAGE IS AVAILABLE IN DIVERSE REGIONS AND SETTINGS THAT WILL SUPPORT LONGER TERM CARBON MANAGEMENT GOALS ACROSS THE US. THE CARBONSAFE INITIATIVE WAS LAUNCHED IN 2016.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Laramie,
Wyoming
82071-2000
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
University Of Wyoming was awarded
Carbon Storage Hub Project DAC Trona Mines: Objectives Plans
Cooperative Agreement DEFE0032343
worth $43,298,228
from the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management in August 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Laramie Wyoming United States.
The grant
has a duration of 1 year 6 months and
was awarded through assistance program 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development.
$10,829,900 (20.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Storage, Validation and Testing (Section 40305): Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE): Phases III, III.5, and IV.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 8/19/24
Period of Performance
8/15/24
Start Date
2/14/26
End Date
Funding Split
$43.3M
Federal Obligation
$10.8M
Non-Federal Obligation
$54.1M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEFE0032343
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Public/State Controlled Institution Of Higher Education
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892404 FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT
Awardee UEI
FDR5YF2K32X5
Awardee CAGE
6B891
Performance District
WY-00
Senators
John Barrasso
Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia Lummis
Modified: 8/19/24