DEFE0032445
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Virginia CARBONSAFE Storage
The objectives of the Virginia CARBONSAFE Storage project are to:
(1) Demonstrate that subsurface saline formations within the storage complex can store commercial volumes of carbon dioxide (CO2) safely and permanently;
(2) Create a comprehensive community and stakeholder engagement plan that includes diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, Justice40 initiatives, and economic revitalization and job creation considerations;
(3) Develop infrastructure framework for a CO2 storage hub;
(4) Establish a rigorous risk registry and conduct a comprehensive risk assessment;
(5) Execute a comprehensive SIT characterization plan to support an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI permit for the commercial project;
and
(6) Evaluate the overall commerciality of a regional Southwest Virginia storage complex.
The objectives of the Virginia CARBONSAFE Storage project are to:
(1) Demonstrate that subsurface saline formations within the storage complex can store commercial volumes of carbon dioxide (CO2) safely and permanently;
(2) Create a comprehensive community and stakeholder engagement plan that includes diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, Justice40 initiatives, and economic revitalization and job creation considerations;
(3) Develop infrastructure framework for a CO2 storage hub;
(4) Establish a rigorous risk registry and conduct a comprehensive risk assessment;
(5) Execute a comprehensive SIT characterization plan to support an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI permit for the commercial project;
and
(6) Evaluate the overall commerciality of a regional Southwest Virginia storage complex.
Funding Goals
THIS FOA SOLICITS PROJECTS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND EXPANDED LARGE-SCALE, COMMERCIAL CARBON STORAGE PROJECTS WITH CAPACITIES TO STORE 50 OR MORE MILLION METRIC TONS (MT) OF CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2). THESE PROJECTS WILL SUPPORT THE CARBON STORAGE ASSURANCE FACILITY ENTERPRISE (CARBONSAFE) INITIATIVE AND FOCUS ON EFFORTS RANGING FROM DETERMINING STORAGE COMPLEX FEASIBILITY TO THE DETAILED SITE CHARACTERIZATION, PLANNING, AND PERMITTING STAGES OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT UNDER CARBONSAFE.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Big Stone Gap,
Virginia
24219-4634
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Virginia Department Of Mines Minerals And Energy was awarded
Virginia CarbonSafe Storage Project: BIL Infrastructure Grant
Cooperative Agreement DEFE0032445
worth $4,296,915
from the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Big Stone Gap Virginia United States.
The grant
has a duration of 1 year and
was awarded through assistance program 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development.
$1,285,387 (23.0%) 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 1/7/25
Period of Performance
1/1/25
Start Date
12/31/25
End Date
Funding Split
$4.3M
Federal Obligation
$1.3M
Non-Federal Obligation
$5.6M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEFE0032445
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
State Government
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892404 FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT
Awardee UEI
JG6TMJXU4EM5
Awardee CAGE
3TXJ2
Performance District
VA-09
Senators
Mark Warner
Timothy Kaine
Timothy Kaine
Modified: 1/7/25