DEFE0032451
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - California-Nevada CO2 Storage Project (CANSTORE)
The objectives of the CANSTORE project are to address research gaps crucial to de-risking and demonstrating subsurface commercial-scale CO2 storage in basaltic reservoirs.
Transporting CO2 safely and cost effectively from regional CO2 emitters to the storage complex, providing critical information to key stakeholders and developers seeking CO2 storage opportunities, and partnering with local stakeholders to provide tangible benefits to the community and region.
The objectives of the CANSTORE project are to address research gaps crucial to de-risking and demonstrating subsurface commercial-scale CO2 storage in basaltic reservoirs.
Transporting CO2 safely and cost effectively from regional CO2 emitters to the storage complex, providing critical information to key stakeholders and developers seeking CO2 storage opportunities, and partnering with local stakeholders to provide tangible benefits to the community and region.
Funding Goals
THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT 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
Palo Alto,
California
94304-1355
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Electric Power Research Institute was awarded
CANSTORE Project: Advancing Commercial-Scale CO2 Storage in Basaltic Reservoirs
Cooperative Agreement DEFE0032451
worth $8,999,977
from the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management in October 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Palo Alto California United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years and
was awarded through assistance program 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development.
$2,374,311 (21.0%) 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 5/21/25
Period of Performance
10/1/24
Start Date
9/30/26
End Date
Funding Split
$9.0M
Federal Obligation
$2.4M
Non-Federal Obligation
$11.4M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to DEFE0032451
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEFE0032451
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892404 FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT
Awardee UEI
JBV2SMLRBK29
Awardee CAGE
2S900
Performance District
CA-16
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Alejandro Padilla
Modified: 5/21/25