DEFE0032664
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – Field deployment of reciprocating internal combustion engine methane reduction technology.
The primary objective of this project is to deploy RCTCLEAN across a range of natural gas-fueled compressor engines to demonstrate significant reductions in methane slip (35-60% or more) and nitrogen oxides emissions (80-90%), while also reducing other pollutants such as carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and formaldehyde.
RCTCLEAN is a critical, practical, and cost effective first step toward near-zero methane emissions.
The primary objective of this project is to deploy RCTCLEAN across a range of natural gas-fueled compressor engines to demonstrate significant reductions in methane slip (35-60% or more) and nitrogen oxides emissions (80-90%), while also reducing other pollutants such as carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and formaldehyde.
RCTCLEAN is a critical, practical, and cost effective first step toward near-zero methane emissions.
Funding Goals
THE PURPOSE OF THIS FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT (FECM) ON BEHALF OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLED, “INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) – FIELD DEPLOYMENT OF RECIPROCATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE METHANE REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY”, IS TO MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO A VARIETY OF ENTITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF MITIGATING METHANE EMISSIONS FROM MARGINAL CONVENTIONAL WELLS (MCWS) AND OTHER OIL AND NATURAL GAS ASSETS; ACCELERATING THE COMMERCIALIZATION, SCALE-UP AND APPLICATION OF INNOVATIVE METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; AND ADVANCING THE CHARACTERIZATION AND REDUCTION OF METHANE EMISSIONS THROUGH MULTI-SCALE, MEASUREMENT-INFORMED DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Vienna,
Virginia
22182-1966
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Radical Combustion Technologies Ng was awarded
IRA Field Deployment: RCTCLEAN for Methane Reduction
Cooperative Agreement DEFE0032664
worth $5,307,547
from the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Vienna Virginia United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years 8 months and
was awarded through assistance program 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development.
$1,394,969 (21.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – Methane Emissions Reduction Program Oil and Gas Methane Monitoring and Mitigation.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 1/21/25
Period of Performance
1/15/25
Start Date
9/30/28
End Date
Funding Split
$5.3M
Federal Obligation
$1.4M
Non-Federal Obligation
$6.7M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEFE0032664
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Small Business
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892404 FOSSIL ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT
Awardee UEI
R3MKUH26ZC55
Awardee CAGE
None
Performance District
VA-11
Senators
Mark Warner
Timothy Kaine
Timothy Kaine
Modified: 1/21/25