DOE Invests $45M to Decarbonize the Natural Gas Power and Industrial Sectors Using Carbon Capture and Storage

The DOE has announced $45M in funding for 12 projects to advance point-source carbon capture and storage technologies that can capture at least 95% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from natural gas power and industrial facilities that produce commodities like cement and steel.

Projects funded in DOE EPSCoR jurisdictions include:

University of KENTUCKY Research Foundation, will test an innovative CO2 capture system with four new transformative techniques, treating evolved gas from an electric arc furnace. Project housed at Nucor Steel Gallatin Plant. Amount: $4,999,965.

University of KENTUCKY Research Foundation, will address technical challenges from low CO2 and high oxygen concentrations in NGCC flue gas, along with a high CO2 capture efficiency, through a process resulting in negative CO2 emissions and lower costs. Amount: $2,452,268.