Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0001725
The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE-NETL) funding opportunity titled "Technology Development to Ensure Environmentally Sustainable CO2 Injection Operations" (Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0001725) supports research and development aimed at making geologic carbon storage projects easier to monitor, verify, and manage over time. The core problem it targets is the cost and uncertainty associated with tracking where injected CO2 goes once it is stored underground. The FOA is focused on developing practical techniques, tools, and methodologies that improve the detection and assessment of CO2 within the intended (target) storage reservoir, so operators can determine the location and behavior of the CO2 plume with higher confidence during both active injection and the post-injection period.
A key emphasis of the opportunity is on improving monitoring and assessment capabilities. Projects funded under this FOA are expected to produce monitoring tools and monitoring techniques that can better observe, interpret, or confirm CO2 distribution in the subsurface. In addition to field or measurement technologies, the FOA also calls for validation of models and modeling techniques. That means proposals are expected not only to build or refine monitoring approaches, but also to strengthen the analytical and predictive side of carbon storage, such as demonstrating that models accurately represent plume movement, trapping behavior, or reservoir responses when compared against observations or real-world data.
The intended impact is largely economic and operational: successful technologies should reduce the long-term monitoring burden that storage operators face. Long-duration monitoring can be expensive because it often requires repeated surveys, complex interpretation, and conservative monitoring plans to meet regulatory and environmental assurance needs. By providing more certain, better-validated ways to assess CO2 plume position and behavior throughout the project life cycle, the FOA aims to lower costs while maintaining or improving environmental assurance. In other words, the grant supports innovations that can help confirm the CO2 remains where it is supposed to be, using methods that are more reliable, more informative, or potentially more cost-effective than existing approaches.
From an administrative standpoint, this was a discretionary funding opportunity using a Cooperative Agreement as the funding instrument, indicating DOE involvement beyond a simple pass-through grant (often including substantial technical engagement, milestones, and coordination). It fell under the funding activity category of Energy, Science and Technology, and other Research and Development, with CFDA number 81.089. Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, meaning it was open to a broad range of applicant types as long as any additional eligibility conditions in the full announcement were met.
The opportunity was released on June 12, 2017, with an original application deadline of August 11, 2017. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) was $2,000,000, and DOE expected to make about 4 awards. Overall, the FOA can be read as a targeted push to advance the monitoring-and-model-validation toolkit for geologic CO2 storage, with the practical goal of improving confidence in subsurface plume tracking while reducing the long-term financial and operational load of monitoring across both injection and post-injection phases.Apply for DE FOA 0001725
- The Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Technology Development to Ensure Environmentally Sustainable CO2 Injection Operations" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.089.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 12, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 11, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the name of this DOE-NETL funding opportunity?
The funding opportunity is titled "Technology Development to Ensure Environmentally Sustainable CO2 Injection Operations."
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FOA number)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is DE-FOA-0001725.
Which DOE office is associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is associated with the Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE-NETL).
What problem is this FOA trying to solve?
This FOA targets the cost and uncertainty involved in tracking where injected CO2 goes after it is stored underground, especially the difficulty of confidently determining CO2 plume location and behavior over time.
What is the main purpose of the research and development supported by this FOA?
The purpose is to develop practical techniques, tools, and methodologies that make geologic carbon storage projects easier to monitor, verify, and manage throughout both active injection and the post-injection period.
What does the FOA mean by improving "monitoring and assessment" capabilities?
It means creating monitoring tools and techniques that improve the ability to detect, observe, interpret, or confirm CO2 distribution in the subsurface, with a focus on assessing CO2 within the intended (target) storage reservoir.
Is the FOA focused on detecting CO2 in the intended storage reservoir specifically?
Yes. A central focus is improving detection and assessment of CO2 within the intended (target) storage reservoir so operators can track plume location and behavior with higher confidence.
What kinds of outcomes are expected from funded projects?
Funded projects are expected to produce monitoring tools and monitoring techniques that better observe, interpret, or confirm CO2 distribution in the subsurface. The FOA also calls for validation of models and modeling techniques as part of strengthening plume tracking and prediction.
Does this FOA support modeling work, or only field monitoring technologies?
It supports both. In addition to developing or refining monitoring approaches, proposals are expected to validate models and modeling techniques by demonstrating that model results align with observations or real-world data (for example, plume movement, trapping behavior, or reservoir responses).
What does "model validation" mean in the context of this FOA?
In this FOA, model validation refers to demonstrating that analytical and predictive models for geologic CO2 storage accurately represent subsurface behavior when compared against observations or real-world data, such as plume movement, trapping behavior, or reservoir responses.
Why does DOE emphasize model validation as part of plume tracking?
The FOA frames model validation as a way to strengthen confidence in assessing plume position and behavior over time. Better validated models can help reduce uncertainty and inform monitoring decisions across the project life cycle.
What is the intended impact for storage operators?
The intended impact is economic and operational: successful technologies should reduce the long-term monitoring burden by providing more certain and better-validated ways to assess CO2 plume position and behavior while maintaining or improving environmental assurance.
How could funded technologies reduce monitoring costs?
The FOA indicates that long-duration monitoring can be expensive due to repeated surveys, complex interpretation, and conservative monitoring plans. By improving certainty and validation around plume assessment, new tools and methods could lower the frequency, complexity, or conservatism needed while still supporting environmental assurance.
Which phases of a carbon storage project does this FOA address?
It addresses both active injection and the post-injection period, with the goal of improving confidence in plume tracking throughout the full project life cycle.
What is the funding instrument for this opportunity?
The funding instrument is a Cooperative Agreement.
What does it mean that the award is a Cooperative Agreement?
It indicates DOE involvement beyond a simple pass-through grant, often including substantial technical engagement, defined milestones, and coordination during the project.
What is the funding activity category?
The funding activity category is Energy, Science and Technology, and other Research and Development.
What is the CFDA number listed for this opportunity?
The CFDA number is 81.089.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, meaning it was open to a broad range of applicant types, provided any additional eligibility conditions in the full announcement were met.
When was the FOA released?
The FOA was released on June 12, 2017.
What was the original application deadline?
The original application deadline was August 11, 2017.
What was the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling was $2,000,000.
How many awards did DOE expect to make?
DOE expected to make about 4 awards.
Is this described as a discretionary funding opportunity?
Yes. It was described as a discretionary funding opportunity.
What is the overall theme of the FOA in plain terms?
It is a targeted effort to advance the monitoring-and-model-validation toolkit for geologic CO2 storage, with a practical goal of improving confidence in subsurface plume tracking while reducing long-term monitoring costs and operational burden.
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