CENTURY ALUMINUM CO
1. COMMENCE COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, INCLUDING COMMISSIONING AND SUCCESSFUL TESTING OF A NEW PRIMARY ALUMINUM SMELTING AND PROCESSING FACILITY THAT INTEGRATES BEST-IN-CLASS COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY, ALLOWS FOR LOAD FLEXIBILITY AS DESCRIBED IN OBJECTIVE 2 BELOW, AND INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO USE INTERMITTENT RENEWABLE WIND OR SOLAR ENERGY AS DESCRIBED IN OBJECTIVE 3 BELOW TO PRODUCE APPROXIMATELY 500,000 TONS PER YEAR OF HIGH-QUALITY PRIMARY ALUMINUM, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 20,000 TONS PER YEAR OF HIGH-PURITY ALUMINUM (P0303 GRADE, EQUIVALENT, OR BETTER) SUITABLE FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE APPLICATIONS.
2. PROVE, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE UTILITY PROVIDER, THE FACILITY’S ABILITY TO MODULATE ITS ELECTRICAL LOAD BY BETWEEN 50 – 250 MEGAWATTS (MW) COMPOSED OF AT LEAST 100,000 MW-HOURS OF TOTAL LOAD SHIFTING, WITH AT LEAST 10 LOAD SHIFTING DEMONSTRATIONS OF 250MW FOR 4 CONTINUOUS HOURS.
3. DEMONSTRATE THE SMELTER’S SOURCING AND USE OF AT LEAST 25%, AND UP TO 75% OR MORE, INTERMITTENT RENEWABLE WIND OR SOLAR ENERGY WHILE OPERATING AT SCALE FOR SUSTAINED CONTINUOUS PERIODS DETERMINED BY TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY, TOTALING NO LESS THAN 4,000 HOURS.
4. DEMONSTRATE, QUANTIFY, AND VERIFY CARBON INTENSITY OF 2.9 METRIC TONS (MT) CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT (CO2E)/TONNE OF PRIMARY ALUMINUM BY THE END OF 2030, CONSISTENT WITH A 75% REDUCTION IN ASSOCIATED CARBON (CO2E) INTENSITY REDUCTION FROM THE 2021 WORLD GLOBAL PRIMARY AVERAGE BASELINE OF 13.3 MT CO2E/TONNE.
5. DEMONSTRATE MARKET OFFTAKE VALUING LOW-CARBON ATTRIBUTES AND COST-EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC, LOW-CARBON PRIMARY ALUMINUM, EVALUATED BY UNIT ECONOMICS, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, AND OPERATING COSTS.
6. DEMONSTRATE IMPACT OF ENERGY ATTRIBUTE CREDITS (EACS) LIKE RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES (RECS), ALTERNATE ENERGY CREDIT (AECS), OR ZERO EMISSIONS CREDITS (ZECS) AND MODULATING ELECTRICITY USE, EVALUATED BY ASSOCIATED REVENUE, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, AND OPERATING COSTS.
7. GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 1,000 QUALITY, UNION-REPRESENTED MANUFACTURING JOBS WITH AT OR ABOVE PREVAILING WAGES AND BENEFITS UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR UNDER AN AGREED UPON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND APPROXIMATELY 5,500 CONSTRUCTION JOBS WELCOMING UNIONIZED CONTRACTORS. ENSURE A SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE BY DEVELOPING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON DISPLACED ENERGY OR MANUFACTURING WORKERS AND WORKERS FROM DISADVANTAGED AND UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES BY ENGAGING THE UNITED STEELWORKERS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND STATE-BASED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
8. ENSURE ENGAGEMENT WITH AND THAT TANGIBLE BENEFITS FLOW TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY INCLUDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INVESTMENT, JOB CREATION, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PURSUIT OF A NEGOTIATED COMMUNITY AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE.
$500,000,000Department of Energy
NATIONAL CEMENT COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
NATIONAL CEMENT COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (NCC-CA) PLANS TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE AN INTEGRATED CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE (CCS)
SYSTEM ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO A CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) TRANSPORT PIPELINE AT THEIR LEBEC, CALIFORNIA CEMENT PLANT. THIS PROJECT WILL UTILIZE THE FOLLOWING THREE PROCESSES: 1) REPLACE A PORTION OF THE PLANT’S FOSSIL FUEL USE WITH LOCALLY SOURCED BIOMASS; 2) PRODUCE LIMESTONE CALCINED CLAY CEMENT (LC3) AND REDUCE AVERAGE CLINKER CONTENT OF ALL LEBEC-PRODUCED CEMENTS; AND 3) APPLY
POST-COMBUSTION CO2 CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION TECHNOLOGY AT SCALE.
$500,000,000Department of Energy
HEIDELBERG MATERIALS US INC
THE MITCHELL CEMENT PLANT DECARBONIZATION PROJECT, LED BY HEIDELBERG MATERIALS US, INC. (HEIDELBERG MATERIALS), PLANS TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE AN INTEGRATED CARBON CAPTURE, TRANSPORT, AND STORAGE SYSTEM AT THEIR NEWLY MODERNIZED PLANT LOCATED IN MITCHELL, INDIANA. THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE AT LEAST 95% OF CARBON DIOXIDE DURING STEADY STATE CONDITIONS FROM THE BASE PLANT AND STEAM GENERATION AT ONE OF THE LARGEST CEMENT PLANTS IN THE NATION AND STORE IT IN A GEOLOGIC FORMATION BENEATH THE PLANT PROPERTY. THIS PROJECT EXPECTS TO PREVENT TWO MILLION METRIC TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE PER YEAR FROM ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE AND WOULD DEMONSTRATE A PATHWAY TO DECARBONIZE EXISTING CEMENT PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES (U.S.). THIS PROJECT BUILDS ON THE ONGOING U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY-AWARDED FRONT-END ENGINEERING AND DESIGN (FEED) STUDY AND SEQUESTRATION SITE DEVELOPMENT [INITIAL CAPTURE FEED STUDY (DE-FE0032222, NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY (NETL)-LED), CARBONSAFE SEQUESTRATION SITE DEVELOPMENT (DE-FE0032268, NETL-LED), AND INTEGRATED FEED STUDY (DE-CD0000009, OFFICE OF CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONS-LED)] AND REPRESENTS ONE OF THE FIRST CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE PROJECTS FOR CEMENT FACILITIES IN THE NATION.
THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE APPROXIMATELY 20-25 PERMANENT JOBS AND UP TO 1,000 CONSTRUCTION JOBS EACH YEAR DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE PROJECT. HEIDELBERG MATERIALS EXPECTS TO INCREASE DIVERSITY OF BUSINESS OWNERSHIP WITHIN PROJECT SUBCONTRACTORS BY ENGAGING SMALL BUSINESSES AND UNDERREPRESENTED BUSINESSES. TO ENSURE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE DELIVERED, HEIDELBERG MATERIALS PLANS TO PURSUE A NEGOTIATED COMMUNITY AGREEMENT.
$500,000,000Department of Energy
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - POWER UP NEW ENGLAND
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO DEPLOY NEW CLEAN ENERGY TRANSMISSION AND BATTERY STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE TO IMPROVE GRID RELIABILITY, ACCELERATE RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATION, DISPLACE FOSSIL-FUEL-DERIVED POWER GENERATION, AND REDUCE ENERGY BURDENS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND.
$389,345,755Department of Energy
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
THIS PROJECT INTENDS TO DEMONSTRATE THE COMMERCIAL AND TECHNICAL VIABILITY OF CHEMICALLY RECYCLED POLYETHENE TEREPHTHALATE (CRPET) AT A FIRST-OF-A-KIND CHEMICAL RECYCLING FACILITY. THE CRPET MANUFACTURING PROCESS AIMS TO CREATE DEMAND FOR RECYCLABLE WASTE STREAMS AND, THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, IMPROVE RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE, ULTIMATELY ENABLING HIGHER PLASTIC RECYCLING RATES ACROSS THE US. SUCCESSFUL PROJECT DEPLOYMENT WILL INCREASE MATERIAL CIRCULARITY, DEMONSTRATE THE VIABILITY FOR THERMAL BATTERIES TO PROVIDE LOW-CARBON HEAT, AND SPUR FUTURE INVESTMENT BY SETTING A NEW LOW-CARBON MARKET STANDARD FOR A WIDELY USED CHEMICAL PRODUCT. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE SOCIETAL BENEFIT BY DIVERTING PLASTIC WASTE FROM ENTERING LANDFILLS, SUPPORT TWO-WAY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY VIA A COMMUNITY ADVISORY PANEL, AND DELIVER TANGIBLE BENEFITS TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY INCLUDING CREATING PERMANENT JOBS.
$375,000,000Department of Energy
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
THE EXXON MOBIL BAYTOWN OLEFINS PLANT CARBON REDUCTION PROJECT SEEKS TO ENABLE THE USE OF HYDROGEN IN PLACE OF NATURAL GAS ACROSS HIGH HEAT-FIRED EQUIPMENT FOR CHEMICAL AND FUEL PRODUCTION AT THE BAYTOWN OLEFINS PLANT (BOP), CHEMICAL PLANT, AND REFINERY. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO BE THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE COMMERCIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF NEWLY DEVELOPED, PROPRIETARY BURNER TECHNOLOGIES AND DRY, LOW EMISSION COMBUSTION OF HYDROGEN IN HEAVY DUTY GAS TURBINE GENERATORS.
$331,885,548Department of Energy
ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
TAS::89 0211::TAS RECOVERY FOSSIL ENERGY - NEW INDUSTRIAL CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION (CCS) AWARD ENTITLED "CO2 CAPTURE USING NOVEL AMINE TECHNO
$281,291,234Department of Energy
SUNNOVA ENERGY CORPORATION
SUNNOVA ENERGY RESILIENCY ACCELERATOR (SERA)
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) GRID DEPLOYMENT OFFICE (GDO) ESTABLISHED THE PUERTO RICO ENERGY RESILIENCE FUND (PR-ERF) TO ADMINISTER A PROGRAM FOCUSED ON BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED ENERGY RESILIENCE INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) AND BATTERY STORAGE DEPLOYMENTS, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO GROW PUERTO RICO’S CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY.
$281,125,850Department of Energy
SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC.
NATIONAL CARBON CAPTURE CENTER
$251,005,250Department of Energy
ALASKA ENERGY AUTHORITY
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - RAILBELT INNOVATION RESILIENCY PROJECT
THE RAILBELT INNOVATION RESILIENCY PROJECT (RIR) AIMS TO ENHANCE RESILIENCY AND TRANSFER CAPABILITY ALONG THE RAILBELT. THE RAILBELT HAS EXPERIENCED DECREASING FREQUENCY REGULATION, SLOWED DISTURBANCE RESPONSE AND INCREASED MAGNITUDE NATURAL FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS. THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF THE RAILBELT SYSTEM RESTRICTS THE ADOPTION OF CLEAN ENERGY, DIVERSIFICATION OF THE FUEL SUPPLY, AND ALASKA'S PREPARATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE CARBON-FREE FUTURE. A KEY PRIORITY TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE IS TO REINFORCE INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PRIMARY REGIONS OF THE RAILBELT BY ADDING PARALLEL LINES AND IMPLEMENTING BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS (BESS) TO RESOLVE LONG-STANDING FREQUENCY CONTROL AND INSTABILITY ISSUES. ALONG WITH THE HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT (HVDC) SUBMARINE CABLE, THESE ADDITIONS WILL ALLEVIATE TRANSMISSION CONGESTION AND OPTIMIZE INTERREGIONAL TRANSFER CAPABILITY. THE PROJECT'S INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS HOLD THE PROMISE OF CURBING ESCALATING ENERGY PRICES, WHICH CURRENTLY RANK AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION, WHILE PROVIDING RURAL RESIDENTS AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY VIABILITY. SHARING THESE SOLUTIONS WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES WILL SUPPORT COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TOWARD ACHIEVING CLEAN, RELIABLE, AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY FOR ALL.
$206,105,546Department of Energy
TECHNIP ENERGIES USA, INC.
THE SUSTAINABLE ETHYLENE FROM CO2 UTILIZATION WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY (SECURE) PROJECT, LED BY T.EN STONE & WEBSTER PROCESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LANZATECH, PLANS TO DEMONSTRATE AN INTEGRATED PROCESS TO UTILIZE CAPTURED CARBON DIOXIDE FROM ETHYLENE PRODUCTION—AN IMPORTANT BUILDING BLOCK FOR MANY PRODUCTS—BY APPLYING A BIOTECH-BASED PROCESS AND GREEN HYDROGEN TO CREATE CLEAN ETHANOL AND ETHYLENE. LANZATECH’S GAS FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY, PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED BY ARPA-E, CAN ALSO BE DEPLOYED IN ANY INDUSTRY WITH CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, ALLOWING OTHER INDUSTRIES TO CAPTURE AND UPCYCLE CARBON DIOXIDE INSTEAD OF EMITTING IT TO THE ATMOSPHERE OR NEEDING TO SEQUESTER IT.
THE PROJECT EXPECTS TO PROVIDE 200 CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND 40 PERMANENT JOBS WITH BENEFITS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. ONCE THE SITE IS FINALIZED, THE PROJECT AIMS TO HIRE FROM THE LOCAL AREA WITH A FOCUS ON RESIDENTS OF DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. T.EN AND LANZATECH PLAN TO APPROACH COMMUNITY GROUPS, UNIONS, AND LABOR GROUPS TO NEGOTIATE, REVIEW, AND UPDATE AGREEMENTS FOR QUALITY JOBS AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AT THE HOST SITE.
$200,000,000Department of Energy
BRIMSTONE COMMERCIAL, LLC
BRIMSTONE COMMERCIAL, LLC (BRIMSTONE) WILL CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A NEW PLANT TO COMMERCIALIZE A DEEPLY DECARBONIZED PROCESS FOR MAKING ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT (OPC) AND CO-PRODUCTS, INCLUDING SUPPLEMENTARY CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS (SCM) AND SMELTER-GRADE ALUMINA (SGA). BRIMSTONE WILL DEVELOP A TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY THAT APPLIES A CHEMICAL-BASED PROCESS FOR MAKING CEMENT THAT ELIMINATES PROCESS CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LIMESTONE PROCESSING. THE PROCESS ALSO INCLUDES THE PRODUCTION OF SCM FROM SILICEOUS RESIDUES TO REDUCE EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CONCRETE PRODUCTION AND HAS THE ABILITY TO INCORPORATE DIRECT AIR CAPTURE OF ATMOSPHERIC CO2 FROM MAGNESIUM-BEARING WASTE RESIDUE. THIS PROJECT WILL PRODUCE OPC AND SCMS FROM CARBON-FREE CALCIUM SILICATE ROCK USING A CLOSED ACID BENEFICIATION CYCLE. THE NEW PLANT’S SUCCESS, BY DEMONSTRATING A PATHWAY FOR ACHIEVING POSITIVE UNIT ECONOMICS FOR BRIMSTONE’S DECARBONIZED CEMENT PRODUCTION PROCESS, WILL DE-RISK THE BUSINESS MODEL AND SUPPORT NET-ZERO GOALS WHILE INCREASING SUPPLY RESILIENCY IN THE CEMENT AND ALUMINUM INDUSTRIES.
THIS PROJECT PLANS TO PROVIDE TANGIBLE BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY BY CREATING UP TO 100 FAMILY-SUSTAINING OPERATIONS JOBS WITH COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS, ENGAGING WITH LABOR UNIONS AND SUPPORTING THE USE OF NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE FACILITY. THIS PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH EARLY TWO-WAY ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL, DEVELOP A LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AND ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO BENEFITS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES MAJORITY-OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY UNDERREPRESENTED PERSONS OR GROUPS OF UNDERREPRESENTED PERSONS.
$189,000,000Department of Energy