X ENERGY, LLC
COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT: ADVANCED REACTOR DEMONSTRATION FOA# DE-FOA-0002271
PATHWAY 1 ADVANCED REACTOR DEMONSTRATIONS (DEMOS) AWARD TO X ENERGY, LLC
THIS PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF U.S. PRIVATE INDUSTRY ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR
DEMONSTRATIONS. IT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR SEVERAL ADVANCED REACTORS THAT ARE RELIABLE, COST EFFECTIVE, LICENSABLE,
AND COMMERCIALLY VIABLE. THESE DESIGNS ARE EXPECTED TO ENABLE A MARKET ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH COMMERCIAL
REACTOR SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE THAT ARE SAFE AND AFFORDABLE TO BOTH CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE WHEN COMPARED TO
COMPETING, ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY IN THE NEAR- AND MID-TERM. THESE DESIGNS ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY, SECURITY, ECONOMICS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OVER CURRENT NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT DESIGNS.
$921,717,024Department of Energy
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - CALIFORNIA HARNESSING ADVANCED RELIABLE GRID ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES FOR TRANSMISSION
(CHARGE 2T)
THE PROJECT SETS FORTH SEVERAL GOALS TO MODERNIZE AND EXPAND CALIFORNIA’S ELECTRICAL GRID FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. IT INCLUDES RECONDUCTORING AND REBUILDING MORE THAN 100 MILES, PLUS CONSTRUCTING NEW TRANSMISSION LINES, USING ADVANCED CONDUCTORS (AC) TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE TRANSMISSION CAPACITY. TO FURTHER REDUCE CONGESTION AND LOWER ENERGY COSTS FOR CONSUMERS, DYNAMIC LINE RATING (DLR) DEVICES WILL BE DEPLOYED ACROSS SEVERAL TRANSMISSION LINES, COMPLEMENTED BY THE INSTALLATION OF SHORT CIRCUIT DUTY MONITORING DEVICES AT VARIOUS SUBSTATIONS TO BOLSTER GRID RELIABILITY. THE PROJECT WILL ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SECURE WEB-BASED PORTAL FOR MANAGING INTERCONNECTION PROCESSES FOR THE STATE’S TRANSMISSION PROVIDER, INCLUDING TARGETED IMPROVEMENTS AND INTEGRATION WITH UTILITIES, TO ENHANCE ONGOING INTERCONNECTION PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS.
$630,561,319Department of Energy
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
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
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE MINNESOTA
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) GRID RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS, GRIP - JOINT TARGETED INTERCONNECTION QUEUE (JTIQ) TRANSMISSION STUDY PROCESS AND PORTFOLIO. THESE PROJECTS WILL SUPPORT NEW GENERATION SEEKING TO INTERCONNECT TO THE TRANSMISSION GRID INCLUDING THE INTEGRATION OF SUBSTANTIAL RENEWABLE RESOURCES. THE INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES) OF THE FUNDED AWARD/PROJECT ARE ACROSS SEVEN-MIDWEST STATES THAT, ONCE CONSTRUCTED, WILL UNLOCK APPROXIMATELY 28 GIGAWATTS OF NEW GENERATION, PRIMARILY WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY. ¿
$464,477,359Department 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
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM CONCEPT TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE MILFORD CITY, UTAH FORGE SITE
$292,505,705Department of Energy
NGP BLUE MOUNTAIN I LLC
TAS::89 4486::TAS RECOVERY NGP BLUE MOUNTAIN I LLC LOAN NUMBER F1001 GEOTHERMAL PROJECT
$98,500,000Department of Energy
FREEPORT MINERALS CORPORATION
THIS PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNICAL VIABILITY OF USING INDUSTRIAL-SCALE GEOTHERMAL CLEAN HEAT (GCH) IN THE MINING PROCESS. THE RECIPIENT WILL USE GCH TO ENABLE THE RECOVERY OF RESIDUAL COPPER, A CRITICAL MATERIAL, FROM PREVIOUSLY MINED MATERIAL AT A REDUCED EMISSIONS INTENSITY COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL MINING PRACTICES AND FOSSIL-BASED ALTERNATIVES FOR HEAT. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO INSTALL AND OPERATE A MICROGRID AND A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) AT AN ACTIVE MINE TO INCREASE ENERGY RELIABILITY. THE RECIPIENT WILL CONTINUE PRIORITIZING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND LABOR PIPELINE PROGRAMS AND GROW THE RECIPIENT’S CURRENT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT FOCUS ON BUILDING RESILIENCE WITHIN RURAL COMMUNITIES.
$80,000,000Department of Energy
FERVO ENERGY COMPANY
THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO 1) DELIVER A TRIPLET HORIZONTAL WELL EGS SYSTEM CAPABLE OF GENERATING AT LEAST 5 MW OF ELECTRIC POWER (THE TRIPLET SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED AS ONE CENTRAL HORIZONTAL PRODUCTION WELL OFFSET BY TWO HORIZONTAL INJECTION WELLS), 2) STIMULATE ALL THREE WELLS WITH A MULTISTAGE, PLUG-AND-PERF STIMULATION TREATMENT DESIGN WITH PROPPANT, AND 3) PERFORM LONG-TERM CROSSFLOW WELL TESTS TO CHARACTERIZE THE HYDRAULIC AND THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE SYSTEM. THE PROJECT IS ALREADY AT AN ADVANCED STAGE OF PROJECT READINESS ACROSS ALL KEY PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASES, INCLUDING SITE CONTROL, PERMITTING, SITE PREPARATION, ENGINEERING, SUPPLY CHAIN, AND COMMERCIAL OFFTAKE. GIVEN THIS ADVANCED STAGE OF PROJECT READINESS, WE ARE PREPARED TO EXECUTE THIS PROJECT QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AN EXPERIENCED PROJECT TEAM CAPABLE OF DELIVERING THIS COMPLEX PROJECT ON-TIME AND ON-BUDGET. GIVEN THAT THIS IS A COMMERCIAL PROJECT, WE HAVE DESIGNED THE DRILLING, COMPLETIONS, STIMULATION, AND WELL TESTING PROGRAM TO MEET THE CRITICAL RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE TARGETS REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE AN ECONOMIC EGS SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, WE PLAN TO EXECUTE AN ADVANCED DATA ACQUISITION CAMPAIGN TO ENABLE DETAILED RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION.
THE WORKPLAN OUTLINED BELOW WAS DEVELOPED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING PROJECT DELIVERY GOALS:
• PRIORITIZE HEALTH, SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND COLLABORATION ACROSS THE GEOTHERMAL INDUSTRY.
• MINIMIZE RISK THROUGHOUT THE DRILLING, COMPLETIONS, STIMULATION, AND WELL TESTING PHASES BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE VAST AMOUNT OF EXISTING DATA, LESSONS LEARNED, AND ADVISORY GROUP FROM THE INTEGRATED PROJECT TEAM AND UTAH FORGE PARTNERSHIP.
• LEVERAGE LEARNINGS FROM FERVO’S AND UTAH FORGE’S PREVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL FIELD DEMONSTRATION CAMPAIGNS, FOCUSING ON AN EGS SYSTEM DESIGN AND OPERATIONS PLAN THAT DIRECTLY DEMONSTRATES THE KEY RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS REQUIRED FOR COMMERCIAL EGS PROJECTS.
• MAXIMIZE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN BE APPLIED INDUSTRY-WIDE TO IMPROVE EGS WELL DESIGNS BY DEPLOYING AN ADVANCED DATA ACQUISITION AND RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION PROGRAM.
$22,082,025Department of Energy
ICE AIR, LLC
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ARE TO CREATE A DOMESTIC PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF AT LEAST 10,000 COLD CLIMATE AIR-TO-AIR HEAT PUMPS, 5,000 GEOTHERMAL WATER-TO-AIR HEAT PUMPS, AND 100 HIGH-CAPACITY COLD CLIMATE AIR-TO-WATER HEAT PUMPS ANNUALLY WHICH PROVIDE AN EFFICIENCY INCREASE OF 25-75% WHEN COMPARED TO STANDARD AIR CONDITIONERS AND HEAT PUMP EQUIPMENT.
$17,499,534Department of Energy
MAZAMA ENGERY, INC
THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE AN ENGINEERED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM (EGS) IN >4+ KM DEEP ROCK WITH TEMPERATURES =425 °C—SUPERHOT ROCK (SHR), WHERE CONDITIONS MAKE NORMAL WATER BECOME SUPERCRITICAL. SUPERCRITICAL WATER CAN HAVE ENERGY DENSITIES GREATER THAN NORMAL WATER, WHICH SHOULD ALLOW SHR GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS TO GENERATE ENERGY AT FAR LOWER COSTS. AN EGS RESERVOIR WILL BE CREATED BETWEEN TWO WELLS IN SHR ROCK ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF NEWBERRY VOLCANO IN OREGON (NEWBERRY). THIS PROPOSAL WILL FUND THE SECOND OF THESE WELLS (PRODUCTION WELL 55B-29) AND THE APPLICATION OF NEW METHODS TO STIMULATE AND CONNECT BOTH NEW AND NATURALLY OCCURRING FRACTURES.
$17,397,239Department of Energy