Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0002610 entitled Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE) | DE FOA 0002622

Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0002622

The opportunity identified as DE-FOA-0002622 is a Notice of Intent (NOI) from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), specifically the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), announcing DOE's plan to issue a separate Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) numbered DE-FOA-0002610 titled "Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE)." The key point is that DE-FOA-0002622 is not itself a live funding solicitation. It functions as an advance informational notice to alert potential applicants and stakeholders that a formal FOA is or was expected, and to provide early visibility into DOE's goals and anticipated direction for future CarbonSAFE awards. Because it is only an NOI, DOE explicitly states it is not accepting applications under DE-FOA-0002622.

The underlying purpose of the forthcoming FOA (DE-FOA-0002610) is to competitively solicit and award additional cooperative agreements under the CarbonSAFE initiative. CarbonSAFE is aimed at accelerating the large-scale deployment of integrated carbon capture and geologic storage projects, including both onshore and offshore storage. In practical terms, the program focus is on helping move carbon storage projects toward commercial readiness by supporting efforts that increase confidence in storage site viability, enable project development, and advance the infrastructure and technical basis needed for safe, permanent geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide. The emphasis on "integrated" projects signals an interest in linking capture sources with transport and storage elements, or at least ensuring that storage development is aligned with realistic capture and utilization/storage deployment pathways.

From an administrative and eligibility standpoint, the notice lists the instrument type as a cooperative agreement, which typically means DOE expects substantial involvement during the project period (for example, active technical collaboration, milestone reviews, and federal oversight beyond what is common in a standard grant). The opportunity category is discretionary, the activity category is energy, and the associated CFDA number is 81.089. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is generally open to any entity type (such as private companies, universities, nonprofits, state or local governments, or other organizations), subject to any additional eligibility clarifications that would appear in the actual FOA text rather than in the notice itself.

Several fields in the notice can be confusing if read as if this were an application-ready solicitation. For example, an "OriginalClosingDate" of January 7, 2022 is listed, but since the document is explicitly a Notice of Intent and not a FOA, that date should not be interpreted as an application deadline for DE-FOA-0002622. Likewise, an award ceiling value is shown as "2" and expected awards are listed as "0." Those entries reinforce that this posting is informational and not structured for immediate awards; the definitive funding levels, number of awards, cost share requirements, and technical topic areas would be expected to be spelled out in the forthcoming FOA (DE-FOA-0002610) rather than in the notice.

In short, DE-FOA-0002622 is an informational announcement from DOE/NETL signaling intent to release a competitive FOA (DE-FOA-0002610) to support additional CarbonSAFE cooperative agreements, with the overall aim of speeding up the deployment of carbon capture linked to onshore or offshore geologic storage. No applications are accepted under the notice itself; interested parties would need to track and respond to the actual FOA when issued.

• The Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0002610 entitled Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE)" 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 Nov 09, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 07, 2022. (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 $2.00 in funding.
• 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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