The funding will pay for comprehensive analysis of a site in northwest New Mexico to accelerate deployment of carbon capture, utilization and storage technology at San Juan Generating Station.
The data and analyses produced under the agreement will be used to prepare, submit and attain a permit from the Environmental Protection Agency to potentially construct a Class VI well (CO2 injection well), that would allow for geologic sequestration of 50 million metric tons of CO2 at a site near the power plant.
The DOE announced funding for this project along with four other projects April 22.
Details of the five DOE agreements are available online at www.energy.gov/fe/foa-1999-project-selections.