The current funding opportunity announcement (FOA) aims to expand DOE- FECM’s carbon management portfolio through support for R&D projects in the programmatic areas of Point Source Carbon Capture and Carbon Conversion. The various areas of interest and a brief description of each is presented below. DE-FOA-0002614, 000010 Page 12 of 167 AOI 1. Carbon Conversion Technology The objective of AOI-1 is to support R&D investigating the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into environmentally responsible and economically feasible products. The Carbon Conversion Program will support technologies which utilize CO2 from point sources such as power/industrial flue gas and direct air capture to yield valued-added products while simultaneously reducing CO2 emissions. Supported R&D will validate results through rigorous product testing, life cycle analysis, and techno-economic analysis. Under the current FOA opening, applications are solicited in the following subtopic: AOI-1B. Biological Pathways Utilizing Algae to Convert Anthropogenic CO2 to Products AOI 1B will support R&D to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) through biological uptake via algae, with the goal of producing environmentally beneficial and economically feasible products. The Carbon Conversion program will support technologies that utilize CO2 from anthropogenic sources including point sources such as power/industrial flue gas and direct air capture to yield value-added products while simultaneously reducing CO2 emissions. Supported R&D will quantify product performance through relevant standard testing methodologies and will validate environmental benefits and economic feasibility through rigorous life cycle and techno-economic analyses, respectively. AOI-3. Point Source Carbon Capture Technology The objective of AOI-3 is to solicit applications that are specifically focused on developing lower cost, highly-efficient, technologies for point source carbon capture from fossil fuel power plants and industrial point sources capturing CO2 with over 95% efficiency that is suitable for secure geologic carbon storage, including in situ mineralization, or CO2 conversion into long-lasting products (e.g., synthetic aggregates, concrete, durable carbon products). Under the current FOA opening, applications are solicited in the following subtopic: AOI-3D. Decarbonization of Industrial Processes Using Oxygen-Based (Oxy- combustion and Chemical Looping) Approaches The objective of AOI-3D is to perform conceptual design studies followed by a laboratory validation of cost-effective processes for employing oxygen-based approaches (i.e., oxy-combustion, chemical looping) that lead to reductions in DE-FOA-0002614, 000010 Page 13 of 167 CO2 emissions associated with industrial production processes. A phased approach is currently planned for AOI-3D with a competitive down-select between Phase 1 and Phase 2. Only entities that receive a Phase 1 award will be permitted to submit a Phase 2 renewal application for consideration under the competitive down-selection process. Detailed information on each AOI/subtopic being solicited under this FOA opening is contained in Appendices attached to the FOA as follows: Appendix A – AOI 1 Carbon Conversion Technology Appendix C – AOI 3 Point Source Carbon Capture Technology D. Applications Specifically Not of Interest The following types of applications will be deemed nonresponsive and will not be reviewed or considered (See Section III, Eligibility Information; Responsiveness Criteria): AOI • Submissions that fall outside the technical parameters specified in Section I, “Funding Opportunity Description; Objectives/ Areas of Interest” of the FOA, including but not limited to: Not of Interest 1B • R&D on products intended for fuels; • R&D on cultivation of terrestrial plants and biological sequestration; • R&D on concepts with less than 10% decrease in GHG emissions as compared to incumbent products; • R&D on enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR); • R&D on post-Combustion CO2 capture technologies; • R&D on pre-Combustion CO2 capture technologies; • R&D on direct air capture technologies; • R&D on oxy-combustion and chemical looping; • R&D on CO2 compressor development; • R&D on CO2 transport and geological storage. 3D • R&D on CO 2 storage technologies; • R&D on CO2 compression technologies; • R&D on cryogenic air separation technologies; • R&D on biological CO 2 capture technologies (e.g., algae-based processes); • Applications that include more than 20% experimental effort