Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (CIFIA) Program: Future Growth Grants (Section 40304) | DE FOA 0003079

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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (CIFIA) Program: Future Growth Grants (BIL Section 40304) is a Department of Energy notice signaling that DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), on behalf of DOE's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) Carbon Transport and Storage Program, planned to release a formal Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to support the build-out of CO2 transportation infrastructure in the United States. The notice is explicitly informational only, meaning DOE was not requesting public comment at this stage, would not answer questions about the notice itself, and reserved the right to change any details once the actual FOA was issued. The anticipated FOA was expected in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2024, and the funding would come from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, commonly referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The core purpose of the opportunity is to accelerate deployment of common carrier CO2 transport networks that can move carbon dioxide from where it is produced to where it can be permanently stored or put to use. The program is focused on "common carrier" infrastructure, which generally implies transportation systems designed to serve multiple shippers or users rather than a single dedicated facility. The eligible project types described span multiple transportation modes, including pipelines, rail, ships and barges, and ground shipping. In practical terms, the program is aimed at building the connective tissue between anthropogenic point sources of CO2 (for example, industrial facilities and power generation sites that emit CO2) and endpoints where CO2 can be stored geologically or utilized in industrial processes.

The opportunity is framed as part of a broader national carbon management strategy tied to the US goal of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The notice highlights that large-scale deployment will be needed across several technology areas, including carbon capture from industry and power generation, direct air capture, carbon conversion, and the downstream transportation and storage systems that make captured CO2 manageable at scale. In other words, DOE is positioning CO2 transportation as a critical enabling infrastructure: capture projects cannot expand meaningfully without reliable and scalable options to move CO2 to storage and utilization sites.

From an administrative standpoint, the listing identifies the opportunity as a discretionary grant program using a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, indicating DOE would expect substantial involvement during project execution compared with a standard grant. The activity category is energy, and the assistance listing is tied to CFDA number 81.089. The eligible applicant category is shown as "Others," with the note to consult the FOA for the precise eligibility rules and clarifications. The opportunity is associated with Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0003079, and the notice references that a related FOA number (DE-FOA-0002966) was anticipated for release in early FY 2024. The notice record also shows an original closing date of October 19, 2023 for the notice entry itself, but the key point is that the actual application window and requirements would only be defined once the formal FOA was published.

Overall, this notice serves as an early heads-up to potential applicants and stakeholders that DOE intended to fund projects that expand CO2 transport capacity and connectivity across regions and sectors. The emphasis is on building multi-user transportation infrastructure that links CO2 supply (captured from industrial and other sources) with demand or disposal (utilization hubs and storage sites), thereby reducing one of the main bottlenecks to scaling carbon capture, direct air capture, and broader carbon management efforts in line with national climate targets.

• The Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (CIFIA) Program: Future Growth Grants (Section 40304)" 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 Aug 25, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 19, 2023 DE-FOA-0002966 FOA is anticipated to be issued in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2024.. (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: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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