CarbonSAFE Initiative
Accelerating the development of commercial-scale geologic carbon storage projects and associated CO2 transport infrastructure, through a focus on detailed site characterization, permitting, and construction stages of project development.
In support of the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the CarbonSAFE Initiative builds off the work done by the Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships to fund and develop projects focused on ensuring carbon storage complexes will be ready for integrated Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) system deployment.
Successful implementation of the CarbonSAFE Initiative will encourage the rapid growth of a vibrant, geographically widespread industry for secure geologic carbon storage by reducing risks and costs for future projects and bringing more storage resources into commercial classifications, thereby supporting business and financial decisions of potential developers.
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Program Objectives
- Address the R&D knowledge gaps and develop the technologies needed to nationally deploy commercial scale (50+ million metric ton) CO2 storage.
- Understand the development of a CCS storage complex from the feasibility study through the point of injection.
- Improve understanding of commercial-scale project screening, site selection, geologic characterization, modeling, and monitoring.
- Address both the technical and non-technical challenges associated characterization, permitting, and monitoring of a geologic storage complex.
CarbonSAFE Projects
The CarbonSAFE Initiative will reduce technical risk, uncertainty, and the cost of commercial-scale saline storage projects. Results will improve the understanding of project screening, site selection, characterization, baseline monitoring, verification, and accounting (MVA) procedures, and information necessary to submit appropriate permit applications for such projects.