Voucher Opportunity 5 (Recipients) - Commercialization Support (FECM)

Are you an innovator or technology developer in the carbon management or resource sustainability space that needs commercialization support? This opportunity is designed to provide independent assessment and validation of carbon management and resource sustainability technologies and practices. See below for additional info about eligibility and timeline.

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As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Technology Commercialization Fund, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), in collaboration with ENERGYWERX, are offering this Commercialization Support Voucher Opportunity (VO-5) to eligible companies to increase adoption readiness (with a focus on market acceptance) of clean energy technologies.

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View the Pre-Approved Voucher Providers: Click Here to View

Complete the Recipient Submission Form: Click Here to Submit for VO-5

The DOE Voucher Program builds bridges between U.S. entrepreneurs, businesses, technology developers or other relevant partners and third-party voucher providers to advance commercialization of innovative energy technologies. Voucher Opportunity (VO-5) addresses key adoption risk areas faced by companies working in carbon management (including carbon capture, transport, conversion, storage, and removal) and resource sustainability (methane detection and reduction technologies, advanced remediation technologies, and mineral sustainability technologies).

DOE has selected and pre-approved a cohort of voucher providers offering a variety of capabilities you might be interested in: Click Here to View the Pre-Approved Voucher Providers. For this voucher opportunity, capabilities include:

• Life cycle assessment (LCA) and/or techno-economic assessment (TEA)
• Independent assessment of Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV) technologies and practices.
• Independent assessment of the additionality of carbon management technologies.
• Third-party support for independent evaluation of community engagement and benefit plans.
• Support for independent entities building capacity to provide verification services to the growing carbon dioxide removal (CDR) industry.
• Planning and execution support for field tests.
• Evaluation of observed emissions (including non-CO2 GHG and criteria pollution) relative to presumed emissions factors.
• Evaluation of technology performance under certification-relevant operating conditions.
• Accelerated lifetime testing to test for failure modes.

When you apply, you will review the available capabilities and submit your preferences in the voucher recipient request form. If you find something that can be valuable to your company and that can enable your company to accelerate demonstration, commercialization, and deployment of your product, please consider applying to receive that in-kind support.

Note: The full list of pre-approved voucher provider capabilities is available here. Please carefully read through the descriptions, deliverables, required inputs, applicable technology area(s), and other related information for each capability. DOE will not allow changes to the high-level scope of work defined in the voucher provider’s capability submission.

Voucher Projects: Vouchers will be distributed as in-kind support, meaning that ENERGYWERX will directly reimburse the voucher provider for the work they have completed on behalf of the voucher recipients. DOE anticipates the value of the voucher to be up to $250,000. However, the specific value depends on the specific capability and is discussed only between DOE and the provider.

Only work related to specific technology areas will be eligible to receive a voucher under this opportunity. List of eligible technology areas:

• Carbon Management
  • Capture
  • Transport
  • Conversion
  • Storage
  • Removal
• Resource Sustainability
  • Methane detection and reduction technologies
  • Advanced remediation technologies
  • Mineral Sustainability Technologies

DOE anticipates issuing approximately 25 vouchers at this time.

Voucher Recipients: Limited to innovators and technology developers, including but not limited to for-profit companies, with a product prototype that fits a specific technology area of interest for DOE FECM and that are nearly ready for pilot scale or large-scale demonstration, or commercialization. Preference will be given to potential voucher recipients who have not previously received support through this program.

This opportunity is limited to one submission per requesting organization. In the case of multiple submissions, DOE will consider only the submission with the latest time stamp.

Pending availability of funds, additional submission windows may open in the future for this voucher opportunity.

Voucher Recipients: How to Participate in VO-5

• Watch the Informational Webinar/Objective Strategic Session recording: Click Here to Watch
• Submit questions into Slido to be answered during the live Office Hours session
• Review the resources from the Informational Office Session on August 21, 2024 from 3:00-4:00 PM ET under Webinar Resources‍
• Complete the Recipient Submission Form: Click Here to Submit for VO-5 (Submissions are due NLT September 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET)

This is not the only voucher opportunity currently available through ENERGYWERX. See here for additional information related to other voucher opportunities.