米国DOE、CO2回収とDAC技術のR&Dに対する合計7,200万ドルの資金提供先のプロジェクトを公表

2020年09月18日

米国のエネルギー省（DOE）は、石炭・天然ガス火力発電所および産業排出源CO2の回収に係るR&Dプログラムにおける合計5,100万ドルの資金提供の対象となる9件のプロジェクト、および、大気中のCO2を直接回収するDAC技術のR&Dに対する合計2,100万ドルの資金提供の対象となる18件のプロジェクトを公表しました。

１．石炭・天然ガス火力発電所および産業排出源CO2の回収に係るR&Dプログラム
＜産業排出源からのCO2回収・圧縮＞
(1) ArcelorMittal USA：Enabling Production of Low Carbon Emissions Steel Through CO2 Capture from Blast Furnace Gases
　DOE Funding: $1,487,794; Non-DOE Funding: $371,949; Total: $1,859,742
(2) Electricore ：LH CO2MENT Colorado Project
　DOE Funding: $1,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $430,524; Total: $1,930,524
(3) Membrane Technology and Research (MTR) Inc.：Engineering Design of a Polaris Membrane CO2 Capture System at a Cement Plant
　DOE Funding: $1,493,318; Non-DOE Funding: $373,329; Total: $1,866,647
(4) Praxair：Engineering Design of a Linde-BASF Advanced Post-Combustion CO2 Capture Technology at a Linde Steam Methane Reforming H2 Plant
　DOE Funding: $1,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $405,328; Total: $1,905,328

＜エタノールプラントからのCO2回収・圧縮＞
(5) University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center：Initial Engineering and Design for CO2 Capture from Ethanol Facilities
　DOE Funding: $1,499,954; Non-DOE Funding: $375,000; Total: $1,874,954

＜天然ガス排ガスからのCO2回収試験＞
(6) Chevron USA. Inc.：Chevron Natural Gas Carbon Capture Technology Testing Project
　DOE Funding: $13,000,000; Non-DOE Funding: $3,272,127; Total: $16,272,127
(7) ION Clean Energy Inc.：Engineering-scale Demonstration of Transformational Solvent on NGCC Flue Gas
　DOE Funding: $13,000,000; Non-DOE Funding: $3,906,839; Total: $16,906,839
＜石炭排ガス／石炭と天然ガスの排ガスからのCO2回収試験＞
(8) Electric Power Research Institute Inc.：Engineering-Scale Test of a Water-Lean Solvent for Post-Combustion Capture
　DOE Funding: $4,129,607; Non-DOE Funding: $1,032,411; Total: $5,162,018
(9) Gas Technology Institute (GTI)：Engineering Scale Design and Testing of Transformational Membrane Technology for CO2 Capture
　DOE Funding: $13,000,000; Non-DOE Funding: $3,250,000; Total: $16,250,000

２．DAC技術のR&D
(1) Electricore：Direct Air Capture Using Novel Structured Adsorbents
　DOE Funding: $2,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $712,880; Total: $3,212,880
(2) GE Research：Advanced Integrated Reticular Sorbent-Coated System to Capture CO2 from the Atmosphere
　DOE Funding: $799,981; Non-DOE Funding: $199,995; Total: $999,976
(3) Georgia Tech Research Corporation：MIL-101(Cr)-Amine Sorbents Evaluation Under Realistic Direct Air Capture Conditions
　DOE Funding: $755,166; Non-DOE Funding: $191,482; Total: $946,648
(4) Global Thermostat Operations, LLC：Demonstration of a Continuous-Motion Direct Air Capture System
　DOE Funding: $2,499,996; Non-DOE Funding: $850,000; Total: $3,349,996
(5) Harvard University：Experimental Demonstration of Alkalinity Concentration Swing for Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide
　DOE Funding: $720,048; Non-DOE Funding: $180,858; Total: $900,906
(6) InnoSense, LLC：High-Performance, Hybrid Polymer Membrane for Carbon Dioxide Separation from Ambient Air
　DOE Funding: $799,998; Non-DOE Funding: $200,001; Total: $999,999
(7) InnoSepra, LLC：Transformational Sorbent Materials for a Substantial Reduction in the Energy Requirement for Direct Air Capture of CO2
　DOE Funding: $800,000; Non-DOE Funding: $200,000; Total: $1,000,000
(8) IWVC, LLC：A Combined Water and CO2 Direct Air Capture System
　DOE Funding: $2,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $672,000; Total: $3,172,000
(9) Palo Alto Research Center：TRAPS: Tunable, Rapid-uptake, AminoPolymer Aerogel Sorbent for Direct Air Capture of CO2
　DOE Funding: $799,998; Non-DOE Funding: $200,000; Total: $999,998
(10) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute：Direct Air Capture Using Trapped Small Amines in Hierarchical Nanoporous Capsules on Porous Electrospun Hollow Fibers
　DOE Funding: $800,000; Non-DOE Funding: $200,000; Total: $1,000,000
(11) RTI International：Development of Advanced Solid Sorbents for Direct Air Capture
　DOE Funding: $800,000; Non-DOE Funding: $200,502; Total: $1,000,502
(12) Southern States Energy Board：Direct Air Capture Recovery of Energy for CCUS Partnership (DAC RECO2UP)
　DOE Funding: $2,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $651,790; Total: $3,151,790
(13) SUNY：Membrane Adsorbents Comprising Self-Assembled Inorganic Nanocages (SINCs) for Super-fast Direct Air Capture Enabled by Passive Cooling
　DOE Funding: $800,000; Non-DOE Funding: $200,000; Total: $1,000,000
(14) Susteon Inc.：Low Regeneration Temperature Sorbents for Direct Air Capture of CO2
　DOE Funding: $799,687; Non-DOE Funding: $200,000; Total: $999,687
(15) The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York：Next Generation Fiber-Encapsulated Nanoscale Hybrid Materials for Direct Air Capture with Selective Water Rejection
　DOE Funding: $800,000; Non-DOE Funding: $200,000; Total: $1,000,000
(16) The University of Akron：Gradient Amine Sorbents for Low Vacuum Swing CO2 Capture at Ambient Temperature
　DOE Funding: $800,000; Non-DOE Funding: $200,262; Total: $1,000,262
(17) University of Delaware：Electrochemically-Driven Carbon Dioxide Separation
　DOE Funding: $800,000; Non-DOE Funding: $200,000; Total: $1,000,000
(18) University of Kentucky Research Foundation：Development of Novel Materials for Direct Air Capture of CO2
　DOE Funding: $699,509; Non-DOE Funding: $174,904; Total: $874,413

詳細は以下をご覧ください。

DOEによるプレスリリース
https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-invests-72-million-carbon-capture-technologies

資金提供（FOA2187と2188）の対象となるプロジェクト一覧
https://www.energy.gov/fe/articles/foa-2187-and-foa-2188-project-selections