The Letter of Intent is due on July 24, 2009 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time and the application is due on August 24, 2009 at 8:00 PM Eastern Time. Please note: Important information regarding registration and other pre-submission requirements are included in the funding opportunity announcement (FOA). Please refer to the FOA for details.

Anticipated Notice of Selection: October 2009
Anticipated Award Date: May 2010
Total Funding Available: $1,400,000,000
Award Instrument: Cooperative agreement

Eligibility Requirements

All types of entities are eligible to apply, except other federal agencies, Federally Funded Research and Development Center Contractors, and nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995.

Letter of Intent

Applicants must submit a Letter of Intent to the Department of Energy (DOE) no later than July 24, 2009 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time. The Letter of Intent shall include, among other things, key technology vendor names, project size (MW equivalent, tons of CO2 per year), total project value and amount of DOE funds requested, project location, and a one page abstract describing project goals and approach to CO2 capture, sequestration or beneficial use, and project financing.

Program Description

The Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) is a cost-shared collaboration between the Government and industry to increase investment in low-emission coal technology by demonstrating advanced coal based, power generation technologies. Through this FOA the DOE seeks to demonstrate advanced coal-based technologies that capture and sequester, or put to beneficial use, CO2 emissions. The DOE’s goals are to demonstrate at commercial scale, in a commercial setting, technologies that:

Can achieve a minimum of 50% CO2 capture efficiency and make progress toward a target CO2 capture efficiency of 90% in a gas stream containing at least 10% CO2 by volume;
Make progress toward the capture and sequestration goal of less than 10% increase in the cost of electricity for gasification systems and less than 35% for combustion and oxycombustion systems (all as compared to current (2008) practice); and
Capture and sequester, or put to beneficial use, a minimum of 300,000 tons per year of CO2 emissions using a thirty day running average to determine if the project successfully meets the CO2 capture efficiency and the capture and sequestration or beneficial use rate requirements of the FOA.

Each project funded under this FOA will be broken down into four phases:

Phase 1: Project Definition, Front End Engineering Design Completion and Record of Decision Approval
Phase 2: Design
Phase 3: Construction
Phase 4: Demonstration/Operations

Cost Sharing

The cost share must be at least 50% of the total allowable costs for demonstration and commercial application projects and must come from non-federal sources unless otherwise allowed by law.
Applicants shall share at least 50% of the total project costs, and at least 50% during each phase of the project.
Applicants that propose a Project Definition Phase as Phase 1 must commit the total funding projected at time of award for the non-DOE share of Phase 1 costs.

Award Information

Specific award information has not been provided. There is no award ceiling or floor, the DOE has provided no guidance regarding anticipated award size or number of awards, and the period of performance is unspecified. However, the DOE has established that the period of performance and size of awards will be commensurate with the complexity of the technology, scale of demonstration and extent of modifications at the project site.