Battery and Critical Mineral Recycling

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantsFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$125,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To award grants for research, development, and demonstration projects to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of batteries.
Eligible Uses Research, development, and demonstration to address (i) recycling activities; (ii) the development of methods to promote the design and production of batteries that take into full account and facilitate the dismantling, reuse, recovery, and recycling of battery components and materials; (iii) strategies to increase consumer acceptance of, and participation in, the recycling of batteries; (iv) the extraction or recovery of critical minerals from batteries that are recycled; (v) the integration of increased quantities of recycled critical minerals in batteries and other products to develop markets for recycled battery materials and critical minerals; (vi) safe disposal of waste materials and components recovered during the recycling process; (vii) the protection of the health and safety of all persons involved in, or in proximity to, recycling and reprocessing activities, including communities located near recycling and materials reprocessing facilities; (viii) mitigation of environmental impacts that arise from recycling batteries, including disposal of toxic reagents and byproducts related to recycling processes; (ix) protection of data privacy associated with collected covered battery-containing products; (x) the optimization of the value of material derived from recycling batteries; and (xi) the cost-effectiveness and benefits of the reuse and recycling of batteries and critical minerals.
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Building, Training, And Assessment Centers

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Cooperative AgreementFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$10,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To provide grants to institutions of higher education to establish building training and assessment centers to educate and train building technicians and engineers on implementing modern building technologies.
Eligible Uses (1) To identify opportunities for optimizing energy efficiency and environmental performance in buildings; (2) to promote the application of emerging concepts and technologies in commercial and institutional buildings; (3) to train engineers, architects, building scientists, building energy permitting and enforcement officials, and building technicians in energy-efficient design and operation; (4) to assist institutions of higher education and Tribal Colleges or Universities in training building technicians; (5) to promote research and development for the use of alternative energy sources and distributed generation to supply heat and power for buildings, particularly energy-intensive buildings; and (6) to coordinate with and assist State-accredited technical training centers, community colleges, Tribal Colleges or Universities, and local offices of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and ensure appropriate services are provided under this section to each region of the United States.
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Capital Improvement and Maintenance for Dams

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Direct Federal SpendingFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of AgricultureAgency
$10,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Each annual tranche has a 4-yr period of availability
Program Description This program administers an extensive transportation network that is vital to the agency's mission to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of national forest lands
Eligible Uses Dams on National Forest System lands in need of maintenance
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Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilot Programs

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Cooperative AgreementFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$937,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To establish a carbon capture technology program for the development of transformational technologies that will significantly improve the efficiency, effectiveness, costs, emissions reductions, and environmental performance of coal and natural gas use, including in manufacturing and industrial facilities.
Eligible Uses Pilot projects that--(A) represent the scale of technology development beyond laboratory development and bench scale testing, but not yet advanced to the point of being tested under real operational conditions at commercial scale; (B) represent the scale of technology necessary to gain the operational data needed to understand the technical and performance risks of the technology before the application of that technology at commercial scale or in commercial-scale demonstration; and (C) are large enough--(i) to validate scaling factors; and (ii) to demonstrate the interaction between major components so that control philosophies for a new process can be developed and enable the technology to advance from large-scale pilot project application to commercial-scale demonstration or application.
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Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Loan / GrantFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$2,100,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To establish and carry out a carbon dioxide transportation infrastructure finance and innovation program.
Eligible Uses Projects that: (A) are large-capacity, common carrier infrastructure; (B) have demonstrated demand for use of the infrastructure by associated projects that capture carbon dioxide from anthropogenic sources or ambient air; (C) enable geographical diversity in associated projects that capture carbon dioxide from anthropogenic sources or ambient air, with the goal of enabling projects in all major carbon dioxide-emitting regions of the United States; and (D) are sited within, or adjacent to, existing pipelines or other linear infrastructure corridors, in a manner that minimizes environmental disturbance and other siting concerns.
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Carbon Utilization Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$310,140,781.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To establish a grant program for State and local governments to procure and use products derived from captured carbon oxides.
Eligible Uses An eligible entity shall use a grant received under this paragraph to procure and use commercial or industrial products that: (i) use or are derived from anthropogenic carbon oxides; and (ii) demonstrate significant net reductions in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to incumbent technologies, processes, and products.
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Career Skills Training

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$10,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To provide grants to pay the Federal share of career skills training programs under which students concurrently receive classroom instruction and on-the-job training for the purpose of obtaining an industry-related certification to install energy efficient building technologies.
Eligible Uses To pay the Federal share of associated career skills training programs under which students concurrently receive classroom instruction and on-the-job training for the purpose of obtaining an industry-related certification to install energy efficient buildings technologies.
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Clean Hydrogen Electrolysis Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Grants, Contracts, Cooperative Agreements, or any other agreements authorized under this Act or other Federal lawFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$1,000,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To establish a research, development, demonstration, and deployment program for purposes of commercialization to improve the efficiency, increase the durability, and reduce the cost of producing clean hydrogen using electrolyzers.
Eligible Uses (1) To demonstrate technologies that produce clean hydrogen using electrolyzers; and (2) to validate information on the cost, efficiency, durability, and feasibility of commercial deployment.
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Clean Hydrogen Manufacturing Recycling Research, Development, and Demonstration Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or any other agreements authorized under this Act or other Federal lawFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$500,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To provide Federal financial assistance to advance new clean hydrogen production, processing, delivery, storage, and use equipment manufacturing technologies and techniques.
Eligible Uses (A) Increasing the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the recovery of raw materials from clean hydrogen technology components and systems; (B) minimizing environmental impacts from the recovery and disposal processes; (C) addressing any barriers to the research, development, demonstration, and commercialization of technologies and processes for the disassembly and recycling; (D) developing alternative materials, designs, manufacturing processes, and other aspects of clean hydrogen technologies; (E) developing alternative disassembly and resource recovery processes that enable efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally responsible disassembly of and resource recovery from clean hydrogen technologies; and (F) developing strategies to increase consumer acceptance of and participation in the recycling of fuel cells.
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Commercial Direct Air Capture Technology Prize Competition

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
PrizeFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$100,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Reauthorization of program to support large-scale pilot projects and demonstration projects and test carbon capture technologies.
Eligible Uses Projects that advance the technical and commercial viability of technologies that result in net removal of CO2 from the atmosphere.
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Cost-effective Codes Implementation for Efficiency and Resilience

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$225,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description A competitive grant program to enable sustained, cost-effective implementation of updated building energy codes to save customers money on their energy bills.
Eligible Uses (A) To create or enable State or regional partnerships to provide training and materials to--(i) builders, contractors and subcontractors, architects, and other design and construction professionals, relating to meeting updated building energy codes in a cost-effective manner; and (ii) building code officials, relating to improving implementation of and compliance with building energy codes; (B) to collect and disseminate quantitative data on construction and codes implementation, including code pathways, performance metrics, and technologies used; (C) to develop and implement a plan for highly effective codes implementation, including measuring compliance; (D) to address various implementation needs in rural, suburban, and urban areas; and (E) to implement updates in energy codes for -- (i) new residential and commercial buildings (including multifamily buildings); and (ii) additions and alterations to existing residential and commercial buildings (including multifamily buildings).
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Critical Material Innovation, Efficiency, And Alternatives

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$600,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercialization to develop alternatives to critical materials, to promote their efficient production and use, and ensure a long-term secure and sustainable supply of them.
Eligible Uses (A) Alternative materials, particularly materials available in abundance within the United States and not subject to potential supply restrictions, that lessen the need for critical materials; (B) alternative energy technologies or alternative designs of existing energy technologies; (C) technologies or process improvements that minimize the use and content, or lead to more efficient use, of critical materials across the full supply chain; (D) innovative technologies and practices to diversify commercially viable and sustainable domestic sources of critical materials; (E) technologies, process improvements, or design optimizations that facilitate the recycling of critical materials; (F) advanced critical material extraction, production, separation, alloying, or processing technologies that decrease the energy consumption, environmental impact, and costs of those activities; (G) commercial markets, advanced storage methods, energy applications, and other beneficial uses of critical materials; and (H) advanced theoretical, computational, and experimental tools necessary to support the crosscutting research and development needs of diverse critical minerals stakeholders.
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