Implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009. It is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century.

As the centerpiece of the President’s commitment to transparency and accountability, this site will feature projections for how, when, and where the Office of Fossil Energy funds will be spent.

The Office of Fossil Energy has received $3.4 billion from the Recovery Act. Initiatives will focus on research, development and deployment of technologies to use coal more cleanly and efficiently. Investments will go toward finding and testing new ways to produce energy from coal – such as gasification - and improving techniques to clean or capture and store the emissions from coal-fired power plants. Funds include:

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  • $1.0 billion for fossil energy research and development programs;
  • $800 million for additional amounts for the Clean Coal Power Initiative Round III Funding Opportunity Announcement;  
    (Read the Notice of Intent to Issue)
    (Read the Funding Opportunity Announcement – Issued June 9, 2009)  
     
  • $1.52 billion for a competitive solicitation for a range of industrial carbon capture and energy efficiency improvement projects, including a small allocation for innovative concepts for beneficial reuse of carbon dioxide (CO2);
    (Read the Notice of Intent to Issue)
    (Read the Funding Opportunity Announcement – Issued June 8, 2009)  
     
  • $50 million for a competitive solicitation for site characterization activities in geologic formations (in the context of CO2 sequestration in geologic formations); 
    (Read the Notice of Intent to Issue)
    (Read the Funding Opportunity Announcement – Issued June 2, 2009)  
     
  • $20 million for geologic CO2 sequestration training and research grants; and
    (Read the Regional Sequestration Technology Training NOI)
    (Read the Funding Opportunity Announcement – Issued June 2, 2009) 
     
    (Read the Geologic Sequestration Training and Research NOI)  
     
  • $10 million for program direction funding.