The U.S. Energy Department is due to receive letters of interest from nuclear power plant owners or operators interested in applying for certification and allocation of credits under the Civil Nuclear Credit program. This program is a $6 billion a strategic investment through the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to support reactors at risk of closure due to economic factors. The first and second award cycles were released in 2022 and 2023, respectively. The department is planning up to $980 million for the third award cycle.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold a wind auction for eight areas covering approximately 850,000 acres in the Gulf of Maine. These areas have the potential to generate nearly 13 gigawatts of renewable energy and power over 4.5 million homes. The Biden administration has set a goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030 and 15 gigawatts of floating offshore wind energy by 2035.

The U.S. Energy Department seeks proposals for a funding opportunity of up to $500 million to provide future growth grants under the Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation, or CIFIA, Program. These grants are intended to provide financial assistance for designing, developing, and building carbon dioxide transport capacity up front that will then be available for future carbon capture and direct air capture facilities as they are developed, as well as for additional storage and/or conversion sites as they become operational. READ MORE

The U.S. Energy Department is due to receive applications for an up to $127.5 million funding opportunity to support carbon capture, removal, and conversion test centers. The department plans to make up to 10 awards with 20-30 percent cost-sharing from awardees. The funding will support test centers at cement manufacturing facilities and power plants, facilitating cost-effective research and evaluation of these technologies in an industrial or utility environment. Reaching U.S. energy transition goals will require capturing and storing 400 to 1,800 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually by 2050, according to DOE’s Pathways to Commercial Liftoff report focused on carbon management. READ MORE

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will hold a technical conference to discuss generic issues related to the co-location of large loads at generating facilities. The conference is expected to discuss whether co-located loads require the provision of wholesale transmission or ancillary services, related cost allocation issues, and potential resource adequacy, reliability, affordability, market, and customer impacts. READ MORE