The U.S. Energy Department is providing the funding for cost-shared research and development to develop technologies that can lower the cost of capturing carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants, according to a Sept. 27 press release. The projects selected under the department’s “Novel and Enabling Carbon Capture Transformational Technologies” will facilitate the development of solvents for high-performance carbon capture systems, sorbents targeted to specific applications, and membrane materials that lower pressure drop and energy consumption. These projects will add to 11 projects that were selected to receive about $28.9 million in the first part of the funding opportunity for fiscal year 2018.