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Approved Categorical Exclusions

Date	Title	Recipient Name Sort ascending	Location	DOE NETL Sponsor
2024-08-14	Separation of Rare Earth Oxides and Reduction to Metal Products (164.8 KB)	West Virginia University Research Corporation Subs: Virginia Tech, L3 Process Development LLC	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/RS/Minerals Sustainability
2023-01-10	Development of an Electric Vehicles Associate's Degree Curriculum Standards and Educational Materials for Automotive Educators a (197.25 KB)	West Virginia University Research Corporation	Morgantown, WV	EERE
2024-03-27	Novel Supercritical Fluid Extraction/Enrichment of Rare Earth Elements Directly from Solid Coal-Based Resources (186.72 KB)	Washington University	St. Louis, MO	FECM/TDC/CM/Integrated Carbon Management
2023-11-07	Volvo, a Zero Emission Freight Future (213.58 KB)	Volvo Technology of America, LLC	Greensboro, NC	EE/TDC/EEM/Advanced Combustion and Materials
2024-03-01	Analytics and Control for Driving Capital Efficiency (ACDC) (184.87 KB)	Virginia Electric and Power Company	Multiple sites, Multiple states	GDO/TDC/EDS/Demonstration and Deployment
2025-10-24	Village of Monroeville Grid Resilience (327.98 KB)	Village of Monroeville, OH	Monroeville, OH	OE
2024-06-12	Manti City Electrical Interconnection (171.47 KB)	Utah Office of Energy Development Subs: Manti City Power	Manti City, UT	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2024-05-08	Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub (191.44 KB)	University of Wyoming; Subs: Frontier Carbon Solutions, Trihydro Corporation	Multiple Sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Large Scale Storage
2024-05-03	Chemical Looping Splitting of CO2 and H2O for Syngas Production (170.49 KB)	University of Utah Subs: Kansas State University	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Point Source Carbon Capture
2023-07-11	Transforming Uinta Basin Earth Materials for Advanced Products (163.94 KB)	University of Utah	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2024-03-06	Charting a Path Forward: Energy and Economic Transition Pathways for Utah’s Coal Country (204.9 KB)	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	FECM/TDC/CM/Integrated Carbon Management
2023-11-29	Electric Power Testbed to Secure the U.S. Power Grid Against Cyber Attacks (171.35 KB)	University of Tulsa	Tulsa, OK	FECM/TDC/EDS/Demonstration and Deployment
2023-11-29	Electric Power Testbed to Secure the U.S. Power Grid Against Cyber Attacks (171.35 KB)	University of Tulsa	Tulsa, OK	FECM/TDC/EDS/Demonstration and Deployment
2023-09-21	University of Tulsa – CO2 Transportation and Storage (257.37 KB)	University of Tulsa	Tulsa, OK	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2026-01-16	Electric Power Testbed to Secure the U.S. Power Grid Against Cyber Attacks (409.94 KB)	University of Tulsa	Tulsa, OK	CESER
2023-01-31	Assortment of REEs and CMs in Coal and Coal Ash in U.S. Gulf Coast (221.58 KB)	University of Texas Austin	Austin, TX	FECM/TDC/RS/AR&MMT
2023-02-06	Overcoming Technical And Community Barriers To Adopting Gasification Technologies (168.72 KB)	University of Texas at El Paso	El Paso, TX	FECM/TDC/CM/Integrated Carbon Management
2023-07-07	Low-cost Retrofit Kit for Integral Reciprocating Compressors (158.21 KB)	University of Oklahoma	Norman, OK	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-08-14	Prairie Horizon Carbon Management Hub (176.92 KB)	University of North Dakota - EERC	Grand Forks, ND	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2023-03-06	Subtask 2.8 - Integrated Renewable Combined Heat and Power for Ethanol (170.91 KB)	University of North Dakota - EERC	Grand Forks, ND	FECM/TDC/CM/Point Source Carbon Capture
2024-05-07	Near-zero Carbon Direct Iron Production from Industrial Waste using Chemical Looping (142.28 KB)	University of Kentucky Subs: All4 Inc, Siemens Engery, Inc	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Point Source Carbon Capture
2023-06-12	'C4Ward at Scale Scaled-up Coal Conversion for Carbon Fibers and Graphite (186.45 KB)	University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY	FECM/TDC/CM/Minerals Sustainability
2024-02-05	Advancing Rare Earth Element Recovery from Coal Refuse Streams: An Ionic Liquid-Assisted Process Coupled with Molecular Dynamics (139.94 KB)	University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY	FECM/TDC/CM/Integrated Carbon Management
2023-03-24	CO2 Mineralization for Coproduction of Value-Added Carbonate and Fertilizers (174.3 KB)	University of Illinois	Champaign, IL	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal & Conversion Team
2023-11-14	Illinois Basin Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals (IB-CORE-CM) (157.96 KB)	University of Illinois	Multiple sites, IL	FECM/TDC/RS/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2024-03-08	Integrated Education and Research in Energy Transition for Communities (146.77 KB)	University of Hawaii	Honolulu, HI	FECM/TDC/CM/Integrated Carbon Management
2024-03-19	A Humanities-Driven STEM Approach for Student Training in Carbon Capture and Conversion (211.91 KB)	University of California-Riverside	Riverside, CA	FECM/TDC/CM/Integrated Carbon Management
2023-10-19	Community Alliance for Direct Air Capture (CALDAC) (174.55 KB)	University of California-Berkely;AECOM;Blue Planet;CSU-Bakersfield;Carbon180;CarbonBuilt;Clean Energy Systems;Electric Power Research Institute;CSU-Fresno;Origen;PSE;Rondo;Valley Onward;LBNL; AirMyne, Carbon6, Data for Progress, Mosiac, Project 2030	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal and Conversion
2023-08-30	UCLA SeaChange: Carbon Sequestration Pilot (151.29 KB)	University of California Los Aangeles	Los Angeles, CA	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2024-01-26	Prospective Fossil Asset Transition for Alaska’s Legacy Pipeline for Distribution of Liquid Hydrogen-Carriers (163.36 KB)	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Fairbanks, AK	FECM/TDC/CM/Integrated Carbon Management
2023-01-17	Adaptive Second-Use Battery Utilization with Different Degradation Levels for EV Charging Stations and Power Grid Support and Re (59.34 KB)	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL	FECM/TDC/EEM/Advanced Combustion Materials
2024-03-04	Rural Modernization Program (158.27 KB)	Union Electric Company	Multiple sites, MO	GDO/TDC/EDS/Demonstration and Deployment
2023-08-29	Polar Bear SM – Innovative Capture of Storage Tank Vapors (494.19 KB)	UNDEERC	Multiple, ND	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-05-19	Polar Bear SM – Innovative Capture of Storage Tank Vapors (187.16 KB)	UNDEERC	Grand Forks, ND	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2024-06-14	Subtask 3.3 Applicability of Automated Brine Chemistry Determinations for Treatment/Recovery Technology Selection (165.05 KB)	UND-EERC	Multiple sites, ND	FECM/TDC/RS/Advanced Remediation & Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-02-07	Basin Electric Carbon Storage Research Project – Novel Monitoring Techniques (164.38 KB)	UND - EERC	Grand Forks, ND	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2024-08-13	University Turbine Systems Research (Blanket CX – 11 awards) (177.94 KB)	U.S. Colleges and Universities	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	FECM/TDC/CM/Hydrogen with Carbon Management
2025-11-19	Tyonek Excavator Purchase (366.82 KB)	Tyonek Native Corporation	Tyonek, AK	GDO
2024-08-23	TS4 and TS9 Resilience and Safety Upgrades (163.1 KB)	TS4 and TS9 Resilience and Safety Upgrades	NETL - Morgantown	Morgantown, WV
2024-06-12	Red Hills CO2 Storage Hub Feasibility Study (258.17 KB)	Trifecta Renewable Solutions	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Large-Scale Storage
2023-11-20	Craig Energy Center Feasibility Study (197.76 KB)	Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association	Westminster, CO	EE/HQ/MESC-10
2024-03-06	Building the Smart Grid of the future through the COOPERATIVE ENERGY ECOSYSTEM (219.29 KB)	Tri-State Generation and Transmission	Multiple sites, Multiple states	GDO/TDC/EDS/Demonstration and Deployment
2024-02-21	Topic-1 Project RF & Green Tree (193.43 KB)	Tri-County Electric	Multiple Sites, SC	GDO/TDC/EDS/Demonstration and Deployment
2023-11-20	Emergency Shelter Improvements in Madison, Connecticut (172.2 KB)	Town of Madison	Madison, CT	FECM/TDC/EDS/Demonstration and Deployment
2023-12-20	CarbonSAFE Phase III scope, Prepare/Submit Class VI application (289.21 KB)	Timberland Sequestration, LLC	Multiple sites, AL	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2024-05-23	Integrating Biomass Chemical Looping for Decarbonizing Iron and Steel Industry with Complete CO2 Capture (154.82 KB)	The Ohio State University Subs: Babcock and Wilcox Company, Cleveland Cliffs	Multiple sites, OH	FECM/TDC/CM/Point Source Carbon Capture
2024-06-21	Pontotoc County Grid Resilience and Outage Prevention (179.66 KB)	The Chickasaw Nation	Pontotoc County, OK	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2024-05-20	Strategic Management and Resource Recovery Transformation (SMAR2T): Recovery of Water and Elements of Interest from Produced... (171.42 KB)	Texas Tech University	Lubbock, TX	FECM/TDC/RS/Advanced Remediation & Methane Mitigation Technologies
2025-09-02	Strategic Management and Resource Recovery Transformation (SMAR2T): Recovery of Water and Elements of Interest from Produced Wat (357.9 KB)	Texas Tech University	Lubbock, TX	FECM
2023-01-17	Second-life Battery in Mobile EV Charging Application for Rural Transportation (45.93 KB)	Tennessee Tech University	Cookeville, TN	FECM/TDC/EEM/Advanced Combustion Materials