California Energy Commission

The buyer seeks projects to develop and demonstrate innovative direct air capture technologies to advance their technical, economic, and environmental viability for meeting California's carbon neutrality goals. Projects should focus on research and development or field demonstrations to reduce costs, energy consumption, and resource use while scaling up carbon dioxide removal capacity. The buyer aims to fund initiatives that integrate community engagement and benefits planning with technology advancement.

• 10/17/2024 - Pre-Application Workshop
• 10/31/2024 - Deadline for Written Questions
• 12/13/2024 - Proposal Due Date
• 1/6/2025 - Anticipated Notice of Proposed Award Posting
• 4/14/2025 - Anticipated Agreement Start Date

• Develop and test direct air capture technologies
• Conduct field demonstrations of direct air capture systems
• Engage communities and develop community benefits plans
• Reduce cost and energy consumption of direct air capture
• Perform life cycle analysis and techno-economic assessment
• Integrate direct air capture with renewable energy sources
• Design and optimize direct air capture components
• Develop measurement, reporting, and verification protocols
• Scale up direct air capture to remove 1,000 MT CO2/year
• Minimize use of water and toxic materials in capture process