Summary/Abstract
The Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE) initiative, managed by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory, was formed to provide a better understanding of integrated storage project screening; site selection; characterization; baseline monitoring, verification and accounting procedures; and information necessary to submit appropriate permit applications for such projects. The Initiative made awards in two phases (Phase I: Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Pre‐Feasibility and Phase II: Storage Complex Feasibility). In Phase I, $15 million went to assess the pre-feasibility of sequestration projects. In Phase II, three projects in Illinois, North Dakota, and Mississippi received $29 million to characterize the features of high potential carbon sequestration sites.