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$57,762,896

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

energyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2018 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2018-04-04·LATEST ACTION2026-05-14·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DEFE0031581_089
Award description

DE-FE0031581 PROJECT TITLED: LARGE PILOT TESTING OF LINDE-BASF ADVANCED POST-COMBUSTION CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY AT A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Modification funding a 2018-launched pilot testing post-combustion carbon capture technology at a coal power plant.

Sub-sectors
carbon-capturecoal-powerpilot-testing
Why this matters

Carbon capture is critical for decarbonization of coal plants, a major CO2 source and key energy transition strategy.

Supply-chain signal

Signals demand for post-combustion carbon capture equipment and industrial gases from suppliers like Linde and BASF.

U.S.–China competition angle

Demonstrates U.S. commitment to carbon capture technology, an area of growing strategic competition with China on clean energy.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-08. Cost: $0.011954.

Period of performance
Start
2018-04-04
End
2028-01-31
Status
activein 580 days
Sources

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