[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14713-14714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7492]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice Inviting Financial Assistance Applications
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Energy Technology
Center (FETC).
ACTION: Notice inviting financial assistance applications.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy announces that it intends to conduct
a competitive Program Solicitation and award financial assistance
(cooperative agreements) for the program entitled ``Development of Feed
System for Alternative Feedstocks for Gasification.'' Through this
solicitation, FETC seeks to support applications in the following areas
of interest: (1) Wet Gasification Feed Systems, and (2) Dry
Gasification Feed Systems. Applications will be subjected to a review
by a DOE technical panel, and awards will be made to a limited number
of applicants based on a scientific and engineering evaluation of the
responses received to determine the relative merit of the approach
taken in response to this offering by the DOE, and funding
availability.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Mundorf, U.S. Department of
Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, Acquisition and Assistance
Division, P.O. Box 10940, MS 921-143, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940,
Telephone: (412) 892-4483, FAX: (412) 892-6216, E-mail:
[email protected]. The solicitation (available in both WordPerfect
6.1 and Portable Document Format (PDF)) will be released on DOE's
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FETC World Wide Web Server Internet System (http://www.fetc.doe.gov/
business/solicit) on or about April 2, 1999.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Solicitation: ``Development of Feed System for Alternative
Feedstocks for Gasification''
Objectives: Through Program Solicitation No. DE-PS26-99FT40432, the
Department of Energy seeks applications for innovative technical
approaches to co-feed alternative feedstocks with coal to a gasifier to
broaden the base of fuels utilized in a gasifier. This solicitation is
specifically aimed at identifying opportunities and constraints to the
use of co-feeding alternative feedstocks and the development and
testing of technologies for co-feeding coal with alternatives
feedstocks such as biomass, municipal solid waste, animal wastes, other
difficult-to-feed industrial streams, and lower quality coals or coal
wastes. This solicitation is limited to those technologies, processes,
and concepts that are applicable for co-feeding to a gasifier under
pressure and with coal being the primary component of the feedstock.
Eligibility: Eligibility for participation in this Program
Solicitation is considered to be full and open. All interested parties
may apply. The solicitation will contain a complete description of the
technical evaluation factors and relative importance of each factor.
Areas of Interest: The Department is interested in obtaining
applications to improve gasification systems for co-feeding alternative
feedstocks into gasifiers under pressure in the following areas of
interest: (1) Wet Gasification Systems: Liquid feed systems primarily
designed to handle feed materials that are hydrocarbon liquids or are
solids slurried in water. Technical topics include: (a) property
alteration or conversion to be suitable as a liquid or slurry feed; and
(b) new or improved feed system equipment and design; and (2) Dry
Gasification Systems: Co-mixtures of dry materials with coal that
incorporate significantly different material properties to be fed with
uniform and consistent performance. Technical topics include: (a)
equipment and processes to modify the alternative feed materials and
blend into acceptable co-mixtures; and (b) equipment modifications and
improvements to the feed system.
Awards: DOE anticipates issuing financial assistance (cooperative
agreements) for each project selected. DOE reserves the right to
support or not support, with or without discussions, any or all
applications received in whole or in part, and to determine how many
awards may be made through the solicitation subject to funds available.
Approximately $9.5 million of DOE funding is planned for this
solicitation ($1.5 million Project Period I, $4 million Project Period
II, and $4 million for Project Period III). The estimated funding by
the DOE is planned to be $0.5 million per award for Project Period I
and $1.5 million to $2.0 million for Project Period II, with remaining
funds for Project Period III. The DOE intends to solicit Renewal
Applications for subsequent Project Periods only from those
organizations selected for Project Period I. Cost sharing by the
applicant is required, and details of the cost sharing requirement are
contained in the solicitation.
Solicitation Release Date: The Program Solicitation is expected to
be ready for release on or about April 2, 1999. Applications must be
prepared and submitted in accordance with the instructions and forms
contained in the Program Solicitation.
Richard D. Rogus,
Contracting Officer, Acquisition and Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 99-7492 Filed 3-25-99; 8:45 am]
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