[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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