Request for Information - Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Other Pollutants Associated with U.S. LNG Exports | DE FOA 0003052

Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0003052

This notice is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), specifically through the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), focused on identifying opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other air pollutants linked to U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. The purpose is to gather input, ideas, data, and perspectives from stakeholders on practical pathways to cut emissions across parts of the LNG export value chain. It is not a funding solicitation, does not invite project proposals, and DOE is not accepting grant applications under this announcement. In other words, this is an information-gathering step that can help shape future DOE actions, research priorities, policy considerations, or potential later funding opportunities, but it does not itself provide funding.

The opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0003052 and is categorized as discretionary, with potential funding instruments noted as cooperative agreements and grants. However, those instrument types are standard fields in federal listings and do not change the central point of the posting: the document is an RFI only, and it will not result in awards from submitted responses. This is reinforced by the listing showing ExpectedAwards as 0. It is also associated with CFDA number 81.089 and falls under the Energy and Natural Resources activity category, reflecting DOE/NETL's typical mission space and the emissions-reduction focus of the topic.

Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning any type of entity may respond, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications that might appear in the full RFI text. In practice, RFIs commonly attract responses from LNG developers and operators, midstream companies, technology vendors, engineering firms, researchers, universities, national labs, state and local agencies, non-profits, and other interested parties, because the goal is to capture a broad range of technical and operational viewpoints. The DOE is seeking information rather than commitments, so responses often include technology options, operational best practices, monitoring and measurement approaches, barriers to implementation, cost and performance considerations, data gaps, and suggestions for where federal involvement could be most effective.

The RFI was created on May 17, 2023, and the final response deadline was revised via Modification 000001. The close date moved from June 21, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern to June 26, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern. Responses were required to be submitted electronically by email to ReduceGHGELNGRFI@NETL.DOE.GOV, using the subject line "DE-FOA-0003052RFI", and received no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on June 26, 2023. The modification is important mainly for anyone tracking compliance with submission timing, since DOE set a firm cutoff and explicitly updated it.

Although the posting includes fields like "AwardCeiling: 2," that information should not be interpreted as a real cap on awards for this notice because the RFI is not making awards at all. RFIs sometimes inherit template fields from grants.gov-style records, and those fields can appear even when they are not operationally meaningful for the specific announcement. The practical takeaway is that there is no funding available through this RFI, no applications will be reviewed for award, and participation consists solely of providing written input for DOE consideration.

Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a structured way for DOE/NETL to solicit concrete, experience-based information on how to reduce emissions and other pollutants associated with LNG exports, potentially spanning upstream supply, gathering and processing, pipeline transport, liquefaction, storage, loading/shipping, and associated equipment such as compressors, turbines, flares, and methane control systems. Stakeholders who respond typically aim to inform DOE about what solutions exist now, what solutions need development or demonstration, what measurement and verification methods are credible, and what regulatory, economic, or operational constraints affect real-world deployment.

• The Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Request for Information - Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Other Pollutants Associated with U.S. LNG Exports" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.089.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 17, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 26, 2023 Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to ReduceGHGELNGRFI@NETL.DOE.GOV with the subject line #8220DE-FOA-0003052RFI#8221 no later than 500 p.m. (ET) on June 26, 2023.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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