The purpose of this solicitation is to deploy advanced decarbonization and/or grid support technologies at California industrial facilities to promote electrification and reduce GHG emissions produced from the industrial sector. This solicitation will target technologies that have the potential to demonstrate cost-effectiveness and scalable to multiple industrial facilities with potential to increase confidence for adoption.
This solicitation focuses on deploying industrial decarbonization technologies that are cutting-edge emerging technologies as defined in Section I.B of the solicitation. The proposed technology(ies) and project must achieve at least one of the following goals at the industrial demonstration site(s). Additional points could be awarded for meeting multiple goals.
- Electrify some or all industrial processes
- Maximize GHG emission reductions
- Drive scalability and application of project technology to other facilities/industries/processes
- Reduce electrical demand during net peak periods
- Provide air pollution benefits to priority populations
Eligible Projects
Description[1]
Process Heat Electrification, such as:
- Industrial heat pumps
- Electric boilers/kilns
- Infrared heating
- Microwave heating
- Inductive heating
Retrofit or replacement of industrial thermal processes that are fueled with fossil fuel/gas with electrification technologies (e.g., cement processing, steam production, cooking and drying processes).
Industrial heat pumps include both ambient air/water sourced and heat-recovery equipment that allows the temperature of a waste-heat stream to be increased to a higher, more useful temperature.
Non-Thermal Separation, such as:
- Membranes
- Freeze distillation
Replacing thermal separation processes, such as evaporation and distillation, with processes that remove the thermal energy required for separation and strictly rely on electrified processes (e.g., reverse osmosis).
Alternative Processes, such as:
- Alternative materials and feedstocks
- Electrolysis
- Material efficiency
- Strategies that reduce or eliminate process emissions
Switch from raw materials that release GHG emissions upon processing to alternative feedstocks; use alternative processing approaches that replace carbon-intensive thermal energy use.
Replace materials to result in lowering temperature requirements of processing that lead to potential for electrification and reduction of GHG emissions in a given industrial process.
Energy Efficiency, such as:
- Process integration and intensification
- Advanced catalysts
- Sensors and controls for electrical optimization
- Advanced motors and controls
- Waste heat recovery
Increase industrial process cycles and/or manufactured product output per unit of energy consumed that enable the potential for current or future electrification.
Note: Ineligible energy efficiency projects are those that are dependent on continued fossil fuel use and will be redundant when the facility converts to electrified processes. Energy efficiency projects that can work with both fossil fuel and electrification processes are eligible.
Load Flexibility, such as:
- Integrated onsite electricity generation using solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind with/without battery storage would be eligible only if it is part of larger project that focuses on electrification of an industrial process/facility
- Thermal energy storage
- Pre-heating, pre-cooling, pre-grinding, and other operational improvements that shift/shed electrical use
- Automated load flexibility controls for eligible project categories
Provide increased grid reliability and/or demand response by installing onsite solar PV and/or wind, in conjunction with industrial electrification or energy storage that maximizes use of renewable electricity, time-of-use cost optimization, and/or participation in utility or third-party demand response programs.
Carbon Capture and Utilization in industrial facilities, such as:
- Carbon capture and utilization of cement, steel, or glass plant emissions.
Reduce GHG and criteria air pollutant emissions via flue gas scrubbing and carbon capture from cement plant combustion activities and clinker process emissions. Captured carbon dioxide must be utilized as a lower carbon footprint alternative feedstock to industrial products/processes such as concrete curing, mineral procurement, and chemical synthesis.
[1] The examples provided are not intended to be all-inclusive. Applicants who are unsure if a project is eligible should submit a written question prior to the Deadline for Written Questions and project eligibility will be determined through the Questions and Answers Document.
Section II.B lists further descriptions of project requirements.
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