The mission of the California Energy Commission (CEC) focuses on leading the state to a 100% clean energy future. As the state's primary energy policy and planning agency, the CEC is committed to reducing energy costs and environmental impacts of energy use while ensuring a safe, resilient, and reliable supply of energy.
The grant program aims to improve the energy efficiency of innovative methods for producing commodities with CO2 captured from industrial processes, particularly those involving fossil gas. It supports the development of carbon dioxide utilization technologies at an early stage to facilitate carbon capture and removal and reduce the need for long-term CO2 storage. This initiative seeks to address technological, economic, and market uncertainties, minimizing the carbon footprint associated with converting CO2 into value-added products. The overarching goal is to decarbonize hard-to-abate industrial fossil gas usage through CO2 utilization, transforming it into beneficial products.