WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it expects to award up to 13 cooperative agreements for technical assistance for large-scale storage facilities and regional carbon management hubs. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The overall objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement will be to accelerate the safe and socially equitable deployment of one of the nation's most promising decarbonization solutions, Carbon Capture and Storage,  more ST