Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
Funds clean energy demonstration projects that move emerging technologies toward deployment at commercial scale.
OCED is the U.S. Department of Energy office responsible for funding large-scale clean energy demonstration projects in partnership with the private sector. It accelerates commercial deployment of technologies including clean hydrogen, long-duration energy storage, industrial decarbonization, direct air capture, and carbon capture and storage.
OCED was created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (2021) and the Inflation Reduction Act (2022), which together appropriated over $20 billion for demonstration projects. The office manages awards through cooperative agreements and financial assistance, with projects typically running 5-10 years. OCED's flagship programs include the $7B Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs, the $6.3B Industrial Demonstrations Program, the $1.8B Direct Air Capture Hubs, and the LDES and Carbon Capture Demonstrations portfolios.
Since January 2025, under Secretary Wright, the DOE has terminated a large share of OCED's portfolio: 24 OCED awards ($3.7B) in May 2025 and a broader 223-project ($7.56B) wave in October 2025, with CCS and decarbonization projects named as primary targets. As of mid-2026, the OCED eXCHANGE portal shows zero open funding opportunities and no new solicitations have been issued. OCED now operates under the CMEI (Clean Manufacturing & Energy Innovation) super-office, the post-2025 rename of EERE.