DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations

It’s time for Project Management 101 ?? Before ground breaks on clean energy demonstration projects, applicants must first embark on the application and award negotiation process. These two steps help ensure that OCED selects the most promising, intentional, and impactful projects for funding. Once a funding opportunity is announced, OCED often takes hundreds of applications from across the country into consideration. Our expert internal and external reviewers rigorously evaluate applications based on merit and the criteria listed in the funding announcement and make recommendations to DOE selection officials, who then select projects to begin award negotiations.? Then, the merit reviewers’ feedback may be used to inform award negotiations to further improve the projects before the first phase of funding is awarded.?At the conclusion of negotiations, OCED releases a project fact sheet and summary of the community benefit commitments for Phase 1.?? Stay tuned for more Project Management 101 to learn about planning, development, and more! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/emTPKsEm

This week, OCED awarded more than $70 million across five programs to kick off seven projects—from installing heat pumps in rural Maine to demonstrating a direct air capture hub in Texas to capture legacy carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—bringing us one step closer to filling a critical innovation gap on the pathway to a decarbonized energy future. Learn more about these awarded projects and how OCED works in partnership with the private sector to accelerate market adoption and deploy clean energy technologies: https://lnkd.in/eMA4b2Ym To stay up-to-date on all future awards, funding opportunities, news announcements, upcoming events, and more, sign up for our newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/eDJVVENA?

August was a busy month! OCED awarded over $75M to 18 clean energy demonstration projects ranging from industrial demonstrations to carbon capture. OCED also issued a notice of intent for $400M to fund innovative, community-focused clean energy solutions in rural and remote areas across the United States. Check out those announcements and much more in our August newsletter: https://lnkd.in/dR3Rrn8F

New Funding Alert: Up to $100M in new funding for 5-15 pilot scale non-lithium long-duration energy storage (LDES) pilot-scale demonstration projects. Through this funding opportunity, OCED aims to advance the maturity of a variety of non-lithium LDES technologies, increase investor confidence, and implement technology in the energy storage space to fill market and technical gaps. OCED is looking for teams that include a technology provider and encourage inclusion of utilities, facility owner/operators, developers, financiers, and others to move energy storage technologies closer to commercial viability and utility-scale demonstrations. Concept papers are due by October 16, 2024, and full applications are due by February 13, 2025. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e77Yxh-B

This week, OCED awarded two projects: ? Long-Duration Energy Storage: $2.8M+ Phase 1 funding (of the total project federal cost share of up to $30M)?to the Children’s Hospital Resilient Grid with Energy Storage project, led by Charge Bliss. Charge Bliss plans to design and build a non-lithium-ion battery energy storage system at Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera, CA. ? Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas: Up to $5M grant to the Lake City Area Power and Resiliency Augmentation Enterprise project, led by Gunnison County Electric Association (GCEA). GCEA plans to replace 30 miles of aged overhead electric lines to deliver reliable energy to rural Colorado for the next 50 years. Learn more about these awards here: https://lnkd.in/ed__XDk9 To stay up-to-date on all future awards, funding opportunities, news announcements, upcoming events, and more, sign up for our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eDJVVENA

This week, OCED awarded one Industrial Demonstrations Program project, one Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilot Project, and three projects from the Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas program with federal funding. These projects include proposed locations in: Reservations of the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe in AZ, NM, and Utah, as well as projects in West Virginia and Wyoming. Learn more about these awards here: https://lnkd.in/dc6BsdBb ? To stay up-to-date on all future awards, funding opportunities, news announcements, upcoming events, and more, sign up for our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eDJVVENA

Today, OCED issued a Notice of Intent for up to $400M to spur innovative, community-focused clean energy solutions in rural and remote areas across the United States. With this funding, OCED aims to support the deployment of a variety of commercially available, clean energy technologies, demonstrating their viability and benefits to rural and remote residents, and ultimately encouraging widespread adoption. OCED plans to fund anywhere from 16-69 projects, offering a range of funding from $2–50 million each. Funding is anticipated to be announced in fall 2024. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eD6wmtbf

This week, OCED awarded one Industrial Demonstrations Program project, and three projects from the Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas program with federal funding. These projects include proposed locations in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin. Learn more about these awards here: https://lnkd.in/dqPFuuNU To stay up-to-date on all future awards, funding opportunities, news announcements, upcoming events, and more, sign up for our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eDJVVENA

???That's a wrap! Last week, potential applicants from across the nuclear power sector and beyond attended the Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor Industry Day to discuss anticipated funding from DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations and the Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy to facilitate the formation of applicant teams. For more information, visit the Gen III+ SMR program page: https://lnkd.in/d4Zg9sT9

This week, OCED awarded?its first Industrial Demonstrations Program project, and six projects from the Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas program with federal funding. These projects include proposed locations in Indiana, Oklahoma, and Alaska. Learn more about these awards here:?https://lnkd.in/ehunzRku To stay up-to-date on all future awards, funding opportunities, news announcements, upcoming events, and more, sign up for our newsletter:?https://lnkd.in/eDJVVENA