Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0001886
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and its Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), issued a Request for Information (RFI) titled "Expanding Hydropower and Pumped Storage's Contribution to Grid Resiliency and Reliability" (Funding Opportunity Number DE FOA 0001886). This is not a conventional grant competition with defined award amounts and expected selections; instead, it is a discretionary, information-gathering effort meant to shape DOE's future research and development priorities in hydropower and pumped storage as the electric grid evolves.
At a high level, DOE is asking stakeholders to provide input on what new research is needed to maximize the value hydropower can provide to grid resiliency and reliability now and in the future. The scope explicitly includes both traditional hydropower facilities and pumped storage hydropower. The RFI emphasizes two broad research directions: (1) new technology design and development that could improve how hydropower plants and pumped storage systems perform and support the grid, and (2) modeling, analysis, and decision-support tools that better quantify and communicate the full range of "value streams" hydropower can deliver under current grid conditions and future scenarios. In practice, that means DOE is interested not only in energy production, but also in grid services such as flexibility, ramping, frequency support, reserves, reliability contributions during extreme events, and the operational roles hydropower can play alongside growing amounts of variable renewable generation.
DOE also signals that the requested feedback should help identify and clarify the economic, policy, and technological barriers that may be limiting hydropower and pumped storage from fully contributing to resiliency and reliability. The intent is to develop targeted insights that can inform future technology R and D investments, guide hydropower technology development roadmaps, and improve the analytical tools utilities, developers, system operators, regulators, and investors use to make planning, investment, and operational decisions. The agency notes it is seeking concise feedback from all relevant stakeholders, and eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning any type of entity may provide input (subject to any additional eligibility details contained in the full RFI text).
For submission logistics, responses were required to be submitted electronically by email to WPTORFI@ee.doe.gov, with responses attached to the email, no later than 5:00 pm Eastern Time on April 6, 2018. The official RFI document and full instructions were made available through the EERE Exchange website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. The opportunity is associated with CFDA number 81.087 and was posted by DOE's Golden Field Office, with a creation date of February 21, 2018.Apply for DE FOA 0001886
- The Department of Energy, Golden Field Office in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "RFI: Expanding Hydropower and Pumped Storage’s Contribution to Grid Resiliency and Reliability" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.087.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 21, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 06, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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