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Rural Energy for America Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture administers the Rural Energy for America Program which provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements. Agricultural producers may also apply for new energy efficient equipment and new system loans for agricultural production and processing. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 6/30/2023.
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Pilot Demonstrations
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $74 million of funding to identify and develop EGS pilot demonstration projects in a variety of geologic formations and subsurface conditions that will act as models, experiments from which to learn, an opportunity to test hypotheses and validate design approaches, opportunities for collaboration, and opportunities to begin connecting with consumers and off-takers. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 7/7/2023. DE-FOA-0002826
Industrial Research and Assessment Center Implementation Grants Workstream 1
The purpose of the Industrial Assessment Center Implementation Grant Program is to bolster American small and medium-sized manufacturers manufacturing base by supporting projects to improve energy and material efficiency, to increase productivity, and to reduce emissions. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 7/14/2023. Bill Section 40521
Industrial Research and Assessment Center Implementation Grants Workstream 2
The Implementation Grant Program will begin soliciting applications from non-Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC) or Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnership assessment providers to qualify assessments from other parties as “IAC- equivalent.” Qualification of third-party assessors will enable further availability of IAC grants for small and medium-sized manufacturing firms across the United States. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 7/14/2023. Bill Section 40521
Clean Hydrogen Electrolysis Manufacturing and Recycling
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $750 million of funding for Clean Hydrogen Electrolysis Manufacturing and Recycling. The program funds activities that will accelerate progress in clean hydrogen technologies and maximize the benefits of the clean energy transition as the nation works to curb the climate crisis, empower workers, and advance environmental justice. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 7/19/2023. DE-FOA-0002922
Ride and Drive Electric
The Ride and Drive Electric funding opportunity is a $51 million funding opportunity with purpose of advancing the mission of switching Americans towards electric vehicles through the goal of building a national network of 500,000 public EV charging ports. This funding will help to increase reliability of chargers by providing funding for validating and testing charging equipment; advance new business models for electrified shared mobility and fleet-based services; and increase opportunities for underserved communities through new jobs and training resources, among others. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 7/28/2023. DE-FOA-0002881
IACs at Trade Schools, Community Colleges, and Union Trading Programs; BTACS
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $150 million of funding to establish new Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs) at community colleges, trade schools, and union training programs, as well as to create new Building Training and Assessment Centers (BTACs) at institutions of higher education, including Tribal colleges and universities. The new IACs and BTACs that will be created with this funding will build upon the demonstrated success of applied learning environments and hands-on training approaches of existing IACs. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 7/31/2023. DE-FOA-0002940
Heat Pump Defense Production Act
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $500 million of funding s to ensure national security by accelerating the growth of domestic production capability of electric heat pumps to meet the anticipated increased demand for clean energy technologies as the economy transitions to net-zero emissions. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 8/1/2023. DE-FOA-0002987
Renew America’s Nonprofits
The goal of this FOA is to support efforts to build a clean and equitable energy economy that achieves a zero-carbon electricity system by 2035, and to put the United States on a path to achieve net-zero emissions economy-wide by no later than 2050 to benefit all Americans. Some energy efficient improvements include the installation of materials (product, equipment, or system) which results in a reduction in use of energy or fuel by a nonprofit organization. Webinars available on 6/6/2023 an 6/8/2023. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 8/3/2023. DE-FOA-0003066
Industrial Decarbonization and Emissions Reduction Demonstration
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $2.5 billion of funding for the Industrial Decarbonization and Emissions Reduction Demonstration. The program funds projects that focus on the highest emitting and hardest to abate industries where decarbonization technologies can have the greatest impact: iron and steel, cement and concrete, chemicals and refining, food and beverage, paper and forest products, aluminum, other energy-intensive manufacturing industries and cross-cutting technologies. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 8/4/2023. DE-FOA-0002936
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Competitive Program
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $8.8 million of a wide variety of projects that lower energy costs, reduce carbon emissions, improve energy efficiency, and reduce overall energy use. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 8/7/2023. DE-FOA-0002988
EPA Clean School Bus Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced $400 million of funding to incentivize and accelerate the replacement of existing school buses with clean and zero emissions school buses. Webinars are being held on 07/11/2023, 07/26/2023, 08/09/2023, and 08/30/2023. Register here. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 8/22/2023. EPA-OAR-OTAQ-23-06
Clean Energy Demonstration on Current and Former Mine Lands
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $450 million of funding to advance clean energy demonstration projects on current and former mine lands. Deploying clean energy projects in mining communities across the nation is key to strengthening rural economies, creating new, good-paying jobs, and reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions that jeopardize public health and pollute local ecosystems. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 8/31/2023. DE-FOA-0003009
Empowering Rural America
The goal of this FOA is to help rural Americans transition to clean, affordable, and reliable energy. By reducing air and water pollution, new ERA funding improves health outcomes and lower energy costs for people in rural communities. Submission Deadline for letter of interests: 8/31/2023.
Powering Affordable Clean Energy
The goal of this FOA is to helps make clean, affordable, and reliable energy accessible to the people of rural America. The program makes it more affordable for rural Americans to use clean, reliable energy to heat and cool their homes, run their businesses, and power their cars, schools, and hospitals.. Submission Deadline for letters of interest: 9/29/2023.
Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity Incentives
This FOA is a $553.6 million funding opportunity with the purpose of improving dam safety and reducing environmental impacts. Incentive payments shall not exceed 30% of the costs of the applicable capital improvement(s). Submission Deadline for Full Application: 10/06/2023. DE-FOA-0003088
Energy Improvements for Rural and Remote Areas
The Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas (ERA) program seeks to improve the resilience, reliability, and affordability of energy systems in communities across the country with 10,000 or fewer people. The ERA program received $1 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and provides financial investment, technical assistance, and other resources to advance clean energy demonstrations and energy solutions that are replicable and scalable. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 10/12/2023. DE-FOA-0003045
Consumer Electronics Battery Recycling, Reprocessing, and Battery Collection
The purpose of the program is to improve battery collection and reduce battery waste by—identifying battery collection locations and increasing accessibility to those locations; promoting consumer education about battery collection and recycling; and reducing safety concerns relating to the improper disposal of batteries. Submission Deadline for Full Application: 11/29/2023. DE-FOA-0002897
This information is obtained from energy.gov.
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National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor Designation Process
The U.S. Department of Energy Grid Deployment Office is issuing this NOI to establish a process to designate “route-specific” National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETC). DOE is also issuing a RFI with this NOI to gather input to inform the development of future application guidance and procedures for entities seeking to propose a route as a NIETC. DOE plans to issue final application guidance concurrent with the finalization of the National Transmission Needs Study. DOE intends to designate NIETCs that are “route-specific,” meaning they encompass narrow areas that are under consideration for the location of specific potential project(s), and which are sufficient for the construction, maintenance, and safe operation thereof in accordance with any applicable regulatory requirements.
Eligible Entities: Transmission developers with a project under development in the proposed route, Tribal authorities, States, non-transmission-owning utilities (including transmission-dependent utilities), local governments, generation developers, or other entities with an interest in seeking designation of a NIETC.
Request for Information Responses are due 06/29/2023.
Disclaimer: The intent of these requests for information (RFI) is to obtain public input to inform the scopes and priorities for the Programs. Information collected from these RFIs may be used by DOE for planning purposes, which could include developing future Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA), Broad Agency Announcements, or other solicitations related to the implementation of the Programs. This is solely a request for information and not a funding opportunity.