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This information is compiled and updated by the Idaho Governor’s Office of Energy and Mineral Resources with information from the Department of Energy. For the most recent information please visit energy.gov.
Funding Opportunity Announcements
Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (CIFIA) Program: Future Growth Grants: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced up to $500 million for projects that help expand carbon dioxide (C02) transportation infrastructure to help reduce C02 emissions in the United States. This opportunity will provide future growth grants under the DOE’s Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program, made available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Advancing Technology Development for Securing a Domestic Supply of Critical Minerals and Materials (CMM): The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), in collaboration with the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), announced up to $19.5 million in federal funding to advance technologies that will help reduce costs for recovering critical minerals and materials from domestic secondary and unconventional sources. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, more than 95% of the U.S. demand for rare earth elements is met by foreign sources. More than 50% of most critical minerals come from foreign sources, and at least 12 critical minerals come exclusively from foreign sources. Through this funding opportunity, FECM intends to advance an environmentally and economically secure, diverse, and resilient domestic critical minerals and materials supply chain.
Electric Infrastructure Loan & Loan Guarantee Program: The loans and loan guarantees finance the construction of electric distribution, transmission, and generation facilities, including system improvements and replacement required to furnish and improve electric service in rural areas, as well as demand side management, energy conservation programs, and on-grid and off-grid renewable energy systems.
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Carbon Utilization Procurement Grants: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it is making $100 million available to support states, local governments, and public utilities in purchasing products derived from converted carbon emissions. The goal of this opportunity is to speed up adoption of advanced carbon management technologies, creating a market for environmentally sustainable alternatives in fuels, chemicals, and building products sourced from captured emissions from industrial and power generation facilities. This effort aligns with the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic climate and clean energy agenda. The Carbon Utilization Procurement Grants program will help offset 50% of the costs to states, local governments, and public utilities or agencies to procure and use products developed through the conversion of captured carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide emissions.
FY2025 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $500 million in funding for basic research in support of DOE’s clean energy, economic, and national security goals. The funding will advance the priorities of DOE’s Office of Science and its major programs, including Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Isotope R&D and Production, and Accelerator R&D and Production.
Rural Energy Savings Program: The Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) provides loans to rural utilities and other companies who provide energy efficiency loans to qualified consumers to implement durable cost-effective energy efficiency measures.
Notices of Intent
Disclaimer: These are Notices of Intent (NOIs) and are for informational purposes only. The Department of Energy is not seeking comments on the information contained in the notices at this time.
Funding to Advance Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies to Drive National Decarbonization: The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) entitled “Advanced Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies to Drive National Decarbonization.” Advancing clean hydrogen and fuel cell technologies directly supports the Biden-Harris carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035 and net-zero emissions economy-wide by no later than 2050, benefitting all Americans. This NOFO supports the vision outlined in the U.S. National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap: affordable clean hydrogen for a net-zero carbon future and a sustainable, resilient, and equitable economy. The NOFO will target research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) topics critical to scaling hydrogen infrastructure and enabling increased heavy-duty (HD) vehicles and other heavy-duty transportation applications, which supports the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization.
Solar Module and Solar Hardware (SMASH) Incubator: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) intends to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity entitled “Solar Module and Solar Hardware (SMASH) Incubator.” This potential funding opportunity will award up to $20 million for research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects in crystalline silicon (c-Si) module technology, cadmium telluride (cdTe) module technology, and non-module hardware technology. These activities will advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s goals to transition to a carbon-free electricity system by 2035 and net-zero by 2050.
Requests for Information
Disclaimer: The intent of these RFIs is to obtain public input to inform the scopes and priorities for the programs. Information collected from these RFIs may be used by the DOE for planning purposes, which could include developing future FOAs, Broad Agency Announcements, or other solicitations related to the implementation of the Programs. This is solely a RFI and not a funding opportunity.
This information is obtained from energy.gov.
For further BIL funding opportunities please follow this link to the DOE Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Program & Funding Opportunity Announcements.
For further funding opportunities from the DOE please follow the following links: Grants.gov, EERE Funding Exchange, and OCED Funding Exchange.
For additional funding opportunities from USDA please follow this link: https://nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities. If you are looking for energy-related program opportunities, please use the filters located on the USDA’s webpage; this link is to a list of all of USDA’s funding opportunities.