Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), a civilian agency sub-office within DOE, funds research, development, and deployment of clean-energy and renewable-energy technologies and supports critical minerals, advanced manufacturing, and energy-innovation supply chains. EERE operates through multiple sub-offices including the Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office (AFFO), Analysis and Strategy Office (ASO), and others managing distinct technology portfolios.

EERE awarded 2,847 federal contracts totaling $15.53 billion in combined potential value since 1979, with $11.67 billion obligated to date. Contract award volume over the last five years was 74 awards in 2022, 175 in 2023, 92 in 2024, 77 in 2025, and 47 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent contract award closed on September 29, 2026. Among the 738 distinct prime contractors awarded, competitive concentration is highly fragmented by both count and value. The Building People LLC leads by award count with 167 awards over the last five years ($94.3 million potential value), followed by Energy Technology Alliance LLC with 89 awards ($332.8 million potential value). By dollar value, Energy Technology Alliance LLC and Accenture Federal Services LLC dominate, but the top five primes account for only 4 percent of the combined potential value in recent awards. Contract set-asides are heavily skewed toward unrestricted competition: 72 percent of all awards carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides (Competitive 8(a), Total Small Business, and 8(a) Sole Source combined) account for 19 percent of awards; SDVOSB, WOSB, and HUBZone designations are negligible at 0 to 1 percent each.

EERE distributed 3,499 federal grants obligating $8.6 billion in federal dollars (total commitment including non-federal share reached $12.11 billion) since 2003. Grant award volume was 214 in 2022, 412 in 2023, 334 in 2024, 163 in 2025, and 101 so far in 2026, with the most recent award closing on October 1, 2026. Among 1,314 distinct grant recipients, concentration is highly fragmented on both counts and dollars. Electric Power Research Institute Inc. and North Carolina State University each hold 14–16 awards in recent years; General Motors LLC, GE Vernova Operations LLC, and Arizona State University lead by federal dollars obligated (each $36 million to $42.7 million), but the top five recipients account for only 2 percent of total federal dollars obligated. Grants are overwhelmingly structured as Cooperative Agreements (89 percent of awards), with Project Grants (7 percent) and Formula Grants (4 percent) comprising the remainder.

Recent grant opportunities include the Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT) NOFO (DE-FOA-0003647), a Cooperative Agreement solicitation issued by AFFO with a December 1, 2026 due date, supporting research and pre-pilot testing of technologies that produce chemicals from alternative and waste feedstocks; modification 000002 updated target-chemical market thresholds to global annual markets of at least 1 million metric tons. A Notice of Intent for the PROSPECT Program (DE-FOA-0003662), a workforce-development initiative under ASO seeking up to $100 million to build educational capacity in critical minerals and materials, carries a January 15, 2027 due-date for intent submission. A second Notice of Intent (DE-FOA-0003648) signals AFFO's intention to issue a NOFO on leveraging domestic biomass and pipeline resources for alternative chemicals, fuels, and feedstocks, with an April 26, 2027 due date for applications.

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