The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $738,318 Cooperative Agreement to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program. Over the 14-month period from October 2023 to November 2024, this funding will support EPRI in conducting planning and design for a community geothermal heating and cooling system retrofit project. The key objectives are to: 1) perform a...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $516,258 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to the Clean Energy Economy For The Region. The funding will support the design and deployment of a fifth-generation geothermal district heating and cooling (5G) system that can initially supply 25% of the heating and cooling needs for the 32 Zero Energy District (32ZED) in Carbondale, CO and...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $233,670 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to the City of Seward, Alaska. The funding will support the final design of a fourth-generation, community-scale, tidal source geothermal district heating and cooling system for the city. The project aims to reduce the community's dependency on heating oil and lower CO2 emissions by supplying over...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $700,414 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to the City of Duluth, Minnesota to design and deploy a geothermal heating and cooling system in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The project objectives are to: 1) Design a new geothermal system to meet 100% of the heating demand in the underserved Lincoln Park community, and 2) Develop a career pathways plan to build the workforce needed for...
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $397,351 Cooperative Agreement to Kawerak, Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program. The funding will support the design of a new direct-use geothermal district heating and cooling (GDHC) system to provide space conditioning for tribal buildings at Pilgrim Hot Springs in Nome, Alaska. The project aims to develop a scalable GDHC system that will provide 95%...
The Department of Energy (DOE), through its Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), awarded a 3-year $7,551,911 cooperative agreement to Sustainable Westchester, Inc. (UEI: VFL7Y352G4D1) to support the implementation of clean energy projects by 25-32 nonprofit organizations across New York State. The funding will be used to provide grants, technical assistance, and resources to these nonprofits to make building and facility improvements aimed at achieving long-term energy...
This $9,631,117.54 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the "Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance" program (CFDA 81.117) supports the adoption and implementation of the latest and zero building energy codes by states, territories, and local governments. The funding will be used by the Connecticut Department of Administration Services Bureau of Enterprise Systems &...
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $43,396,987 Cooperative Agreement to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this project is to develop an Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) pilot capable of producing 5 MWe of power. Chevron will apply innovative drilling and stimulation technologies to create an injector well and producer well connected by fractures, with the aim of...
New England Research, Inc. was awarded a $198,411 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct research titled "Integrated Characterization and Modeling of Subsurface Properties Critical to Geothermal Energy Storage in Sedimentary Reservoirs." The grant period runs from February 21, 2023 through December 20, 2023. Under this award, New England Research will perform work in White River...
The Department of Energy awarded a $1,881,620 State Energy Program (CFDA 81.041) formula grant to the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP). The grant will fund a 48-month project to train and place 107 new energy efficiency contractors in good jobs, with a focus on serving disadvantaged communities. DEEP plans to sub-grant the majority of the funds to organizations that will provide the training and wraparound services. The project aims to build partnerships...