The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $2,325,734 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to the Solar & Storage Industries Institute. The project's objective is to improve understanding of factors influencing community acceptance of large-scale solar energy (LSS) projects and to test innovative community engagement strategies to increase that acceptance. The project will...
This $2,485,114 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), will investigate the feasibility of a reimagined approach to community benefit mechanisms (CBMs) to address challenges around community acceptance of large-scale solar (LSS) energy projects. The project aims to: 1) identify features of CBMs that have the largest impact on U.S. community...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $3,131,792 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania. The objective of this project is to evaluate how local solar siting (LSS) practices, as well as community perceptions and beliefs about LSS, affect community support or...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) will provide $3,750,000.00 to the Solar & Storage Industries Institute to support the development of consensus-based solutions around the siting of large-scale solar energy projects. The project aims to speed up permitting, reduce soft costs, and improve outcomes for host communities. Key...
This $900,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) will fund the Michigan State University Building Training and Assessment Center (MI-BTAC) initiative. The program aims to develop and implement a high school-level training curriculum focused on energy efficiency retrofits, energy auditing, and sustainable building technologies....
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $3,640,232.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The project will develop novel aggregation and control algorithms, security constraints unit commitment (SCUC), and security constraints economic dispatch (SCED) formulations and solution methods that enable the market participation of aggregated solar and...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $2,994,068.00, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), will develop new open-source planning tools for managing uncertainties in future power grids. The project will address three key subtasks: 1) managing uncertainty in planning studies to model critical stress scenarios, 2) combining power system and climate models to analyze...
This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), aims to develop real-time tools for continuous and dynamic system health monitoring, visualization, and operator support for bulk power systems dominated by inverter-based resources. The $4,248,405 award, granted to Arizona State University (ASU), will demonstrate these tools in a utility operational environment. ASU has received several federal grants and...
The Department of Energy, through its Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded a $576,131 Project Grant to Michigan State University for the project "ULTRAFAST TIME-RESOLVED BIMOLECULAR REACTIONS OF NEUTRAL AND IONIC SPECIES". This 1-year award, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025, will support fundamental scientific research to advance understanding of ultrafast bimolecular reactions involving neutral and ionic species. As a premier public...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development) to Arizona State University to conduct research on improving the stability of perovskite solar modules. The project aims to understand how thermal cycling and chemical reactions at laser-scribed areas impact the long-term performance and durability of perovskite solar cells. Arizona State University has also provided a...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $2,133,194 to Michigan State University to investigate three key dimensions of fairness in large-scale solar (LSS) projects: engagement, influence, and benefits. The award date is January 1, 2025, with a planned completion date of June 30, 2026.
As part of this project, Michigan State University has issued two sub-awards. The first sub-award of $117,717 to Utah State University focuses on qualitative research, interviews, and longitudinal survey work in the Western U.S. region. The second sub-award of $117,717 to The Ohio State University covers data collection, analysis, and student engagement activities for case study communities in Ohio. These multi-institutional efforts aim to advance understanding of how community engagement, influence, and realized benefits can be incorporated into the design and implementation of LSS projects.