This $2,325,734 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), aims to improve community acceptance of large-scale solar energy projects. The project leverages a stakeholder collaboration called the Uncommon Dialogue on Large-Scale U.S. Solar Development and Land Conservation to develop and test innovative community engagement strategies. By...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,988 Project Grant to SVV Technology Innovations' Lucent Optics division on July 22, 2024 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The funding supports the development of "ultra-high performance LED lighting sheets employing photoluminescent light guides." This research project aims to advance energy-efficient and innovative lighting technologies that prioritize material optimization and...
This $9,400,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) will fund Resource Chemical Corp's research, development, prototype or pilot-scale validation, and demonstration of sustainable technologies to advance industrial decarbonization. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include cross-sector approaches for reducing...
The Department of Energy awarded a $5,870,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU), doing business as the University of Colorado, with a period of performance from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The purpose of this award is to support CU's research, development, demonstration, and deployment of innovative technologies aimed at advancing energy efficiency, decarbonization, and sustainable...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) will provide $3,750,000 to the Solar & Storage Industries Institute, a non-profit organization, to support the "Uncommon Dialogue" in developing consensus-based solutions around large-scale solar (LSS) siting. The goal is to speed up LSS project permitting, reduce soft costs, and...
This $5,120,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program will support research, development, prototype, and pilot-scale technology validation activities to advance industrial decarbonization strategies. The funded work will focus on cross-sector approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions across high-emitting industrial subsectors such...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,131,792 Cooperative Agreement to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on January 1, 2025. The objective of this project, funded under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), is to evaluate how the siting practices, community perceptions, and beliefs about local solar systems (LSS) affect community support or opposition for local LSS projects, and how these...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $11,161,316 Cooperative Agreement to Schlumberger Technology Corporation on January 1, 2025. The objective of this award under the CFDA 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development program is to develop a fully functional wireline conveyance and cement/casing evaluation system that meets the requirements of the DOE's FOA-0003296 solicitation. The expected outcome is a working prototype tool using...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under CFDA Program 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development, aims to collect data from an existing utility-scale direct current (DC)-coupled photovoltaic (PV)-plus-storage plant, prepare the data for public sharing, and provide analyses on solar resource, plant performance, and battery degradation. The $249,984 award, granted on May 1, 2024,...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $2,000,000.00, was issued by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program. The overall objective is to purchase and commission relevant equipment, train individual scientists in their operation, develop methods to characterize lithium at various stages of the lithium loop (from resource to recycling), and develop and evaluate methods and...