Industrial technologies office (ITO) fiscal year 2024 cross-sector technologies FOA this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is issued by the industrial technologies office (ITO) to advance…

The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3.125 million Cooperative Agreement to the University of Tennessee on August 1, 2026, under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). The award funds research, development, and pilot-scale technology validation and demonstration projects addressing industrial decarbonization and energy efficiency, aligned with the department's Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap and the Industrial Heat Shot initiative. Work is performed in Knoxville, Tennessee, with a period of performance through July 31, 2027. The funding supports activities within Topic Areas 1 (Electrification of Industrial Heat), Topic Area 2 (Efficient Energy Use in Industrial Systems), and Topic Area 3 (Decarbonizing Organic Wastewater and Wet Waste Treatment) under the Industrial Technologies Office Fiscal Year 2024 Cross-Sector Technologies funding opportunity. This award is part of DOE's Technologies for Industrial Emissions Reduction Development (TIERED) Program, which leverages resources across multiple DOE offices to develop and advance industrial decarbonization technologies toward net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Industrial technologies office (ITO) fiscal year 2024 cross-sector technologies FOA this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is issued by the industrial technologies office (ITO) to advance transformational cross-sector technologies and innovations needed to reduce industrial energy use and GHG emissions through high-impact applied research, development, and pilot-scale technology validation and demonstration projects. The RD & D activities to be funded under this FOA will advance the strategies identified in DOE's industrial decarbonization roadmap and will support the goals of the industrial heat shot, ultimately helping put the nation on a pathway to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The topic areas included in this FOA are: topic area 1: electrification of industrial heat topic area 2: efficient energy use in industrial systems topic area 3: decarbonizing organic wastewater and wet waste treatment iedo expects additional funding opportunities to focus on transformational technologies to address subsector-specific challenges in energy- and emissions-intensive industries. This FOA is part of DOE's technologies for industrial emissions reduction development (TIERED) program. This program leverages resources across DOE's applied research offices to invest in fundamental science, research, development, initial pilot-scale demonstrations projects, and technical assistance and workforce development. Rooted in the principles identified in the 2022 industrial decarbonization roadmap, DOE is building an innovation pipeline to accelerate the development and adoption of industrial decarbonization technologies. The TIERED program leverages resources, expertise, and investments from the offices of energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE), fossil energy and carbon management (FECM), nuclear energy (NE), arpa-E, and science (SC) to achieve deep decarbonization across the U.S. Industrial sector. The program complements the demonstration and large-scale deployment efforts led by DOE's offices of clean energy demonstrations (OCED) and manufacturing and energy supply chains (MESC) and the loan programs office (LPO).