Cooperative Agreement SLMAQM17CA1171

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $6,827,637 Cooperative Agreement to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to establish and complete the Collaborative Ancillary Service Accelerator for Renewables (CASAR) pilot program. The primary objective of this 6-12 month project is to engage industry stakeholders in designing, implementing, and demonstrating multi-level control architectures to support ancillary services from wind and...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $2,160,696 Cooperative Agreement to Noria Energy Holdings LLC under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this project is to develop a floating solar photovoltaics (FPV) tracking and positioning system that can increase annual energy production by over 10%, lower the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for FPV by more than 10%, and leverage the U.S....

This 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 whether a reimagined approach to community benefit mechanisms (CBMs) can address community opposition to large-scale solar (LSS) energy projects. The $2,485,114 project, which runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, will identify the features of CBMs and the processes for...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Middle East Partnership Initiative (CFDA 19.500) to EFE Maroc, a non-profit organization based in Morocco. The grant supports EFE Maroc's efforts to promote inclusive, sustainable, and climate-resilient economic growth in the regions of Marrakech, Agadir, and Essaouira. Key activities include providing entrepreneurship training and technical support to local enterprises, as well as...

Malta Inc. received a $497,557 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) for the period of March 1, 2021 through April 30, 2022. The award will support Malta Inc.'s REPURPOSING FOSSIL-FUELED ASSETS FOR ENERGY STORAGE project. Through this cooperative agreement, Malta Inc. will work with the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to develop approaches for repurposing existing...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $4,994,352.00 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) supports the development of a particle media transport and storage solution for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems with thermal energy storage (TES). The goal is to create a reliable power generation technology that can scale storage duration independently of the power...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $11,552,157 Cooperative Agreement under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to RG Resource Technologies, Inc. The objective of the project is to deploy a new 120,000 units-per-year capacity manufacturing facility to support the production of the recipient's solar photovoltaic + thermal capture (PVT) system, equivalent to a production rate of 16.2 MW of energy and 64.8 MW of thermal...

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) aims to develop and demonstrate advanced tools for inverter-based resource (IBR) power plants and utilities. The $3,430,784 project, which runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, will deliver: (1) efficient data collection, processing, and streaming systems to capture fast grid dynamics; (2)...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), provides $2,994,068 to Washington State University for the development of new open-source planning tools to manage uncertainties posed by inverter-based resources and extreme weather events in future power grids. The key products to be delivered include: Methods for uncertainty...

The Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability awarded a $19,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis (CFDA 81.122) federal grant program to Nomad Transportable Power Systems, Inc. The objective of this 3-year project is to provide long-duration energy storage (LDES) demonstration projects capable of delivering electricity for 10-24 hours or longer to support a low-cost, reliable, carbon-free electric grid. The award...