Project Grant DEEE0001372

The Department of Energy (DOE), through its Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), awarded a $4,251,000 cooperative agreement to the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) to develop the "WINDWISE" program. WINDWISE aims to advance the Wind Energy Technologies Office's goals by building strong and equitable distributed wind (DW) markets through incentivizing communities to implement transformative, locally generated solutions for reducing soft...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) awarded Perseus Materials Inc. a $498,767 Project Grant to develop a new composite fabrication process for manufacturing wind turbine blades. The goal is to create variable cross-sectional wind turbine blades using an innovative casting technique. This 2-year project, which started on October 19, 2023, aims to deliver a transformative solution that can enhance the efficiency and performance of wind...

This $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering will fund the development of a multi-domain, multi-scale, policy-aware digital twin modeling framework for offshore wind energy infrastructure from 2023 to 2025. The primary products will be an extensible and customizable joint modeling framework to enable short, medium, and long-term modeling, learning, and assessment of offshore wind farms through the integration of measured...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA 81.135) has awarded a $550,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to expand the Wind Energy with Integrated Servo-Control (WEIS) toolset. The WEIS model, developed under a previous phase, is a revolutionary open-source tool that enables controls co-design optimization of conventional and innovative, cost-effective floating offshore wind turbines. The purpose of this award is to...

The 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 Inc. (EPRI) on October 1, 2024 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The primary objective of this 9-month project is to establish and complete the Collaborative Ancillary Service Accelerator for Renewables (CASAR) pilot program. Through this pilot, EPRI will engage industry stakeholders to...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $3,108,901 Cooperative Agreement to the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), doing business as ABS Americas, to develop an ultraflexible smart floating offshore wind turbine. The project, which runs from January 1, 2024 to November 13, 2027, will involve collaboration with two sub-awardees, The Floating Wind Technology Company, LLC, and Front Energies, LLC. Through this award, ABS and its partners aim...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement to Iowa State University of Science and Technology under the Renewable Energy Research and Development Program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this 2.5-year project is to develop and demonstrate active and passive ultrasonic deterrents for wind turbines to reduce bat strikes. Key objectives include optimizing the acoustic performance of the deterrents, validating...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services (RBCS) awarded a $152,050 Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Technical Assistance Grant to Pecos Wind Power Inc. on September 28, 2023. The two-year grant supports Pecos Wind Power's provision of technical assistance to agricultural producers and rural small businesses applying for REAP funding. Pecos Wind Power is a for-profit manufacturer of distributed wind turbine systems and microgrid solutions that has previously...

The National Science Foundation awarded $298,144 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to Impact Allies Inc. on September 15, 2022 for the development of an open-source ecosystem to increase consumer adoption and support academic research and education in renewable energy. Specifically, the award will fund the creation of open-source software and hardware applications as well as access to large data sets. The software will provide intuitive...

The National Science Foundation awarded Activecharge LLC a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop an integrated, self-powered sensor node for wind turbine blade monitoring. The one-year project will address technical hurdles such as lack of reliable energy sources and logistical challenges replacing batteries inside blades. Activecharge will prototype a sensor node that reliably harvests electrical voltage from blade...