This 3-year, $1,000,270 Project Grant 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) seeks to deploy behind-the-meter battery energy storage systems paired with solar at critical facilities in California. The goal is to provide emergency backup power and, during normal operation, to reduce daily energy use from 4-9 PM, thereby maximizing onsite solar usage and alleviating...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $944,000 Project Grant under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117). The primary objective of the grant is to enhance the shelter-in-place energy resilience of the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Petaluma, California. Key deliverables include installing on-site electric generation and storage assets, ensuring reliability of the site's electrical...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $101,304,290 and provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program, aims to bring clean energy resiliency to critical water utility infrastructure and provide grid operators with a flexible, coordinated solution for load reduction during grid stress. The key objectives of this project are to: 1) Demonstrate increased resiliency solutions for California water utilities by transitioning from...
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,...
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117). The award will fund the installation of battery-electric storage (BES) and solar photovoltaic (PV) systems at approximately 25 U.S. government residences in South Africa, switching them...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $248,848 Project Grant to the City of Shawnee, Kansas under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The grant will fund the installation of a 99.8 kW DC solar array at a city facility, FS1, during the second quarter of the project. Additionally, the grant will support the implementation of a real-time data analytics information management system integrated with utility...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Clean Energy Demonstrations Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.255) provides $4,986,275 to install photovoltaic (PV) solar systems and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in up to 400 off-grid homes on Navajo and Hopi lands in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. The project will also provide 5 years of operations and maintenance services for the installed PV and BESS systems. Key goals include improving energy resiliency and reliability for...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $8,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) to Native Renewables, Inc. to install photovoltaic solar systems (PV) and battery energy storage systems (BESS) at off-grid homes in the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe communities. The project, titled "Energizing Rural Hopi and Navajo with Solar Powered Battery-Based Systems," seeks to increase the availability of clean energy, enhance energy resilience,...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy under the State Energy Program (CFDA 81.041) will support the City of Milpitas' Carbon Neutral Homes Retrofit Program. The program will provide financial incentives of up to $3,000 on average to approximately 1,000 Milpitas single-family homeowners to undertake all-electric home retrofits. This will complement existing incentives offered by the local community choice energy provider, and is expected to cover 40-80% of total...
The Department of Energy awarded a $123,557,512 Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) grant to Pacificorp, doing business as Rocky Mountain Power, for the "Resiliency Enhancement Fire Mitigation and Operational Risk Management (REFORM)" project. This project aims to implement a holistic technological ecosystem that integrates innovative smart grid technologies to enhance situational awareness and reduce or mitigate wildfire occurrences, while also improving grid...