The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $32,629,975 Cooperative Agreement under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism's Hawaii State Energy Office (HSEO). The funding will support the development and implementation of advanced utility-scale solar grid-forming technology across Hawaii from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2029. The project aims to improve the reliability,...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Ameresco Inc. a $115,019,937 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The funding will support the construction of a hybrid microgrid and backbone system at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam in O'ahu, Hawaii. The project aims to enhance grid reliability, resilience, and renewable energy integration by interconnecting the microgrid with the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) grid. During normal...
The Hawaii State Energy Office, a division of the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, has been awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The grant, effective June 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026, will fund the Hawaii Clean Energy Wayfinders Program. This program will provide community-focused technical assistance to advance Hawaii's clean energy transition...
This $283,303,326 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program supports The Narragansett Electric Company's efforts to enable smart decarbonization and help the State of Rhode Island meet its climate and clean energy mandates. The award, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, will fund the deployment of advanced information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT)...
This federal Project Grant award of $18,169,099 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117). The funding supports the Hawaii State Energy Office, a division of the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, in achieving the following key objectives: Reduce electricity usage in Hawaii's commercial buildings by...
This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Section 134(a)(1) - Zero Emission Technologies Grant Program (CFDA 66.959) provides $62,450,000 to the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority to deliver financial and technical assistance to low-income and disadvantaged communities in Hawaii. The funding will enable the deployment and use of residential-serving distributed solar energy and storage projects, ensuring these underserved households...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office awarded a $116 million Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Commonwealth Edison Co. (ComEd) to implement a data fusion-empowered, interoperable control framework. This initiative aims to modernize power grid planning and operations, while maximizing benefits across disadvantaged communities. The project will deploy a selection of grid-edge technologies for field demonstration and...
The Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program has awarded a $248,325,872 Cooperative Agreement to Astrawatt Solar PR Inc. to provide solar, battery storage, and energy efficiency upgrades across qualified healthcare facilities across Puerto Rico. The project, titled "Sol y Seguridad para Centros de Salud", is focused on improving the reliability, resilience, and flexibility of the electric grid infrastructure in Puerto...
This $142,409,585 federal Project Grant awarded by the Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) will deploy innovative digital technology solutions to maximize the value of third-party distributed energy resources (DER) at the distribution level. The key objectives are to: (i) improve distribution grid visibility and autonomous controls for grid operators, (ii) aggregate and integrate DER and other grid-edge devices to provide system...
The Department of Energy awarded a $115,225,626 Project Grant to Portland General Electric Company under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The grant will enable Portland General Electric to install approximately 90,000 Grid Edge Computing (GEC) devices across 10% of its customer base, with 40% of the GECs targeted to disadvantaged communities. This will support the company's goal of sourcing 25% of its peak load from its distribution system...