Cooperative Agreement DESC0022718

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Award Details: Dairyland Power Cooperative received a $2.028 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). The award, effective August 1, 2025, with completion by July 31, 2027, funds development of an integrated electric vehicle (EV) charging station incorporating solar power generation and battery energy storage...

Rolling Energy Resources, LLC received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support work concluding on March 26, 2023. The grant funds the "TELEMATICS-BASED MANAGED CHARGE OPTIMIZATION FOR EQUITABLE EV ADOPTION IN THE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL SEGMENT" project. Under this award, Rolling Energy Resources will leverage telematics and managed charging technologies to optimize electric vehicle charging for residential rental...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program awarded a $135,956 project grant to South Dakota State University (SDSU) to develop a highly efficient, modular, and scalable power system that integrates photovoltaic, energy storage, and smart micro-inverter technologies. The goal is to create a novel power conversion system architecture and control capabilities to enable greater penetration of solar energy into the electric grid and support grid stability and resilience. The key...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $6,250,214 Cooperative Agreement to Ricardo LLC on August 15, 2024 under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The funding supports the development of an innovative 3-in-1 inverter/on-board charger/auxiliary DC converter for electrified vehicle applications. The goal is to advance energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies in the transportation sector,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant from the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $300,000 over 3 years to CAL Poly Pomona Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization supporting California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. The project aims to develop advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms for optimal management of electric vehicle transactions with the power grid. Key deliverables include: A scalable,...

This $199,933 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports research to develop an interaction-aware management framework to improve the efficiency and sustainability of electric vehicle (EV) transportation systems and power grids. The key components of the project include: A multi-agent reinforcement learning control model for power systems to dynamically adjust electricity prices and...

Federal Grant Award Summary: Sunland Park Solar Bus Chargers The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded $493,393 in formula grant funding under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) to the New Mexico Department of Transportation Transit and Rail Division for the Sunland Park Solar Bus Chargers project. The award, issued on September 17, 2025, supports the installation of a solar array system designed to power electric vehicle charging infrastructure for an incoming...

Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWTech) received a $2.2 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) on September 1, 2025. The award funds a comprehensive solar array and electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure project designed to reduce non-renewable energy consumption on LWTech's Kirkland, Washington campus. The project will deliver a...

Optimus Ride Inc. received a $4.94 million cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy on October 1, 2021 to support scaling automated, connected, electric, and shared (ACES) vehicle fleets. The goal is to advance energy efficiency, decarbonization, and social equity through December 14, 2021. This award supports the Conservation Research and Development program's long-term research efforts in vehicle technologies and...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to the University of Texas at Austin for a project titled "Efficiency and Driving Range Improvements of Electric Vehicles through a Novel Battery-Inverter Architecture." The goal of the project is to develop a prototype battery-inverter system for electric vehicles that allows battery cells to operate more independently based on their individual state of health...