Project Grant DESC0022895

The Hopi Utilities Corporation (HUC) was awarded a $4,628,663 Project Grant 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). The grant funding will support the construction of an advanced 250-kW solar photovoltaic and 250-kW/1,200-kWh battery energy storage microgrid system. This microgrid will provide power to two remote well water pumps that are part of the Side Rock Water Supply...

The Department of Energy awarded a $176,600,523 Cooperative Agreement under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) to the Redwood Coast Energy Authority. The project will plan and implement three front-of-meter community microgrids owned and operated by federally recognized tribes. Additionally, the existing behind-the-meter community microgrid owned and operated by BLR will be expanded to interconnect three existing facility-scale microgrids across the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (CFDA 81.122 Electricity Research, Development and Analysis) provides $1,632,000 to advance the development of standardized, modular microgrid control systems for remote Alaskan communities. The project engages these communities to play a central role in designing and managing their own microgrid control systems, empowering them to collect data on local energy needs and...

The Department of Energy awarded a $101,304,290 Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program grant to Generac Power Systems, Inc. to develop innovative microgrid and battery energy storage solutions for California water utilities. The project aims to accelerate the clean energy transition from diesel generators to microgrid systems, create virtual power plants to provide grid flexibility during emergencies, demonstrate how battery storage and distributed energy resources...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255), provides $57,957,022 in funding to Nreca Research, a non-profit organization, to create a consortium of rural electric cooperatives and deploy microgrids (including solar PV, battery storage, and distribution upgrades) across seven rural communities in California, North Carolina, Minnesota, Arizona, Tennessee, and Montana. This national microgrid deployment...

This Project Grant award for $425,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (CFDA 81.122 Electricity Research, Development and Analysis) will fund the engineering, procurement, and construction of a microgrid system in Lyons, Colorado. The microgrid will serve critical local infrastructure including a fire station, retail store, restaurant, and emergency shelters. This project aims to enhance energy resilience and reliability for the Lyons...

The Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability awarded a $1,881,444 Cooperative Agreement to Purdue University on October 1, 2024 under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis (CFDA 81.122) federal grant program. The award, titled "Dynamic Modular Microgrids (DYM-MGS): Real-Time and Packetized Microgrid Implementation," aims to develop a dynamic and modular microgrid solution with features for enhancing resilience, improving transient...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $206,500 Project Grant to Continuous Solutions LLC on July 10, 2023 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant funds the research and development of off-grid micro hydropower units for agricultural decarbonization. Continuous Solutions LLC is a small business specializing in electric motor technology and has previously received small business research and development contracts from the U.S. Navy....

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $3,323,594 Project Grant to Cuyahoga County, Ohio to provide project management, planning, financial and commercial analyses, conceptual design, and load analysis for the design of two microgrids for the communities of Brooklyn and Euclid. This grant is funded under the Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254), which supports projects that maintain and upgrade critical grid infrastructure, enhance...

This $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) on January 12, 2025 to Emrgy Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for a research and development project titled "Performance Enhancement of Hydrokinetic Arrays Using Reliable, Low-Cost Dynamic Components". Emrgy is teaming with Premier Energy Holdings, Stanford University, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to...