Notice of Intent to Issue Fiscal Year 2025 Solar Module and Solar Hardware (SMASH) Incubator Notice of Funding Opportunity
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- DE-FOA-0003459
- Agency
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Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Department of Energy
- Applications due
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Energy
- Eligible applicants
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- For Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Fiscal Year 2025 Solar Module and Solar Hardware (SMASH) Incubator program. This NOFO seeks to address the lack of private investment available to commercialize research and development (R&D) and research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) activities to bring innovative solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies to market. Eligible applicants include for-profit entities, with institutions of higher education, non-profits, state/local governments, and federally recognized Indian Tribes eligible as subrecipients. The NOFO will have three topic areas: 1) crystalline silicon (c-Si) module technology, 2) cadmium telluride (CdTe) module technology, and 3) non-module hardware technology.
The anticipated federal funding is $20 million, with a minimum 20% recipient cost share required for R&D projects and a minimum 50% cost share for demonstration projects. EERE plans to issue the NOFO on or about November 7, 2024, through the EERE eXCHANGE website. Projects are expected to be conducted at recipient facilities or field sites within the United States.
Synopsis
Notice of Intent to Issue Fiscal Year 2025 Solar Module and Solar Hardware (SMASH) Incubator Notice of Funding Opportunity The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) entitled "Fiscal Year 2025 Solar Module and Solar Hardware (SMASH) Incubator Notice of Funding Opportunity." This NOFO seeks to address the lack of sufficient private investment that is available to successfully commercialize research and development (R & D) and research, development, and demonstration (RD & D) activities and bring innovative solar photovoltaic (PV) technology to market. Prime recipients of awards funded through this NOFO will be for-profit entities, with institutions of higher education, for-profit entities, nonprofit entities, state and local governmental entities, and federally recognized Indian Tribes as eligible subrecipients to provide technical expertise, technology know-how, and technical validation capabilities. Successful applications to this NOFO will be selected from three topic areas: 1. Crystalline silicon (c-Si) module technology, covering all segments of the c-Si PV module supply chain from input materials and production equipment through module assembly. 2. Cadmium telluride (CdTe) module technology, covering all segments of the CdTe PV module supply chain, including improvements in materials, processes, manufacturing, components, metrology, demonstration, recycling, and reclamation. 3. Non-module hardware technology, including structural and electrical components and tools that improve performance, functionality, reliability, or ease of installation for PV systems.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| NOI to Issue SMASH NOFO.pdf |
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