Energy Funding Matrix

This program will provide funding to support the recycling of consumer electronics batteries and battery-containing devices to help build a robust domestic critical material supply chain for EV batteries in the United States. The funding will accomplish this by: 1) Increase participation by consumers in recycling programs; 2) Improve the economics of consumer battery recycling to create a market for recycling, including battery recycling research, development, and demonstration activities to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of batteries; and 3) Increase the number of these programs, including state and local programs to assist in the establishment or enhancement of state consumer electronics battery collection, recycling, and reprocessing programs and to establish collection points at retailers.

The Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grant Program is designed to provide grants to small- and medium-sized manufacturers to enable them to build new or retrofit existing manufacturing and industrial facilities in communities where coal mines or coal power plants have closed. These facilities will produce or recycle advanced energy products or contribute to emissions reductions within the manufacturing sector.

The activities to be funded under this FOA support the BIL's Electric Drive Vehicle Battery Recycling and Second-Life Applications Program and the broader government-wide approach to strengthen domestic supply chains for critical materials to maximize the benefits of the clean energy transition as the nation works to curb the climate crisis, empower workers, and advance environmental justice. This BIL section is focused on research, development, and demonstration of: second-life applications for electric drive vehicle batteries that have been used to power electric drive vehicles; and technologies and processes for final recycling and disposal of electric drive vehicle batteries.

The Communities Taking Charge Accelerator FOA seeks applications that will help further the Joint Office’s vision of a future where everyone can ride and drive electric. This FOA will fund innovative approaches to expanding EV adoption and charging access, particularly at the local level in urbanized areas where land use, density, car ownership rates, grid considerations, and other factors add further complexities to electrifying the transportation network while the demand for transportation access is at its highest density.

The current FOA represents the second installment in the RECI initiative, which aims to advance the efficiency and resilience of building energy codes in states and local jurisdictions. The primary focus centers around updating to more efficient building energy codes that save money for American homes and businesses, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and encourage more resilient buildings.

This funding opportunity will provide future growth grants for the purpose of providing financial assistance for designing, developing, and deploying CO2 transport capacity that will support carbon capture infrastructure.

The Department of Energy will issue awards over the next five years to state agencies or an organization in partnership with an eligible entity through a competitive bid process to enable sustained, cost-effective implementation of updated building energy codes to save customers money on their energy bills. An estimated $225 million is available for this program.

The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Building a Better Grid Initiative will catalyze the nationwide development of new and upgraded high-capacity electric transmission lines and support investments to modernize the flexibility and resilience of the distribution system to create a more resilient electric grid.

The 2024 BENEFIT FOA will invest up to $30M (subject to appropriations) across four topic areas: Topic 1: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning and Water Heating Technologies with improved materials, components, equipment design, and engineering, lower cost manufacturing processes, and easier installation. Topic 2: Innovative, Replicable, and Low-Cost Roof and Attic Retrofits Technologies for affordable and scalable roof and attic retrofits that improve energy efficiency and address air and water infiltration. Topic 3: Building Resilience and Capacity Constraints Novel approaches to maintain essential loads during blackouts and add power capacity to buildings without the need for major infrastructure upgrades; localized thermal management systems and thermally resilient building envelopes to provide cooling and overheating protection against extreme heat events. Topic 4: Commercial Lighting Retrofit Advancements Low-cost, high-quality retrofit solutions for lagging sectors in energy-efficient lighting adoption (schools, certain commercial buildings).

This Funding Opportunity Announcement aims to expand the current Department of Energy portfolio of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) technologies (examples - biomass carbon removal and storage, enhanced mineralization, ocean based CDR, Direct Air Capture [DAC], etc.) to advance technologies that will ultimately achieve the Carbon Negative Shot target of under $100/net tonne Carbon Dioxide equivalent (CO2e) removed (both capture and storage), by 2032.