Energy Funding Matrix

This FOA will provide funding for foundational R&D activities at domestic institutions of higher education, including Minority Serving Institutions (MSI), to advance marine energy and offshore wind technologies, enabling broader utilization of ocean renewable energy sources through the following topic areas: (1) Publicly Available Marine Energy Data Analysis & Test Platform(s) to Produce Publicly Available Data; (2) Sustainable & Scalable Offshore Wind, Marine Energy, and Aquaculture; (3) Undergraduate Senior Design and/or Research Project; and (4) Open Topic Area.

Through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) will provide funding for multi-stakeholder collaborations to reduce material usage, improve installation quality and resilience of PV systems, and address handling of PV systems at the end of life. The project has 2 topic areas, providing a total of $20 million in funds.

The activities funded through this funding opportunity will mobilize public clean energy investment by addressing research and development (R&D) challenges in the conversion of various seaweeds and blends of seaweeds (with wet waste feedstocks such as waste microalgae) to low-carbon fuels and chemicals. Under this FOA, applications are sought that use anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions in the cultivation process and then convert macro and/or micro algae into low carbon products. Conversion for agricultural products such as animal feed are of particular interest.

Electric vehicles (EVs) of all kinds are here. And we want to hear about your experience, from electric scooters to electric school buses. Create a short (one- to two-minute) video showcasing your personal experience with EVs as part of EPA’s prize competition, and you may win up to $3,000.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) intends to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement to support demonstrations that de-risk technologies needed to manage variable generation; control flexible loads; and integrate energy storage, electric vehicle (EV) charging, and other facilities into the U.S. transmission and distribution grids.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) announced the Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development Funding Opportunity, which will award $48.6 million for projects that address several major areas of need for offshore wind. The areas include accelerating research and development of floating offshore wind platforms; exploring innovations for fixed-bottom foundations; improving offshore wildlife protection through new monitoring technologies; expanding the reach of the domestic supply chain; advancing U.S. academic leadership in floating offshore wind; and investigating solutions to protect future infrastructure from lightning.

This FOA will support activities to advance platform techonologies that enable flexible, scalable, and highly controllable battery manufacturing processes. Topics include: (1) Platforms for Next Generation Battery Manufacturing and (2) Smart Manufacturing Platforms for Battery Production. 

Over two phases, the Power at Sea Prize will incentivize competitors to develop novel, marine energy-powered concepts. Concepts can power any off-grid use in the ocean with marine energy, which includes power from waves, tides, and ocean currents. To accelerate the commercialization of the nascent marine energy industry, competitors’ concepts should have a high potential for eventual deployment at sea.

This new program aims to improve community-level energy resilience for vulnerable populations across Puerto Rico, funding solar and battery storage installations for community healthcare facilities as well as community centers and common areas within subsidized multi-family housing properties. The program provides a $325 million funding opportunity. Applicants may include individual entities or teams based in Puerto Rico that can coordinate the deployment of solar and battery storage systems across many individual sites. DOE anticipates that up to $325 million will be available through the Programa de Comunidades Resilientes for solar and battery storage systems across two types of community infrastructure: Community Healthcare Facilities: DOE may award between $70 million and $140 million to fund energy resilience solutions for federally qualified health centers, dialysis centers, and diagnostic and treatment centers. Multi-Family Housing Properties: DOE may award between $93 million and $185 million to fund energy resilience solutions for community centers and common areas within public or privately owned multi-family housing properties subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. DOE anticipates funding projects for subsidized multifamily housing that power certain common spaces available to all residents as well as shared building infrastructure that depends on electricity, such as elevators. Additionally, DOE anticipates that community centers located on Puerto Rico public housing properties would also be eligible for installations under the Programa de Comunidades Resilientes.

This three-phase prize will award a total of $4.5 million in cash prizes and $1.1 million in national laboratory analysis consultation and technical assistance to teams that develop innovative ways to extend the lifetimes of products or parts via re-using, repairing, refurbishing, remanufacturing, or repurposing (“Re-X”) before recycling.