(FOA)
DOE/EERE - Innovative Design Concepts for Standard Modular Hydropower and
Pumped-Storage Hydropower (DE-FOA-0001836); September 28, 2018
Agency
Department
of Energy
Office
of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Description
The
United States Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy (EERE) and DOE’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO)
announced solicitation “Innovative Design Concepts for Standard Modular
Hydropower and Pumped-Storage Hydropower”, DE-FOA-0001836. Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) initiated a DOE-funded multi-year research and
development effort titled Standard Modular Hydropower (SMH) Technology
Acceleration to define standardization, modularity, and environmental
compatibility as three enabling principles of a low-cost, environmentally
sustainable hydropower growth strategy.
Topic
Area 1 of this funding opportunity seeks to stimulate innovative designs for
small, low-head hydropower facilities capable of lowering the capital costs and
reducing the environmental impacts of development at new stream-reaches.
Building on the SMH Technology Acceleration project, DOE will use competitive
awards to engage the private sector in the practical engineering application of
SMH concepts. Transformational innovation is desired specifically in the site
identification, conceptual, and detailed design phases of the technology
development lifecycle.
Topic
Area 2 explores new use cases for pumped storage hydropower that can improve
electricity system resilience, reliability, and economics. Applicants are
expected to propose innovative technology concepts, analysis, or enhanced
modeling capabilities that define a new, updated role for pumped storage in the
evolving electricity system in the United States. The new emphasis in
this FOA, however, is on an increase in value rather than a reduction in levelized costs. WPTO is therefore soliciting
applications for awards in two sub-topic areas:
There
is a minimum 20% cost share requirement for all projects.
Announcement
Number
DE-FOA-0001836
Concept
Papers Due
September
28, 2018
Applications
Due
November
30, 2018
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=308048
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