The DOE has $3.8 billion in renewable power funding: 3 grant choices

The Division of Power has $97 billion in funds out there for clear power candidates. $25 billion of that whole is housed inside the Workplace of Clear Power Demonstrations (OCED), with a mission to companion with the personal sector to ship clear power demonstration tasks that may speed up the transition to a decarbonized power system. OCED oversees regional clear hydrogen hubs, carbon administration tasks and long-duration power storage demonstration tasks, amongst many others.

At the moment, we’ll concentrate on three particular grants housed inside the DOE, totaling $3.8 billion: The Battery Supplies Processing Grant; the Distributed Power Techniques Demonstration grant; and the MAKE-IT Prize. Under, every grant is listed from the quantity of funding out there onwards, how a lot funding it presents, which applied sciences and companies are eligible to use and the notable dates within the course of.

Battery Supplies Processing Grant

Housed inside the Workplace of Manufacturing and Power Provide Chains, the Battery Supplies Processing Grants are designed to shore up the battery manufacturing provide chain inside the USA. Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Regulation, the grant is in its second spherical of functions and has as much as $3 billion to help the creation or retrofitting of economic battery services that particularly work on battery supplies, battery parts and battery cell manufacturing.

Eligible candidates embrace battery supplies processors, battery part producers, cell producers and battery recyclers. 

Timeline

The Discover of Intent for the second spherical of this grant was launched Aug. 31, with the deadline for each the preliminary idea paper submission deadline and full software deadline nonetheless undetermined. A DOE official instructed GreenBiz that suggestions to unsuccessful candidates is supplied, and an applicant can nonetheless resolve to submit a full software ought to they make changes to their preliminary idea papers. 

Distributed Power Techniques Demonstration (DES)

DOE introduced the Distributed Power Techniques Demonstrations grant, which has as much as $50 million from the IRA for 2 to 4 chosen tasks. OCED will choose candidates that reveal dependable grid operations with greater contributions from distributed power sources than beforehand validated. Particularly, in line with a DOE official, utility operators and different third-party entities which are aggregators of various sources of renewable power that come onto the grid. Boiled right down to layman’s phrases, “greater contributions from distributed power sources” translate right into a digital energy plant. 

Eligible candidates for the grant embrace utilities and for-profit entities, with the DOE official stressing the significance of candidates demonstrating how they are going to use the funds to profit deprived communities. 

Timeline

The preliminary idea paper is due by 5 p.m. EST Nov. 16. The submission deadline for grant functions is 5 p.m. EST Feb. 29.

MAKE-IT Prize

The Manufacture of Superior Key Power Infrastructure Applied sciences, or MAKE-IT Prize, is a two-track funding alternative with the objective to ascertain clear power know-how manufacturing services. With funding from the Inflation Discount Act, the grant has two tracks to which candidates can apply: the Amenities Monitor or Methods Monitor. Eligible power parts for each tracks embrace hydrogen, electrical grid, long-duration power storage and carbon seize know-how. 

Amenities Monitor: Twelve profitable candidates will obtain $500,000 within the first section, which can go towards accelerating “clear power know-how manufacturing plant improvement and assist help [the establishment of] a strong, safe home provide chain.” In Section 2, as much as 4 of the 12 unique tasks will obtain $4.5 million every to organize the tasks as much as the purpose of breaking floor on building. The official guidelines doc for the Amenities Monitor might be discovered right here.

Methods Monitor: Thirty profitable candidates will obtain $50,000 to ascertain curiosity and engagement for clear power manufacturing and enhance the variety of clear power jobs. Candidates should develop a roadmap to ascertain clear power manufacturing of their area. The applying requires “a letter of dedication from an entity interested by establishing a facility of their area.” As soon as roadmaps are submitted for consideration, about 20 winners will obtain two installments of $100,000 to proceed the tasks began. The official guidelines doc for the Methods Monitor might be discovered right here.

A DOE official emphasised to GreenBiz that the MAKE-IT Prize is supposed to serve as a substitute supply of seed funding, with the final idea serving as an incubator for concepts. The 2 tracks are supposed to accommodate cities, cities or communities throughout the nation at completely different ranges of readiness for manufacturing services. 

Timeline

The assertion of intent for Section 1 of each the Amenities and Technique tracks is due by 5 p.m. EST Oct. 18. A second spherical of MAKE-IT Prize will open in 2024, with the assertion of intent due by 5 p.m. EST Feb. 15. 

Many different grants and funding alternatives can be found inside the DOE. One federal official bolstered to GreenBiz that the tax incentives made out there within the IRA and BIL are eligible for work funded by a DOE grant.