Eligible: Businesses, Education, Nonprofits, Public Agencies, Tribes, Utilities

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$0 - $5,000,000

Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER)

From US Department of Energy (DOE)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will fund the advancement of innovative storage technologies from early-stage R&D to widespread commercialization and deploy an innovative energy storage technology at a host site with identified resiliency needs at the required scale, performance, and technology maturity level appropriate to advance technology maturity level appropriate to advance technology towards commercialization.

  • Overview

    • Type

      Cooperative Agreement

    • Title

      Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER)

    • Source

      US Department of Energy (DOE)

    • Federal or State

      Federal

    • Total Amount

      $15,000,000

    • Number of Awards

      3

    • Award Range

      $0 - $5,000,000

    • Cost Share

      Yes

    • Status

      Active

  • Eligibility

    • Audience

      Businesses, Education, Nonprofits, Public Agencies, Tribes, Utilities

    • Sector

      Energy Infrastructure

    • Activity

      Program Implementation, Research & Development

    • Location

      National

  • Application Process

    • Application Link

      grants.gov

    • Requirements

      20% cost share for research & development and 50% cost share for demonstration and commercialization; Cost share waivers to 20% of project costs are approved for Tribes, Higher Education, Small Utilities, Disadvantaged Communities, Small business technology developer

    • Disbursement Method

      Reimbursement

  • Important Dates

    • Application Open Date

      Aug 5, 2024

    • Application Close Date

      Oct 4, 2024

    • Application Close Time

      2:00 PM PST

  • Resources & Contacts

    • Contact

      Todd C. Zandier II, National Energy Technology Laboratory: 412-386-9204; Todd.Zandier@netl.doe.gov

    • Resources

      The objective of this FOA is to advance innovative storage technologies from early-stage R&D to widespread commercialization and demonstrate the capabilities of these technologies to support critical infrastructure or facilities that have identified resiliency needs. Projects will include performing an analysis of the resiliency benefits provided by the storage system and dissemination of the results to end user, investor, and community stakeholders to share details about the technical performance of the storage technology and a quantitative understanding of the value of resiliency it provides.

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