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DE-FOA-0002415: Advancing Wave Energy Technologies through Open Water Testing at PacWave

Closed Closed October 5, 2022 Opportunity DE-FOA-0002415 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT) (DE-FOA-0003647). Status: Closes December 1, 2026 (24 days left). It is in our archive of Golden Field Office notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$9.0 million
• Award floor$250,000
• Total funding$27.0 million
• Expected awards10
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

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Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

• Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Renewable Energy Research and Development awards averaged $2.8 million; this notice allows up to $9.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (30% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

Amendment 000005: The purpose of this modification is to add additional resources to Appendix G - Example performance Metrics. The word "design" is also added to Topic Area 1, Budget Period 2 title in Table 3 to clarify expectations for the Budget Period. Amendment 000004: The purpose of this modification is to amend Table 3 for Topic Area 1. See page 2 of the FOA for details. Amendment 000003: The purposes of this modification are to: 1. Revise Topic Area 1 Anticipated Period of Performance to 48 months: Table 1 on page 11, revised Topic Area 1 award duration to up to 48 months on page 12, and BP2 duration to 39 months in Table 3 on page 16. Change wording on page 12 to say between instead of at least; and 2. Replace “Project partners” with “subrecipients” and “subcontractors” with “vendors” on pages 42, 49,50, and 51. Amendment 000002: The purposes of this modification are to: 1. Add additional text to Table 3. TA1 (both TA1a and TA1b) Scope, deliverables, schedule on pages 15 and 16; and 2. Revise Topic Area 3 requirements in Section III.E. Limitation on Number of Concept Papers and Full Applications Eligible for Review on page 39. To view the full FOA document, visit EERE Exchange at https://eere-Exchange.energy.gov. The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing, on behalf of the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “Advancing Wave Energy Technologies through Open Water Testing at PacWave.” This FOA supports open water Research and Development (R&D) at the PacWave test site that is needed to advance wave energy converter (WEC) technologies towards commercial viability. This FOA will only fund projects that will perform testing at the PacWave South test site. Projects that propose testing at the PacWave North test site will not be considered for funding. Accordingly, the remainder of this solicitation refers to “PacWave South” simply as “PacWave”. WEC technologies are still in the early stages of development. Due to limited available infrastructure, prior to PacWave, there have been few opportunities to conduct in-water deployments in the United States. Conducting in-water demonstrations are critical to understanding performance of systems, and are necessary to developing cost-competitive WEC technologies.

Category: Energy.

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