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DE-FOA-0002825: BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI): BAT DETERRENT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Closed Closed September 16, 2022 Opportunity DE-FOA-0002825 ☆ 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 2022.

• Award amountsNot given on Grants.gov
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeOther

Key dates

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?

• Most of the program's money (30% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), on behalf of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office (EERE). The intent of this RFI is to obtain public input regarding research priorities, partnership interest, the solicitation process, and structure of a potential DOE Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to fund activities to reduce the impacts of wind energy facilities on bat populations in accordance with section 41007(b)(1) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Specifically, this RFI seeks input on the following topics: • The current state of bat deterrent technologies and market interest • Research and development activities necessary to advance deterrent technologies • Barriers to deployment of deterrents • Conditions under which technology vendors and wind energy operators would participate in field validation studies • Solicitation Process, FOA structure, and Implementation Strategy • Employment: Expanding Union Jobs and Effective Workforce Development • Equity, Environmental and Energy Justice (EEEJ) Priorities • Market Adoption and Industry/Sector Sustainability Information collected from this RFI will be used by DOE for planning purposes to develop a potential FOA. The information collected will not be published. Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to WETOBATRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on 09/16/2022. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. EERE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI. To view the full RFI document, visit the EERE-Exchange Web at: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov

Category: Energy.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, DE-FOA-0003647, which is open now.

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