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DE-FOA-0003282: Request for Information (RFI) related to Blue Sky Training Program for Grid Scale Energy Storage Systems

Closed Closed June 3, 2024 Opportunity DE-FOA-0003282 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Grid Supply Chain Alternatives to Lead Energy Dominance (SCALED) (DE-FOA-0003641). Status: Closes February 8, 2027 (93 days left). It is in our archive of National Energy Technology Laboratory notices from 2024.

• Award ceiling$2
• Award floor$1
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

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?

• Past Electricity Research, Development and Analysis awards averaged $2.0 million; this notice allows up to $2 per award.
• Most of the program's money (31% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

The goal of the Blue-Sky Training Program (BSTP) is to educate and train first responders, law enforcement agencies, local communities, utilities, authorities having jurisdictions (AHJs), and others on how to respond to unanticipated Energy Storage Systems (ESS) failures including those caused by cyber threats, physical threats, and other unanticipated operational failures. This is solely a request for information and is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement. The Department of Energy is not accepting applications to this Request for Information.

Category: Disaster Prevention and Relief, Education, Employment, Labor and Training, Energy.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, DE-FOA-0003641, which is open now.

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