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DE-FOA-0003334: Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development

Closed Closed November 7, 2024 Opportunity DE-FOA-0003334 ☆ 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 2024.

• Award ceiling$5.0 million
• Award floor$200,000
• Total funding$48.6 million
• Expected awards21
• Cost sharingNot required
• 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"

See Section III, A. of the FOA

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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 $5.0 million per award.
• 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

DE-FOA-0003334: Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development AMENDMENT 000002: The purpose of this modification is to remove “(12 to 18-month period)” from section IV.D.iii on page 59. AMENDMENT 000001: The purpose of this modification is to • Removing the following language ", see Wind Energy Technologies Office Projects Map | Department of Energy. Specific examples include: the Thermal Tracker System and the offshore biological radar project.” from section I.B. for Topic Area 3 under Applications not of Interest, page 21. Revised $3.3M to $2.15M on page 38. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is being issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) on behalf of the Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), as well as the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). The goals of this FOA are to: -Drives accelerated U.S. floating offshore wind deployment. -Aids the transition to fixed-bottom platform concepts that simplify port and vessel constraints. -Advances technologies to monitor bird and bat presence and behavior to understand risk to species from offshore wind deployment. -Leverages the strengths of the existing industrial base in the Great Lakes region to engage with the national and global offshore wind market. -Seeds a university education and research ecosystem to support the technical needs of the U.S. floating offshore wind industry and other stakeholders and develop the next generation of technical leadership for the industry in the United States. -Advances the understanding of lightning occurrence and mitigation at offshore wind farms to improve protection from lightning strikes. To view the entire FOA document, visit the EERE Exchange Website 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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