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DE-FOA-0003497: Blue-Sky Training Program for Grid Scale Energy Storage Systems

Closed Closed February 2, 2025 Opportunity DE-FOA-0003497 ☆ 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$275,000
• Award floor$1
• Total funding$4.1 million
• Expected awards15
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

NOFO No. DE-FOA-0003497, will be restricted to prime recipients that, as of the closing date for this NOFO, are one of the following:(1) Owners/Operators of a utility scale ESS or a facility sited ESS that is 100 kW or greater in size, such as those used to support commercial, industrial, and public service facilities, (2) a host site entity with access to a utility scale or facility sited ESS that is 100 kW or greater in size,(3) an entity with an agreement to access a utility scale or facility sited ESS that is 100 kW or greater in size. This determination is made pursuant to 2 CFR 910.126(b).

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Electricity Research, Development and Analysis awards averaged $2.0 million; this notice allows up to $275,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (31% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Blue-Sky Training Program for Grid Scale Energy Storage Systems aims to enhance community safety for utilities with Energy Storage Systems. As storage technologies continue to be deployed, it is critical that communities are storage ready and that necessary stakeholders are brought to the table to ensure a new or existing Energy Storage Systems will operate safely and reliably. In localities across the country, uncertainty over proper response procedures to security threats and unanticipated failures of Energy Storage Systems can delay or even prevent deployment.

Category: Education, 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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