Grants / Department of Defense / Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers

W81EWF22SOI0003: Integrated Microgrids

Closed Closed November 12, 2021 Opportunity W81EWF22SOI0003 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: ERDC Broad Agency Announcement (W912HZ26S0001). Status: Closes January 1, 2027 (55 days left). It is in our archive of Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$3.0 million
• Total funding$3.0 million
• Expected awards1
• 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)

This opportunity is limited to non-federal partner members of the Californian and Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU).

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering awards averaged $1.1 million; this notice allows up to $3.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (69% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Section I: Funding Opportunity Description Background: There is a critical need for modular, local, and resilient energy solutions, or microgrids, for organizations operating in austere environments and areas affected by natural disaster. Current practices run these locations on diesel fuel, which incurs high cost and forces large transportation efforts for resupply. The development of integrated microgrids to provide power offers a vital solution. Brief Description of Anticipated Work: The objective of this project is to collaborate with a CESU partner to develop a facility to research, analyze and test new methods of providing resilient energy, integrating food and water systems that improve the effectiveness of the entire energy system. This facility will essentially consist of an open space where newly emerging microgrid technologies can be set up for testing and demonstrations. The intent is for any infrastructure associated to be temporary or modular. The primary component of the facility will be the necessary equipment to supply and monitor electrical loads. This facility will be referred to as the microgrid living laboratory and the intent is that once established the CESU partner, the government and any member of the microgrid industry that has technology to test will be able to access the laboratory. To accomplish these program level objectives, a microgrid living laboratory will be developed at an optimally situated site, with a minimum of 20 acres available to develop, as a collaboration between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and CESU partner. A microgrid living laboratory focuses on real-world solutions to the energy sustainability and energy security problems found in ecosystems world-wide. Examples of modular, portable energy systems to be developed on the site include: energy-efficient, Structurally-Insulated Panel (SIP) huts; a solar array; energy storage; and power generation equipment. Integrated microgrids will give the opportunity to study energy systems as a part of a microgrid living laboratory, accelerating energy research by de-risking and testing techniques before deploying them in the field.

Category: Energy.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, W912HZ26S0001, which is open now.

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