# Renewable Energy Research and Development (81.087)

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Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Renewable Energy Research and Development is run by Department of Energy. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $2.5 billion in 900 grants, about $2.8 million per award.

## Objectives

The goal of this program has been to conduct balanced research and development efforts in the following energy technologies: solar, biomass, hydrogen and fuel cells, wind, hydropower, and geothermal. Grants and cooperative agreements will be offered to develop and transfer to the nonfederal sector various renewable energy technologies on a competitive basis, consistent with current Department of Energy (DOE) priorities. Submission deadlines will be published in specific Notices of Funding Opportunities on the DOE Funding Opportunity Exchange by the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI) at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) are also posted at the grants.gov website at http://www.grants.gov.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $359 million | 208 |
| 2022 | $295 million | 173 |
| 2023 | $437 million | 189 |
| 2024 | $1.1 billion | 254 |
| 2025 | $378 million | 157 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon State University | Oregon | $112 million |
| University of Utah | Utah | $107 million |
| Avapco LLC | Georgia | $103 million |
| Plug Power Inc. | New York | $75.7 million |
| General Motors LLC | Michigan | $61.1 million |
| Proton Energy Systems Inc | Connecticut | $54.4 million |
| American Institute of Chemical Engineers | New York | $46.3 million |
| Robert Bosch LLC | Michigan | $45.0 million |
| Electric Hydrogen Co | Massachusetts | $41.2 million |
| Ballard Us Inc. | Oregon | $39.8 million |
| Verdagy Inc | California | $39.6 million |
| Thyssenkrupp Nucera USA, Inc. | Texas | $39.1 million |
| Oxeon Energy LLC | Utah | $34.3 million |
| Ge Vernova Operations LLC | New York | $33.3 million |
| Nextech Materials, LTD. | Ohio | $32.1 million |
| Paccar Inc | Washington | $30.1 million |
| Nuvera Fuel Cells LLC | Massachusetts | $30.0 million |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation | West Virginia | $29.1 million |
| Electric Power Research Institute Inc | California | $28.7 million |
| University System of New Hampshire | New Hampshire | $27.4 million |

## Open opportunities

- [Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT)](https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/de-foa-0003647-accelerating-scale-up-and-pre-piloting-of-emerging/), closes December 1, 2026