The purpose of this Notice of Intent is to provide potential
applicants advance notice that the Department of Energy, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy intends to issue, on behalf of the Vehicle
Technologies Office, a Funding Opportunity Announcement, number DE-FOA-0001813
entitled "Medium / Heavy Duty, On-Road Natural Gas Engine research and
Development". The objective is to
address barriers to adoption of natural gas vehicles through early-stage
research on medium- and heavy-duty on-road engine technologies. The programmatic goal is to enable natural
gas engines that can cost-effectively achieve diesel-like efficiency while
meeting current and future emissions standards.
A complete engine development project is outside the scope of this
effort, but engine subsystem research must have a plausible pathway to higher
engine efficiency. Emission control
technology projects addressing criteria pollutants and GHGs are desired, with
consideration that future standards are likely to influence NGV technology
adoption. Potential technologies include
(but are not limited to) combustion strategies, engine subsystems, emission
control systems, fuel systems, and controls.
PLEASE NOTE THAT NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH
THIS NOTICE. Please do not submit questions or respond to this Notice of
Intent. It is anticipated that this FOA will be posted to the EERE Exchange
website in the October 2017 timeframe.
EERE plans to issue the FOA in October 2017 via the EERE Exchange
website https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. If Applicants wish to receive
official notifications and information from EERE regarding the FOA, they should
register in EERE Exchange. When the FOA is released, applications will be
accepted only through EERE Exchange.