The
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on
behalf of the Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), a Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) entitled, “SunShot Incubator Round 10, SolarMat Round 3,
SunPath Round 2”.
This
FOA will enable the widespread
market penetration of highly impactful solar technologies and solutions through
technology research, development, and demonstration to overcome technical,
institutional and market challenges.
Historically, annual funding opportunities have been separated by stage
of technology development (Incubator, SolarMat, and SUNPATH). In the interest
of optimizing the application and selection process, these funding
opportunities have been combined into a single FOA, with the goal of bringing
disruptive innovation to the solar industry in the near term that will take
root in the U.S. The total
federal funding will be approximately $45M with a 20% to 50% awardee cost share
required depending on the project Tier. Projects
are expected to be funded with a maximum award level of $500,000 to $10M
depending on project Tier. This FOA has 5 Tiers based on the type of product
(hardware or non-hardware) and product maturity.