EERE Funding Opportunities

This program is meant to seek innovative and replicable solutions to support electrified medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs), accelerate charging infrastructure deployment, reduce grid impacts through vehicle-grid integration (VGI) strategies, and drastically reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in support of the Administration goals.

This FOA supports the administration goals laid out above by identifying potential solutions to address the current gaps in electrified MHDV charging infrastructure necessary to enable greater utilization of electrified fleets, and drastically reducing GHG emissions due to MHD trucks. The outcomes of this program will lead to accelerated deployment of large-scale EV charging infrastructure with clean energy resource technologies, as well as provide greater grid resiliency and reliability.

The Funding Opportunity Announcement's (FOA) will be issued by the Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), the Building Technologies Office (BTO), and the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), in collaboration with the Geothermal Technologies Office, the Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office, and the Office of Electricity to equitably address grid edge challenges.

It is anticipated that the FOAs under this Notice of Intent (NOI) will be released individually and may include the following areas of interest:

SETO Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-FOA-0003331 (STRIVES) to develop and demonstrate technology and market tools for better integration of distributed energy resources including solar, wind, and energy storage.

BTO Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-FOA-0003136 (Connected Communities) to equitably advance grid-edge solutions for resilient, decarbonized communities including an emphasis on affordable housing communities that have limited availability of distribution capacity for transportation and building electrification.

VTO Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-FOA-0003344 (SuperTruck Charge) will demonstrate concepts for managed charging at truck depots/hubs and truck stops that alleviate grid capacity challenges.

This notice of intent (NOI) is issued so that interested parties are aware of EERE’s intention to issue this FOA in the near term. All the information contained in this NOI is subject to change. EERE will not respond to questions concerning this NOI. Once the FOA has been released, EERE will provide an avenue for potential applicants to submit questions.