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  DE-FOA-0003157 Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge: Building Supply Chains Request for Information Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) 11/2/2023 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0003156 Development of Green Shipping Corridors Between the United States and the United Kingdom Request for Information (RFI) Cross-Cutting 9/29/2023 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0003130 Request for Information for Access to High Performance Computing Resources at Department of Energy National Labs Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) 8/25/2023 11:59 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0003107 Zero-Emission Shipping Mission (ZESM): Progression to Net-Zero Emission Fuels State of the Industry Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0003085 Request for Information to Provide Feedback on Critical Materials Assessment Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) 6/20/2023 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0003084 Notice of Intent to issue Critical Materials Assessment Request for Information Notice of Intent to Publish FOA (NOI) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0003074 Scaling the U.S. Solar Manufacturing Workforce Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 6/2/2023 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0003059 Request for Information on Challenges and Opportunities of Increasing Material Circularity Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) 5/1/2023 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0003028 Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage via Concentrating Solar-thermal Energy Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 4/14/2023 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002885 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Request for Information (RFI) Preparing Workers and Businesses to Deliver Energy Efficiency and Building Electrification Measures Request for Information (RFI) Weatherization & Intergovernmental (WIPO) 1/26/2023 01:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002879 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Request for Information (RFI) Energy Efficiency Materials Pilot for Nonprofits Request for Information (RFI) Weatherization & Intergovernmental (WIPO) 12/22/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002943 Request for Information: Offshore Wind Centers of Excellence and Synergies between Offshore Wind, Marine Energy, and Aquaculture Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002981 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Request for Information (RFI): HOME EFFICIENCY & ELECTRIFICATION REBATE PROGRAMS Request for Information (RFI) Weatherization & Intergovernmental (WIPO) 3/3/2023 08:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002855 Decarbonization of Water Resource Recovery Facilities (D-WRRF) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) 1/27/2023 05:00 PM ET 4/3/2023 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002819 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Request for Information (RFI) DE-FOA-0002819 Floating Offshore Wind Energy Mooring and Anchoring Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) 12/19/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA0002876 RFI - Performance Data for Solar Photovoltaic Systems: Acquisition, Access, and Sharing Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 11/18/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002797 Request for Information on Electric Vehicle No-Charge Events, including Operability Request for Information (RFI) Vehicle Technologies (VTO) 11/18/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002833 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, SORTING, PROCESSING, AND SECOND LIFE APPLICATIONS FOR END-OF-LIFE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES Request for Information (RFI) Vehicle Technologies (VTO) 10/14/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002825 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Request for Information (RFI): Bat Deterrent Technology Solutions Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002830 Request for Information on Barriers and Pathways to Integrating Onsite Clean Energy Technologies in the Industrial Sector Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) 9/23/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002794 Request for Information on the Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercialization Program Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) 9/9/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002817 RFI - Low-Income Community Solar Subscription Platform Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 9/16/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002790 RFI - Challenges and Opportunities for Vehicle Photovoltaics Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 8/22/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002762 BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)Energy Policy Act of 2005 Section 243 and 247 Hydroelectric Incentive Programs Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002723 Request for Information (RFI): “Research and Development Opportunities in Energy Management Control Systems” Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) 7/18/2022 11:59 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002777 DE-FOA-0002777 Request for Information (RFI) BIL Section 41001 Energy Storage Demonstration Projects Request for Information (RFI) Office of Clean Energy Demonstration (OCED) 6/16/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002749 BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - Request for Information (RFI) - 2022 Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Pilot Demonstrations Request for Information (RFI) Geothermal Technologies (GTO) 5/13/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002755 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Request for Information on Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementations Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) 5/20/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002715 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Request for Information on Energy Improvements at Public School Facilities Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) 5/18/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002716 Request for Information (RFI): Designing Equitable, Sustainable, and Effective Revolving Loan Fund Programs Request for Information (RFI) Weatherization & Intergovernmental (WIPO) 5/6/2022 11:59 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002685 Challenges and Opportunities for Building-Integrated Photovoltaics Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 4/1/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002698 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - RFI on Clean Hydrogen Manufacturing, Recycling, and Electrolysis Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 3/29/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002664 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - 2022 Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Implementation Strategy RFI Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 3/21/2022 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002695 RFI: Offshore Wind Social Science Research Needs Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002682 DE-FOA-0002682: Request for Information on Community-scale Resource and Energy Recovery from Waste Solutions Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002657 DE-FOA-0002657: Request for Information on Biomass Conversion Research, Development, and Analysis Programs Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002615 Bioenergy Technologies Office Overcoming Barriers to Renewable Fuel Scale-up and Demonstration Request for Information (RFI) DE-FOA-0002615 Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002595 Research, Development, and Demonstration Opportunities for FY 2022 Solar Manufacturing Incubator Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 11/7/2021 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002607 Request for Information: Office of Technology Transitions Current and Future Commercialization Programming Request for Information (RFI) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) 1/19/2022 03:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002561 Testing Capabilities and Facilities to Validate Hydropower Technology Innovations Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) 12/7/2021 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002471 Request for Information (RFI): Supporting Energy Savings Performance Contracting in the Public Sector Request for Information (RFI) Weatherization & Intergovernmental (WIPO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002564 Request for Information on Establishing a New Manufacturing Institute Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002549 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON IDENTIFYING PATHWAYS TO ACCELERATE THE UPTAKE AND INTEGRATION OF SMART MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002528 Request for Information on Integrating Electric Vehicles onto the Electric Grid Request for Information (RFI) Vehicle Technologies (VTO) 7/23/2021 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002540 Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Climate Technology Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) 8/6/2021 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002529 Hydrogen Demonstrations Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 7/7/2021 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002529 Hydrogen Energy Earthshots RFI Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 7/7/2021 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002539 Technical Research Opportunities for Photovoltaic System End of Life Management Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 6/14/2021 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002526 Workforce Development Strategies Supporting the Solar Industry Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 6/1/2021 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002524 Opportunities to Improve Geothermal Technology Cost and Performance Modeling Request for Information (RFI) Geothermal Technologies (GTO) 5/28/2021 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002502 Notice of Request for Information on Risks in the High-Capacity Batteries, including Electric Vehicle Batteries Supply Chain Request for Information (RFI) Vehicle Technologies (VTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002466 Plastics Innovation Challenge (PIC) Draft Roadmap Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002389 Offshore Wind Transmission System Integration Research Needs Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002372 Request for Information - Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy’s Medium- and Heavy-Duty Truck Research and Development Activities & SuperTruck Initiative Request for Information (RFI) Vehicle Technologies (VTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002274 Request for Information (RFI): Engaging States to Advance State Energy Office Priorities Request for Information (RFI) Weatherization & Intergovernmental (WIPO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002413 Understanding Workforce-Development Assets and Gaps for Technical and Non-Technical Bioenergy Workforce Preparation Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) 11/2/2020 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002386 FY 2021 Bioenergy Technologies Office Multi-Topic Request for Information (RFI) Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) 9/21/2020 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002385 Request for Information on Accelerated Materials R&D, Testing/Qualification, and Cost-Effective Manufacturing Routes for Harsh Service Environments Materials Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002379 DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office Request for Information (RFI) Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 9/15/2020 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002360 RFI: Energy Storage Grand Challenge Request for Information (RFI) Cross-Cutting 8/31/2020 11:59 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002358 Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy’s in support of Battery Critical Materials Supply Chain R&D Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002235 Request for Information (RFI): Offshore Wind Environmental Research & Environmental Monitoring and Impact Mitigation Technology Validation Funding Opportunity Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002162 Request for Information: Research and Development Opportunities for Opaque Building Envelopes Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002161 Request for Information on DRAFT Research and Development Opportunities Report for Windows Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002343 RFI: DOE Hydropower Program Research and Development Strategy and HydroWIRES Research Roadmap Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002291 Request for Information: Funding Opportunity Announcement 2206 "Connected Communities" Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002284 Request for Information: Prediction of Solar Variability for Better Grid Integration Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) TBD TBD
  DE-FOA-0002182 Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycles Integrated with Thermal Energy Storage Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) TBD TBD
  DE-FOA-0002160 Building Technologies Request for Information: Lighting R&D Opportunities Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002165 Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Water Security Grand Challenge Resource Recovery Prize Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002169 Request for Infomation (RFI): Identifying Wells of Opportunity for Critical Geothermal Field Research Applications Request for Information (RFI) Geothermal Technologies (GTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002098 RFI - Engaging Governors to Advance State Energy Priorities Request for Information (RFI) Weatherization & Intergovernmental (WIPO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002150 FY 2019 BETO-Wide RFI Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002157 Request for Information: Planning and Operation Models and Data Analytics for Solar Grid Integration Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002123 Request for Information (RFI): Marine Sciences Laboratory Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002117 Request for Information: Research and Development Opportunities for Innovations in Sensors and Controls for Building Energy Management Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002118 Request for Information: Research and Development Opportunities for Building Energy Modeling Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002096 Request for Information: Waves to Water Prize Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002070 Efficient and Flexible Building Loads Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002020 FY 2019 Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) Multi-topic Request for Information (RFI) Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0002055 Request for Information (RFI): Challenges and Opportunities for the American Solar Industry Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 1/7/2019 12:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0002027 Request for Information: Technology Commercialization Fund Request for Information (RFI) Cross-Cutting 1/11/2019 12:00 AM ET
  DE-FOA-0001951 Request for Information (RFI): Understanding Catalyst Production and Development Needs at National Laboratories Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001963 RFI: National Offshore Wind Energy R&D Test Facilities Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001965 Request for Information (RFI) on H2@Scale (Hydrogen at Scale): Determining Opportunities to Facilitate Wide-Scale Hydrogen Adoption for Energy Security and Economic Growth Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001959 RFI: National Wind Technology Center Facility and Infrastructure Investments Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001948 Request for Information (RFI): Identifying Priorities for Reducing Barriers to Deployment of Hydrogen Infrastructure Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001947 Field of Potential Performers for Weatherization Assistance Program Leveraged Partnership Activities Request for Information (RFI) Weatherization & Intergovernmental (WIPO) 7/12/2018 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001946 Field of Potential Performers for Weatherization Assistance Program Grantee Training and Technical Assistance Project Request for Information (RFI) Weatherization & Intergovernmental (WIPO) 7/12/2018 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001903 RFI: Marine and Hydrokinetic Metrics Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001932 Pathways to Success for Next-Generation Supersized Wind Turbine Blades Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001920 RFI: Machine Learning for Geothermal Energy and the Geosciences Request for Information (RFI) Geothermal Technologies (GTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001885 RFI: Marine and Hydrokinetic Technologies: Maritime Markets Report Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001899 Critical Water Issues Prize Competition RFI Request for Information (RFI) Office of Strategic Programs (OSP) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001886 RFI: Expanding Hydropower and Pumped Storage’s Contribution to Grid Resiliency and Reliability Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001869 Request for Information (RFI): Identifying Opportunities to Address Barriers for Lowering the Cost and Risk of Geothermal Drilling Request for Information (RFI) Geothermal Technologies (GTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001676 Request for Information (RFI): Clean Water Technologies Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) 8/28/2017 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001764 Photovoltaics (PV) Innovation Roadmap Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 8/14/2017 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001753 Solar Decathlon 2019 Future Planning - Request for Information Request for Information (RFI) Office of Strategic Programs (OSP) 4/3/2017 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001744 RFI: Grid Engineering for Accelerated Renewable Energy Deployment 2 (GEARED2) Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 3/31/2017 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001721 RFI: Draft Marine and Hydrokinetic Program Strategy Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) 2/28/2017 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001696 Gen 3 CSP Systems Request for Information Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001700 Request for Information (RFI): Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Manufacturing: Identifying Specific Components for Manufacturing Standardization Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001685 Modification 0001 RFI: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development of Hydropower in Undeveloped Stream Reaches of the United States Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001669 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: Supporting Clean Energy Startups: Industry and Investment Partnerships for Scaling Innovation Request for Information (RFI) Office of Strategic Programs (OSP) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001675 Teaming Partner List for Upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement: Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) - 2017 Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001668 Request for Information: Wind Wildlife Operational Minimization and Compensatory Mitigation Research Needs Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001631 Request for Information: Miscellaneous Electric Loads (MELs) Energy Efficiency Research and Development Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001655 H2@Scale (Hydrogen at Scale): Determining Research, Development, and Demonstration (RD&D) Necessary for Clean Hydrogen Production to Enable Multisectoral Deep Decarbonization Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001635 Request for Information on Potential Technical Focus Areas for Advanced Manufacturing - Related Traineeships Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001626 Request for Information (RFI) DE-FOA-0001626: Hydrogen Infrastructure Research, Development, and Demonstration: Identifying project priorities to address deployment barriers Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001615 Request for Information: Cellulosic Sugar and Lignin Production Capabilities Modification 000001 Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001614 Request for Information (RFI) - Community Solar Challenge Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 8/2/2016 11:59 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001555 DE-FOA-0001555: Request for Information: Hydrogen Technology Showcase and Training (HyTeST) Facility Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001590 Request for Information: Advanced HVAC&R Research and Development (R&D) Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001600 Request for Information: Medium and Heavy Duty Fuel Cell Electric Truck Targets Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001603 Request for Information: Revolutionary Biomass Supply Systems Supporting a Billion Ton Bioeconomy Vision Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001596 Request for Information (RFI): Cost Reduction and Performance Improvements of Overwrapped Pressure Vessel Systems for Compressed Hydrogen for Onboard Vehicle Applications Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001599 Request for Information: Teaming Partner List for Upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement: Scaling up the Next Generation of Building Efficiency Packages Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001570 RFI: Stakeholder Input on Out-year Marine and Hydrokinetic Program Strategy Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) 9/30/2016 11:59 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001427 Request for Information: Building Technologies Office (BTO) Draft Multi-Year Program Plan (MYPP) Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001409 Request for Information (RFI) - Building Sensor and Control Technologies Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001472 Request for Information: Energy Savings Prediction Methods for Residential Energy Efficiency Upgrades Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001557 High-Efficacy Replacement Lamps for General Lighting Incandescent Lamps Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) TBD TBD
  DE-FOA-0001481 Request for Information (RFI): Understanding Scale-Up and Operation Challenges for Integrated Biorefinery Optimization Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) 4/6/2016 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001510 Request for Information (RFI): Research, Development and Business Strategies Needs for Hydrogen and Automotive Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001541 RFI: Eagle Impact Minimization Technologies and Field Testing Opportunities Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001545 Request for Information: Challenges and Opportunities for Non-Powered Dam and Pumped Storage Hydropower Development in the U.S. Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) 3/18/2016 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001526 Request for Information (RFI) DE-FOA-0001526: Biofuels & Bioproducts Process Pilot Verification Capabilities Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) 3/4/2016 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001512 Accounting Conventions for Non-Combustible Renewable Energy Request for Information (RFI) Office of Strategic Programs (OSP) 3/14/2016 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001464 Request for Information (RFI) Assistance in Target Setting and Strategic Planning for Renewable Energy Deployment at the State and Regional Level Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001460 Request for Information (RFI) DE-FOA-0001460: Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001454 Seeking interest for operation of Regional Test Center test bed located at SolarTAC Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 1/29/2016 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001443 PV Lifetime Project Request for Information (RFI) Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001420 RFI: Advanced Thermal Insulation & Composite Material Compatibility for Cold/Cryogenic Compressed Gas Fuel Storage for Onboard Vehicles Applications Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001421 RFI - Remote Alaskan Communities Energy Efficiency Competition Request for Information (RFI) Weatherization & Intergovernmental (WIPO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001399 RFI: High Yields through Productivity and Integration Research (HYPIR) Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001373 Request for Information (RFI): Advanced Biofuel Blends in Small Engines Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001372 Request for Information: Marine and Hydrokinetic Environmental Monitoring Technologies and Field Testing Opportunities Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001361 Request for Information (RFI): Photovoltaics Research and Development (PV R&D) Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001356 Request for Information (RFI): Solar PV on Commercial Buildings Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 7/27/2015 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001331 Request for Information (RFI): Gas Clean-Up for Fuel Cell Applications Workshop Report Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001350 RFI - Facilitating the Development of Offshore Wind Energy in the United States Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001327 Request for Information: Geothermal Concepts and Approaches to Validate Mineral Recovery Request for Information (RFI) Geothermal Technologies (GTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001332 Request for Information: Cities Leading through Energy Analysis and Planning (Cities-LEAP) Request for Information (RFI) Office of Strategic Programs (OSP) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001325 Modification 0001: RFI - Research and Development Needs for Wind Systems Utilizing Controllable Grid Simulators and Full Scale Hardware in the Loop Testing Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001328 Request for Information (RFI): Risk and Uncertainty Management in Geothermal Exploration Request for Information (RFI) Geothermal Technologies (GTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001318 Request for Information - Solar Big Data and Informatics Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001278 RFI - Program Strategy to Advance Marine and Hydrokinetics Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001274 RFI - Laboratory-Scale and Open Water Testing of Marine and Hydrokinetic Systems Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0000840 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: National Training and Education Resource (NTER) Request for Information (RFI) Office of Strategic Programs (OSP) 12/3/2014 08:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001226 Request for Information (RFI) - High Impact Commercial Building Technology Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) 12/30/2014 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001203 Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies, Fiscal Year 2015 Request for Information (RFI) Federal Energy Management (FEMP) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001218 Request for Information (RFI): Photovoltaic Module Recycling Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001216 Request for Information - Solar Decathlon 2017 Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) 11/24/2014 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001188 Request for Information (RFI): Electrolytic Hydrogen Production Workshop Report: Public Comment Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 12/5/2014 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001187 Request for Information (RFI): Hydrogen Transmission and Distribution Workshop Report: Public Comment Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 12/5/2014 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001173 RFI: Photovoltaic Reliability and Durability Research and Development Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 10/13/2014 12:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001158 RFI - Specific Clean Energy Manufacturing Focus Areas Suitable for a Manufacturing Innovation Institute Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001178 Request for Information (RFI) on Landscape Design for Sustainable Bioenergy Systems Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001165 RFI - Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) Software Tools Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001155 RFI: Acceleration of Distributed Generation from Wind Energy Systems Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001157 RFI: Wind Energy Bat and Eagle Impact Minimization Technologies and Field Testing Opportunities Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001145 RFI: Fuel Cells for Continuous On-Board Recharging Application for Battery Electric Light-Duty Vehicles Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 8/7/2014 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001133 RFI - Research and Development Needs and Technical Barriers for Fuel Cells Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001124 Request for Information (RFI): Input on Biofuel Pathways Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001122 RFI - Clean Energy Manufacturing Topics Suitable for Establishment of a Manufacturing Institute Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001116 RFI: Hydrogen Contamination Detectors Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001118 RFI: Marine and Hydrokinetic Device Field Measurements Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001086 Request for Information (RFI) - High Impact Commercial Building Technology Deployment Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) 5/30/2014 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001070 RFI - Net Benefits and Costs of Distributed Solar Energy and Innovative Solar Deployment Models Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001074 Request for Information - Critical Parameters for Characterization of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Request for Information (RFI) Geothermal Technologies (GTO) 2/11/2014 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001065 RFI: Biological Hydrogen Production Workshop Report: Public Comment Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 3/14/2014 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001055 RFI: Light Duty Vehicle Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Financing Strategies Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 2/28/2014 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001056 Request for Information (RFI): Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Manufacturing - Part 2 Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) 1/7/2014 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0001013 Bioenergy Technologies Office, Demonstration and Deployment Strategies - Request for Information (RFI) Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0001001 EERE Commercialization Request for Information (RFI) Office of Strategic Programs (OSP) TBD
  DE-FOA-0000980 Request for Information - Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Manufacturing Request for Information (RFI) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) 10/1/2013 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000975 Request for Information (RFI): Manufacturing Renewable Carbon Fibers Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) 9/6/2013 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000965 Next Generation Photovoltaic Technology RFI Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0000943 RFI - Manufacturing Barriers and Opportunities for Water Power Technologies Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0000933 RFI - WASTE: Waste Applications for Sustainable Technologies for Energy Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) 7/15/2013 08:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000929 RFI - Manufacturing and Supply Chain Barriers and Opportunities for Wind Technologies Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0000926 RFI - Rotating Disk Electrode Experiments for PEMFC Electrocatalyst Screening Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 8/12/2013 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000920 Request for Information - Hydrogen Delivery Technologies Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0000911 RFI - Environmental Research and Observations at the First U.S. Offshore Wind Facilities Request for Information (RFI) Wind Energy Technologies (WETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0000907 RFI - Home Hydrogen Refueler H-Prize Topic Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 5/24/2013 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000873 RFI - Demonstration and Deployment Strategies Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 4/10/2013 11:59 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000855 Request for Information (RFI) - Automotive Fuel Cell Cost and Durability Targets Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 6/1/2013 11:59 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000846 RFI - Fenestration Attachment Certification and Labeling Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) 1/31/2013 11:59 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000812 Carbon, Hydrogen, and Separation Efficiencies in Bio-Oil Conversion Pathways (CHASE Bio-Oil Pathways) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) 1/13/2013 11:59 PM ET 2/20/2013 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000790 RFI - Reducing the Soft Costs for Utility-Scale Solar Installations on Public Lands Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 1/15/2013 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000796 RFI - Carbon, Hydrogen and Separation Efficiencies in Bio-Oil Conversion Pathways (CHASE Bio-Oil Pathways) Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) TBD
  DE-FOA-0000771 RFI - Designation Program for Solar Energy Stakeholders Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 1/4/2013 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000791 RFI - Advanced Biomass Feedstock Logistics Systems Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) 11/21/2012 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000753 RFI - High-Accuracy Hydrogen Meters Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 9/21/2012 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000747 RFI - Improving Marine and Hydrokinetic and Offshore Wind Energy Resource Data Request for Information (RFI) Cross-Cutting 10/1/2012 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000745 RFI - Enhanced Algal Biofuel Intermediate Yields (EABIY) Request for Information (RFI) Bioenergy Technologies (BETO) 8/1/2012 08:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000738 Material Handling and Backup Power Targets for Early Market Fuel Cell Applications Request for information (RFI) Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 6/30/2012 11:59 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000735 RFI - Hydrogen Storage Targets for Early Market Applications Request for Information (RFI) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) 6/30/2012 11:59 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000720 HVACR to Home Performance: Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) Contractor Expansion into Whole House Residential Energy Efficiency Services, Request for Information Request for Information (RFI) Building Technologies (BTO) 6/1/2012 08:00 PM ET
  DE-SOL-0003846 Reaching $2/Watt Installed Price for Residential Scale Solar Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 4/11/2012 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000699 Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS) Request for Information (RFI) Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 4/6/2012 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000629 RFI - Hydropower Advancement Project Request for Information (RFI) Water Power Technologies (WPTO) 2/21/2012 11:59 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000634 Plug and Play Technologies and Systems Request for Information (RFI) Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 1/31/2012 05:00 PM ET
  DE-FOA-0000637 Improving Accuracy of Solar Forecasting (RFI) Request for Information (RFI) Solar Energy Technologies (SETO) 2/3/2012 04:59 PM ET

DE-FOA-0003157: Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge: Building Supply Chains Request for Information

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge set forth long-term goals to reduce cost, enhance sustainability, and expand domestic production of sustainable aviation fuel. The SAF Grand Challenge Roadmap outlines a whole-of-government approach, with coordinated policies and specific activities, that should be undertaken by federal agencies to support achievement of both the 2030 and 2050 SAF Grand Challenge goals.

The SAF Grand Challenge Roadmap lists “Building Supply Chains” as one of six major action areas with the potential to impact the SAF Grand Challenge objectives. This action area encompasses an extremely complicated system of systems and this RFI seeks feedback from stakeholders to better understand the challenges facing critical elements within the SAF supply chain and to identify opportunities to enable the rapid development of effective supply chains capable of meeting future SAF demand.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to SAFSupplyChainRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on November 2, 2023. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 10 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

Documents

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 11/2/2023 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0003156: Development of Green Shipping Corridors Between the United States and the United Kingdom

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

The United States (U.S.) envisions green shipping corridors as maritime routes that showcase zero- and near zero- emission lifecycle fuels and technologies with the ambition to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions across all aspects of the corridor in support of sector-wide decarbonization no later than 2050. Green shipping corridors can spur early and rapid adoption of these fuels and technologies placing the maritime industry on a pathway to full decarbonization.

Analysis has shown that achieving long-term decarbonization of the maritime industry to meet the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) objective of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping close to 2050 would require 5% of the international fuel mix be made up of well-to-wake zero- and near zero- emission fuels by 2030. To reach this tipping point, demonstration of not only standalone technologies, but entire shipping networks and systems is needed.

The U.S. and the United Kingdom (UK) are publishing simultaneous, but separate Requests for Information (RFIs) to help lay the groundwork for the establishment of green shipping corridors between the two countries. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from maritime stakeholders including ports, shippers, cargo owners, fuel producers, marine terminal operators (MTO), trade organizations, industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to the establishment of green shipping corridors between the U.S. and the UK.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to GreenShipping@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on September 29th, 2023. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 10 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 9/29/2023 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0003130: Request for Information for Access to High Performance Computing Resources at Department of Energy National Labs

This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on behalf of the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) and the Fossil Energy and Carbon Management Office (FECM). The intent of this RFI is to better understand the perceived value of high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities to manufacturers and the experiences of companies that have interacted with the High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) program.

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from the public, including key stakeholders in the manufacturing sector, especially from small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) based in the U.S., past participants in funded programs through the DOE HPC4EI initiative, including HPC4Mfg (Manufacturing) and HPC4Mtls (Materials), and companies that may have an interest in participating in future HPC4EI programs.

This RFI is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); therefore, DOE is not accepting applications at this time. DOE may issue a FOA in the future based on or related to the content and responses to this RFI; however, DOE may also elect not to issue a FOA. There is no guarantee that a FOA will be issued as a result of this RFI. Responding to this RFI does not provide any advantage or disadvantage to potential applicants if DOE chooses to issue a FOA regarding the subject matter. Final details, including the anticipated award size, quantity, and timing of funded awards, will be subject to Congressional appropriations and direction.

Any information obtained as a result of this RFI is intended to be used by the Government on a non-attribution basis for planning and strategy development; this RFI does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals or abstracts. Your response to this notice will be treated as information only. DOE will review and consider all responses in its formulation of program strategies for the identified materials of interest that are the subject of this request. DOE will not provide reimbursement for costs incurred in responding to this RFI. Respondents are advised that DOE is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this RFI. Responses to this RFI do not bind DOE to any further actions related to this topic.

Please focus on the aspects that are most pertinent to you or your field and answer as few or as many of the questions below as you would like.

Category A: Respondent Type

Category B: Value of HPC to Industry

Category C: Experience with HPC4EI program

Request for Information Response Guidelines

Comments must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, August 25, 2023. Submissions received after that date may not be considered.

Please identify your answers by responding to a specific category and corresponding question. Respondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish.

Comments must be submitted by emailing hpc4ei-rfi@llnl.gov in the following formats: Word or PDF. Please submit comments only and include your name, organization’s name (if any), and cite ‘‘HPC4EI RFI Response’’ in all correspondence. Comments containing references, studies, research, and other empirical data that are not widely published should include copies of the referenced materials.

All comments responding to this document will be a matter of public record. Relevant comments will generally be available on the HPC4Mfg website.

See the full RFI document for more detail.


Documents

  • DE-FOA-0003130 Request for Information (Last Updated: 7/21/2023 11:18 AM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 8/25/2023 11:59 PM ET

DE-FOA-0003107: Zero-Emission Shipping Mission (ZESM): Progression to Net-Zero Emission Fuels State of the Industry

Amendment 000001 - DOE is extending the submission deadline for this Request for Information to August 18th, 2023. 

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

The maritime industry set a goal to transition to net-zero emission fuels by 2050. This transformation requires coordination among all aspects of the shipping supply chain including feedstock supply, alternative fuel production, ship and engine manufacturers, port management, safety implementation, and government regulation. One of the largest and most nuanced discussions around emissions reduction is which alternative fuel(s) to utilize, which have primarily included biofuels (biodiesel, renewable diesel, bio-intermediates/residuals), renewable natural gas (RNG), methanol, hydrogen, and ammonia. Each fuel comes with its own set of regionally-sensitive advantages and disadvantages. This has made selection of future fuels extremely difficult and is one reason why the Mission Innovation: Zero Emission Shipping Mission (ZESM), which the United States co-leads with Norway, Denmark, the Global Maritime Forum, and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, was formed.

To date, the ZESM created and published our Industry Road Map and Action Plan. The purpose of this RFI is to understand the maritime industry’s current alternative fuels trajectory, the driving forces behind it, and the key barriers to achieving this transition to ensure the current ZESM Industry Road Map and Action Plan still align. ZESM co-lead, the Global Maritime Forum recently released the results of a 2022 survey, titled “The shipping industry’s fuel choices on the path to net zero”, which focused on shippers and a subset of alternative fuels. This RFI intends to supplement this survey and is an attempt to aggregate knowledge from stakeholders to help direct actions regarding future fuels. This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to ZESM@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on August 18th, 2023. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 10 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

Documents

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0003085: Request for Information to Provide Feedback on Critical Materials Assessment

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-003085 regarding the DOE Critical Materials Assessment for energy. This RFI seeks public comment to improve the DOE Critical Materials Assessment including the methodology inclusive of the underlying data and assumptions, results, and draft list of critical materials. Specially, this RFI seeks input on the following categories: (1) Data and information to support revision of the analysis and (2) Improvements to the methodology.


EERE plans to issue the RFI on or about May 31, 2023 via the EERE eXCHANGE website https://eere-eXCHANGE.energy.gov/. If Applicants who wish to receive official notifications and information from EERE regarding this RFI, they should register in EERE eXCHANGE. When the RFI is released, public comment will be accepted only through the official email account CriticalMaterialsRFI@ee.doe.gov.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to CriticalMaterialsRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on June 20, 2023. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 10 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.


MOD0001

Revised Request for Information document to state no more than 10 pages in length insteaed of 5 pages.

Documents

  • DE-EE0003085_Request_for_Information_on_Critical_Materials_Mod0001 (Last Updated: 6/20/2023 02:28 PM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 6/20/2023 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0003084: Notice of Intent to issue Critical Materials Assessment Request for Information

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-003085 regarding the DOE Critical Materials Assessment for energy. This RFI seeks public comment to improve the DOE Critical Materials Assessment including the methodology inclusive of the underlying data and assumptions, results, and draft list of critical materials. Specially, this RFI seeks input on the following categories: (1) Data and information to support revision of the analysis and (2) Improvements to the methodology.


This Notice of Intent (NOI) is for informational purposes only. Any information contained in this NOI is subject to change. Questions and comments regarding this NOI are not being sought and will not be accepted for consideration at this time.


EERE plans to issue the RFI on or about May 31, 2023 via the EERE eXCHANGE website https://eere-eXCHANGE.energy.gov/. If Applicants wish to receive official notifications and information from EERE regarding this RFI, they should register in EERE eXCHANGE. When the RFI is released, public comment will be accepted only through an official email account that will be specified in the RFI.

Documents

  • Notice_of_Intent_Critical_Materials_Assessment_RFI (Last Updated: 5/3/2023 08:25 AM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0003074: Scaling the U.S. Solar Manufacturing Workforce

This request for information (RFI) is intended to inform the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) on the challenges and opportunities associated with scaling the domestic solar manufacturing workforce. This RFI pertains to job roles associated with operating U.S.-based manufacturing facilities involved in the production of photovoltaic (PV) modules and related components and materials.

Documents

  • Scaling the U.S. Solar Manufacturing Workforce RFI_DE-FOA-0003074 (Last Updated: 4/6/2023 10:10 AM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 6/2/2023 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0003059: Request for Information on Challenges and Opportunities of Increasing Material Circularity

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to the key opportunities and challenges associated with increased material circularity.

EERE is specifically interested in information on:

  • Challenges and opportunities of transitioning from a linear to a circular economy
  • Life Cycle Databases and tools used in generating Environmental Product Declarations
  • Prizes to incentivize innovation and reduce demand for virgin materials
  • Potential for electronic waste (e-waste) to be a viable source of critical materials and associated barriers.

This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications. DOE will not publish the information collected through this RFI. DOE may use the information provided through this RFI to develop funding opportunities, challenges, and prize competitions.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to CircularEconomyRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on May 1, 2023. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 10 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

Documents

  • RFI FOA-0003059 Circular Economy (Last Updated: 3/23/2023 01:25 PM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 5/1/2023 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0003028: Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage via Concentrating Solar-thermal Energy

This request for information (RFI) is intended to inform the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) on the specific research, development, and demonstration opportunities to enable cost-effective production of hydrogen, ammonia, liquid fuels—such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel—and solid fuels using concentrating solar-thermal energy.


In addition, SETO seeks information on thermal energy storage (TES) for concentrating solar power and concentrating solar-thermal (industrial) applications. While TES is an integral feature of concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) generation, other applications of TES include energy supply for industrial process heat. Multiple modes of TES include sensible heat, latent heat, and thermochemical energy storage. Sensible heat TES using molten nitrate salt is currently used in commercial CSP plants. High temperature sensible heat storage in tanks of large size have had inconsistent operational success. Future generation CSP plants may make use of particles or rock to store thermal energy as they do not suffer from temperature limitations. This RFI will focus on improvements to various TES technologies appropriate for CSP integration for both power and industrial decarbonization applications.

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 4/14/2023 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002885: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Request for Information (RFI) Preparing Workers and Businesses to Deliver Energy Efficiency and Building Electrification Measures

Please click here for information on this announcement.

Documents

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 1/26/2023 1:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002879: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Request for Information (RFI) Energy Efficiency Materials Pilot for Nonprofits

Please click here for information on this announcement.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002879_-_BIL_Nonprofit_EE_Materials_Pilot_RFI (Last Updated: 2/21/2023 03:38 PM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 12/22/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002943: Request for Information: Offshore Wind Centers of Excellence and Synergies between Offshore Wind, Marine Energy, and Aquaculture

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to two topic areas: 1) potential structure and capabilities of Centers of Excellence focused on offshore wind and 2) potential synergies between aquaculture production, offshore wind energy, and marine energy. This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

This is an RFI only. DOE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. DOE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to WindEnergyRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on Friday, March 15, 2023. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email.


Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002981: Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Request for Information (RFI): HOME EFFICIENCY & ELECTRIFICATION REBATE PROGRAMS

This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of State and Community Energy Programs. The intent of this request is to inform DOE on best practices for the Home Energy Rebate programs to support durable market demand for installations that improve housing energy performance nationwide. The Home Energy Rebate programs are comprised of two provisions authorizing $8.8 billion in spending from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Sec. 50121 and Sec. 50122 of Pub. L. 117-169). Responses to this RFI will be used to create program guidance that will assist states, territories, and Indian Tribes in designing, managing, and improving Home Energy Rebate programs. The goal is to collect information that will ultimately support states, territories, and Indian Tribes in creating Home Energy Rebate programs that effectively serve U.S. households with technology products and services that reduce energy bills, increase home comfort, improve indoor air quality, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. DOE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported because of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. DOE will consider responses to this RFI as it develops program guidance, expected to be issued as an Administrative and Legal Requirements Document (ALRD) in 2023.

This RFI is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); therefore, DOE is not currently accepting applications. Responding to this RFI does not provide any advantage or disadvantage to applicants to future funding opportunities regarding the subject matter.

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Responses to this RFI may be submitted in two ways. DOE prefers responses that are submitted via this online form: https://forms.office.com/g/iuwKCbKpJK. The form includes response boxes for all 60 questions included in this RFI. Respondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish. Using this online form will allow DOE to sort and compare responses by question, which will help agency staff to more easily analyze the responses to inform program guidance.

Responses may also be submitted by email to IRAHomeRebates@hq.doe.gov. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, with no more than 10 pages in length, 12-point font, 1-inch margins. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. If submitting responses via email, please identify the specific question number and topic area to which your response is directed, if applicable. Respondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish.

The deadline to submit responses to this RFI via the online form or by email is 8:00pm ET on March 3, 2023.

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Please find the full RFI in the DOCUMENTS section below..

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 3/3/2023 8:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002855: Decarbonization of Water Resource Recovery Facilities (D-WRRF)

Modification 0002

Changes include updates to the following sections:

1. II.A.i. Estimated Funding
2. III.A.iv. Domestic Entities
3. III.A.v. Foreign Entities
4. Updated file size maximum to 50MB in Sections IV.B and IV.D.i.
5. IV.D.i. Full Application Content Requirements
6. IV.D.iii. Resumes
7. IV.D.xvii. Current and Pending Support
8. IV.J.ix. Risk Assessment

9. VIII.N Export Control
10. Appendix C. Waiver Requests FOR: 1. Foreign Entity Participation;and 2. Foreign Work
11. Appendix D. Required Use of American Iron, Steel, ManufacturedProducts, and Construction Materials
12. Added Section IV.D.xviii. Transparency of Foreign Connections
13. Added Section IV.D.xix. Potentially Duplicative Funding Notice
14. Added Section IV.J.xi. Prohibition Related to Foreign Government-Sponsored Talent Recruitment Programs
15. Added Section IV.J.xii. Foreign Collaboration Considerations
16. Added Section VI.B.xx. Interim Conflict of Interest Policy forFinancial Assistance
17. Added Section VI.B.xxii. Fraud, Waste and Abuse
18. Added Section VIII.O. Prohibition on Certain Telecommunicationsand Video Surveillance Services or Equipment
19. Added an additional category of applications specifically not ofinterest in Section I.C.

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Corrected typo in page limit of Diversity Equity and Inclusion Plan in Section IV.D (page 33) and updated formatting throughout document.

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The purpose of this FOA is to stimulate RD&D to decarbonize the entire life cycle of Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRFs), formerly known as Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs). It targets both individual unit processes at earlier stages of technological development, and entire treatment trains at higher levels of technological readiness. It seeks to address both direct and indirect emissions from WRRFs, with the complementary goal of reducing costs, particularly in energy usage and sludge management, to improve the probabilities of real-world adoption.

The eXCHANGE system is currently designed to enforce hard deadlines for Concept Paper and Full Application submissions. The APPLY and SUBMIT buttons automatically disable at the defined submission deadlines. The intention of this design is to consistently enforce a standard deadline for all applicants.

Applicants that experience issues with submissions PRIOR to the FOA Deadline: In the event that an Applicant experiences technical difficulties with a submission, the Applicant should contact the eXCHANGE helpdesk for assistance (exchangehelp@hq.doe.gov). The eXCHANGE helpdesk and/or the EERE eXCHANGE System Administrators (eXCHANGE@ee.doe.gov) will assist the Applicant in resolving all issues.

Applicants that experience issues with submissions that result in a late submission: In the event that an Applicant experiences technical difficulties with a submission that results in a late submission, the Applicant should contact the eXCHANGE helpdesk for assistance (exchangehelp@hq.doe.gov). The eXCHANGE helpdesk and/or the EERE eXCHANGE System Administrators (eXCHANGE@ee.doe.gov) will assist the Applicant in resolving all issues (including finalizing the submission on behalf of, and with the Applicant's concurrence). DOE will only accept late applications when the Applicant has a) encountered technical difficulties beyond their control; b) has contacted the eXCHANGE helpdesk for assistance; and c) has submitted the application through eXCHANGE within 24 hours of the FOA's posted deadline.

Please see the full FOA in the DOCUMENTS section below.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002855.0002 Decarbonization of Water Resource Recovery Facilities (D-WRRF) (Last Updated: 3/8/2023 11:29 AM ET)
  • Question & Answer Spreadsheet (Last Updated: 5/12/2023 11:15 AM ET)

Application Forms and Templates

The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission. Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

View Application Forms and Templates

Full Application

  • Statement of Project Objectives (SOPO) (Last Updated: 12/7/2022 05:29 PM ET)
  • SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance (Last Updated: 12/7/2022 05:27 PM ET)
  • SF-LLL Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Last Updated: 12/7/2022 05:30 PM ET)
  • Budget Justification (Last Updated: 12/7/2022 05:22 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 1/27/2023 5:00 PM ET
  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 4/3/2023 5:00 PM ET
  • View Full Application Reviewer Comments Period: 5/4/2023 7:00 PM ET – 5/12/2023 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002819: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Request for Information (RFI) DE-FOA-0002819 Floating Offshore Wind Energy Mooring and Anchoring

This is a Request for Information issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The intent of this RFI is to obtain public input regarding a potential new mooring and anchoring R&D program as well as the process and structure of a potential DOE award opportunity to fund research, development, demonstration and commercialization activities on floating offshore wind substructure mooring systems, materials, and components, in accordance with section 41007(b)(1) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.


Specifically, this RFI seeks input on:

  • Priority Mooring and Anchoring Research Questions and Data Needs
  • Mooring and Anchoring Technology Development
  • Mooring and Anchoring Supply Chain Development
  • Potential Solicitation Process and Funding Opportunity StructureEquity, Environmental and Energy Justice (EEEJ) Priorities
  • Market Adoption and Industry/Sector Sustainability

Information collected from this RFI may be used by DOE for planning purposes to develop a potential new R&D program and potential award opportunity. The information collected will not be published.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. EERE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.

Documents

  • BIL_RFI_WETO_Floating_Wind_Mooring_2819 (Last Updated: 10/18/2022 11:27 AM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 12/19/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA0002876: RFI - Performance Data for Solar Photovoltaic Systems: Acquisition, Access, and Sharing

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) is requesting information on the cost and value of acquiring, accessing, and sharing solar photovoltaic (PV) system performance data. SETO seeks responses from all interested stakeholders in industry, academia, government, research laboratories, and more, including data owners, data users, and system owners, operators, and developers. These responses will inform SETO activities relevant to PV system performance and related data to accelerate research, development, and deployment of solar energy.

Documents

  • Performance_Data_for_Solar_Photovoltaic_Systems_RFI_DE-FOA0002876 (Last Updated: 10/14/2022 12:24 PM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 11/18/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002797: Request for Information on Electric Vehicle No-Charge Events, including Operability

The Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), within the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), seeks public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0002797 regarding prevalence of and solutions to prevent Electric Vehicle (EV) No-Charge Events. The VTO is developing plans to implement the Vehicle Grid Integration (VGI) Research, Development, and Demonstration (RDD&D) Program as directed by the Energy Act of 2020 and one of the challenges/barriers to VGI to be addressed is the issue of some EVs failing to charge satisfactorily when connected to Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE or chargers). These no-charge events either fail to start charging or fail to complete the charge without interruption.

Documents

  • No Charge Events and Interoperability Request for Information (Last Updated: 10/3/2022 12:22 PM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 11/18/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002833: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, SORTING, PROCESSING, AND SECOND LIFE APPLICATIONS FOR END-OF-LIFE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES

This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) on behalf of the Manufacturing & Energy Supply Chains Office in collaboration with the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office. This RFI seeks public input to help inform DOE’s implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The Information collected may be used to inform DOE planning related to the following BIL Sections.

Section 40207(e), titled Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize.

Section 40207(f) titled, Battery and Critical Mineral Recycling: Battery Recycling Research, Development, and Demonstration Grants.

Section 40208 titled, Electric Drive Vehicle Battery Recycling and Second-Life Program.

The purpose of these three provisions (40207 (e), (f), and 40208) is to ensure that the United States has viable domestic manufacturing and recycling capability to support and sustain a domestic battery supply chain. By execution of these efforts, the programs support the Biden Administration’s goal of achieving a carbon-free electric grid by 2035 and a net zero emissions economy by 2050.

Documents

  • BIL_Battery_Recycling_RFI_2022_08_29_FINAL (Last Updated: 8/29/2022 08:34 AM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 10/14/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002825: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Request for Information (RFI): Bat Deterrent Technology Solutions

This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), on behalf of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office (EERE). The intent of this RFI is to obtain public input regarding research priorities, partnership interest, the solicitation process, and structure of a potential DOE Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to fund activities to reduce the impacts of wind energy facilities on bat populations in accordance with section 41007(b)(1) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Specifically, this RFI seeks input on the following topics:

• The current state of bat deterrent technologies and market interest

• Research and development activities necessary to advance deterrent technologies

• Barriers to deployment of deterrents

• Conditions under which technology vendors and wind energy operators would participate in field validation studies

• Solicitation Process, FOA structure, and Implementation Strategy

• Employment: Expanding Union Jobs and Effective Workforce Development

• Equity, Environmental and Energy Justice (EEEJ) Priorities

• Market Adoption and Industry/Sector Sustainability

Information collected from this RFI will be used by DOE for planning purposes to develop a potential FOA. The information collected will not be published.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to WETOBATRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on 09/16/2022. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. EERE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.

Documents

  • BIL Request for Information DE-FOA-0002825 Bat Deterrent Technology Solutions (Last Updated: 8/23/2022 11:42 AM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002830: Request for Information on Barriers and Pathways to Integrating Onsite Clean Energy Technologies in the Industrial Sector

The Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) is seeking information to better understand the barriers to deploying onsite clean energy and storage technologies at industrial facilities and pathways for accelerated adoption. These technologies include, but are not limited to, solar photovoltaic (PV), solar thermal, wind power, renewable fuels, geothermal, bioenergy, battery storage, and thermal storage technologies. This request for information (RFI) is focused on understanding the current state of knowledge and uptake of these technologies by industrial energy users, opportunities and barriers for technology integration at industrial facilities, existing technical assistance and resources available for technology evaluation and deployment, and pathways to accelerate the adoption of onsite clean energy technologies.

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, utilities, and other stakeholders on issues related to the deployment of onsite clean energy and storage technologies, including solar, solar thermal, wind power, renewable fuels, geothermal, battery storage, and thermal storage, at industrial facilities. EERE is specifically interested in information on the key barriers that manufacturers are encountering during technology evaluation and implementation of clean energy projects. EERE is also interested in the current state of knowledge and uptake of onsite clean energy technologies, existing technical assistance and resources for project evaluation and deployment, and potential pathways for accelerating the integration of clean energy technologies in the industrial sector. This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to onsiteenergy@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on September 23, 2022.

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 9/23/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002794: Request for Information on the Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercialization Program

The intent of this request for information (RFI) is to obtain public input regarding the research priorities, managing mechanisms, and partnering opportunities for a Critical Materials RDD&CA Program, expanded by section 41003(c) and supported by section 41003(d) of the BIL and authorized respectively by sections 7002(g) and 7002(h) of the Energy Act of 2020. Specifically, this RFI seeks input on:

• Critical Materials RDD&CA Program to integrate:

  • DOE annual appropriations for critical minerals and materials, including Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 directed appropriations[1] and FY2023 requested appropriations
  • BIL 41003(c): Critical Material Innovation, Efficiency, and Alternatives – Priorities & Implementation Strategy
  • oBIL 41003(d): Critical Material Supply Chain Research Facility – Priorities & Implementation Strategy

• Community Benefits: Job Quality and Equity including (a) community and labor engagement, (b) quality jobs, (c) diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and (d) Justice40 Initiative.

• Market Adoption, Scale up, and Industry/Sector Sustainability

This RFI is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); therefore, DOE is not accepting applications at this time. DOE may issue a FOA in the future based on or related to the content and responses to this RFI; however, DOE may also elect not to issue a FOA. There is no guarantee that a FOA will be issued as a result of this RFI.

Documents

  • Critical Materials RDD&CA Program RFI (Last Updated: 8/8/2022 04:00 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 9/9/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002817: RFI - Low-Income Community Solar Subscription Platform

MOD 000001: Extend the RFI response date to September 16, 2022


This request for information (RFI) is intended to inform the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), on the development of a new platform to manage the enrollment, use, and monitoring of community solar subscriptions for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) recipients. SETO is interested in responses from all stakeholders, including:

• Community-based organizations

• Community solar subscription managers and developers

• State and local governments

• Researchers

• LIHEAP implementation organizations

• Organizations representing and serving environmental justice and fossil fuel-transitioning communities

• Groups that work with individuals and organizations with high energy burdens

Documents

  • EERE_Request_for_Information_RFI_Community_Solar_Platform_MOD_000001 (Last Updated: 8/22/2022 03:56 PM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 9/16/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002790: RFI - Challenges and Opportunities for Vehicle Photovoltaics

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) are requesting information on technical and commercial challenges and opportunities for vehicle-integrated photovoltaic systems.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to vipv@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on August 22, 2022.

Documents

  • EERE_DE-FOA-0002790_RFI_Vehicle-Integrated-Photovoltaics (Last Updated: 7/14/2022 12:33 AM ET)
  • Q_and_A_Log_VIPV_RFI_2790 (Last Updated: 8/30/2022 03:08 PM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 8/22/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002762: BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)Energy Policy Act of 2005 Section 243 and 247 Hydroelectric Incentive Programs

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO) is requesting information and feedback from stakeholders on issues related to the development of hydroelectric incentive programs authorized under sections 243 and 247 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-58) (EPAct 2005), as amended by sections 40332 and 40333 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. See 42 U.S.C. 15882 and 15883.[1]

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. GDO will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. GDO may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to WPTORFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 11:59pm (ET) on Tuesday, September 6, with subject line “Organization/Name: Response to RFI on Hydroelectric Incentive Programs.” Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. In lieu of or in addition to providing written responses to this RFI, respondents may request a 30-minute individual unrecorded discussion with a DOE staff member regarding the content of their written responses to the RFI questions. Requests for an individual discussion must be requested no later than 5:00pm (ET) on Friday, August 19, 2022 .

It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) or Adobe PDF (.pdf) attachment to the email, and no more than 15 pages in length, 12-point font, 1-inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm ET, DOE will hold an informal webinar to discuss general feedback from interested parties regarding the content of this RFI. To register for this informational webinar, please sign up at: https://bit.ly/RFI_HydroIncentiveProgram. Additional webinar information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on https://www.energy.gov/eere/water/hydropower-incentives-funding-bipartisan-infrastructure-law. Participants are responsible for ensuring their systems are compatible with the webinar software.

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

[1] Section 243 (Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement Incentives Program) and Section 247 (Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity Incentives Program) will be referred to as the Hydroelectric Incentive Programs.

Documents

  • Request for Information (RFI) DE-FOA-0002762 Hydroelectric Incentives (Last Updated: 6/29/2022 06:14 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002723: Request for Information (RFI): “Research and Development Opportunities in Energy Management Control Systems”

This Request for Information (RFI) is soliciting feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to building energy management systems (hardware, software, cybersecurity, and interoperability). This information will be used by BTO to update its R&D strategy and support energy savings, emissions reduction, and cost reduction goals, and inform future strategic planning and adjustments to its R&D portfolio. This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). BTO is not accepting applications.

This RFI is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); therefore, EERE is not accepting applications at this time. EERE may issue a FOA in the future based on or related to the content and responses to this RFI; however, EERE may also elect not to issue a FOA. There is no guarantee that a FOA will be issued as a result of this RFI. Responding to this RFI does not provide any advantage or disadvantage to potential applicants if EERE chooses to issue a FOA regarding the subject matter. Final details, including the anticipated award size, quantity, and timing of EERE funded awards, will be subject to Congressional appropriations and direction.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to emcs_rfi@ee.doe.gov no later than 11:59 pm (ET) on July 18, 2022. Responses must be provided as attachments to an e-mail. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the e-mail, and no more than six pages in length, 12-point font, 1-inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

Please identify your answers by responding to a specific question or topic if applicable. Respondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish.

EERE will not respond to individual submissions or publish publicly a compendium of responses. A response to this RFI will not be viewed as a binding commitment to develop or pursue the project or ideas discussed.

Respondents are requested to provide the following information at the start of their response to this RFI:

Company / institution name; Company / institution contact; Contact's address, phone number, and e-mail address.

Please see the full RFI document in teh Documents section below.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. EERE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002723_-_RFI_-_R&D_Opportunities_in_Energy_Management_Control_Systems (Last Updated: 6/3/2022 11:15 AM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 7/18/2022 11:59 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002777: DE-FOA-0002777 Request for Information (RFI) BIL Section 41001 Energy Storage Demonstration Projects

DE-FOA-0002777 Request for Information (RFI) BIL Section 41001 Energy Storage Demonstration Projects

Subject: Long-Duration Energy Storage for Everyone, Everywhere (ESEE) RFI

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to sec. 41001 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which appropriated $505 million “to advance energy storage systems toward widespread commercial deployment by lowering the costs and increasing the duration of energy storage resources.” The RFI lays out a proposed structure for three provisions within Sec. 41001 in line with a strategy for energy storage technology commercialization.

The intent of this RFI is to obtain public input regarding DOE’s proposed implementation possibilities of the energy storage demonstration programs and crosscutting issues related to the energy storage demonstration landscape:

Category 1: BIL 41001 Energy Storage Program-Specific Requirements and Implementation Strategy

Category1A: Long-Duration Demonstration Initiative

Category 1B: Energy Storage Demonstration Projects

Category 1C: Energy Storage Pilot Grant Program

Category 1D: Rapid Operational Validation Initiative (ROVI)

Category 2: BIL 41001 Energy Storage Program Crosscutting Topics

Category 2A: Storage Technology Opportunity Readiness Evaluation (STORE)

Category 2B: BIL Provision, Requirements, and Proposed Implementation

Category 3: Employment: Expanding Union Jobs and Effective Workforce Development

Category 4: Equity, Environmental and Energy Justice (EEEJ) Priorities

Category 5: Additional Input

This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to EnergyStorage41001RFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on June 16, 2022, with subject line “BIL 41001 RFI response.” Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 20 pages in length, 12 point font, 1-inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 6/16/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002749: BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - Request for Information (RFI) - 2022 Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Pilot Demonstrations

This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy on behalf of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO). The intent of this RFI is to obtain feedback on Section 41007 (a) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which authorizes activities under section 615(d) (Enhanced Geothermal Systems Demonstrations) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17194(d)). Specifically, this RFI seeks input on: 1. Section 41007 (a) Enhanced Geothermal Systems Pilot Demonstrations Structure and Implementation Strategy and Requirements, 2. Employment: Expanding Union Jobs and Effective Workforce Development, 3. Equity, Environmental and Energy Justice (EEEJ) Priorities, and 4. Build America, Buy American Requirements. Information collected from this RFI will be used by DOE for planning purposes to develop the EGS Pilot Demonstrations FOA. The information collected will not be published.

Request for Information Response Guidelines

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to BIL_EGSPilotDemos@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on 5/13/22. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 5 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted. Please identify your answers by responding to a specific question or topic if applicable. Respondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish. EERE will not respond to individual submissions or publish publicly a compendium of responses. A response to this RFI will not be viewed as a binding commitment to develop or pursue the project or ideas discussed. Respondents are requested to provide the following information at the start of their response to this RFI:• Company / institution name;• Company / institution contact;• Contact's address, phone number, and e-mail address.

Disclaimer and Important Notes

This RFI is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); therefore, EERE is not accepting applications at this time. EERE may issue a FOA in the future based on or related to the content and responses to this RFI; however, EERE may also elect not to issue a FOA. There is no guarantee that a FOA will be issued as a result of this RFI. Responding to this RFI does not provide any advantage or disadvantage to potential applicants if EERE chooses to issue a FOA regarding the subject matter. Final details, including the anticipated award size, quantity, and timing of EERE funded awards, will be subject to Congressional appropriations and direction. Any information obtained as a result of this RFI is intended to be used by the Government on a non-attribution basis for planning and strategy development; this RFI does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals or abstracts. Your response to this notice will be treated as information only. EERE will review and consider all responses in its formulation of program strategies for the identified materials of interest that are the subject of this request. EERE will not provide reimbursement for costs incurred in responding to this RFI. Respondents are advised that EERE is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this RFI. Responses to this RFI do not bind EERE to any further actions related to this topic.

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 5/13/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002755: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Request for Information on Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementations

This Request for Information (RFI) is being issued by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Energy Codes Program, on behalf of the Office of Energy and Renewable Energy (EERE) Building Technologies Office (BTO). The intent of this RFI is to obtain public input regarding the solicitation process and structure of a potential DOE Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to fund sustained cost-effective implementation of building energy codes, in accordance with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This RFI seeks input on:

· Energy Code Implementation Criteria and Requirements for Key Topic Areas

· Advanced Energy Codes and Building Resilience

· Methods to Support Sustained State Energy and Building Resilience Code Implementation

· Funding, Partnerships, Eligible Entities, and Evaluation Criteria

· Energy and Environmental Justice (EEJ) Priorities

Information collected from this RFI will be used by DOE for planning purposes to develop a potential FOA. The information collected will not be published.

This RFI is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); therefore, EERE is not accepting applications at this time. EERE may issue a FOA in the future based on or related to the content and responses to this RFI; however, EERE may also elect not to issue a FOA. There is no guarantee that a FOA will be issued as a result of this RFI. Responding to this RFI does not provide any advantage or disadvantage to potential applicants if EERE chooses to issue a FOA regarding the subject matter. Final details, including the anticipated award size, quantity, and timing of EERE funded awards, will be subject to Congressional appropriations and direction.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to RECI_RFI@hq.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on May 20th, 2022. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 12 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

Please identify your answers by responding to a specific question or topic if applicable. Respondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish.

EERE will not respond to individual submissions or publish publicly a compendium of responses. A response to this RFI will not be viewed as a binding commitment to develop or pursue the project or ideas discussed.

Respondents are requested to provide the following information at the start of their response to this RFI:

Company / institution name; Company / institution contact; Contact's address, phone number, and e-mail address.

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.


Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002755_BIL_Building_Energy_Codes_RFI (Last Updated: 4/12/2022 11:37 AM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 5/20/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002715: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Request for Information on Energy Improvements at Public School Facilities

Through this Request For Information (RFI), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) seeks input regarding the implementation of Section 40541 of the IIJA, which provides $500 million for grants for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and alternative fueled vehicles improvements at public school facilities. DOE aims to facilitate substantial additional investment, prioritize schools with high needs, minimize administrative burden, and build enduring capacity in local educational agencies (LEAs) and the states to maximize impact equitably and efficiently. DOE is seeking information amongst these six categories of questions:

Capacity Development for Local Education Agencies Needs Assessments Criteria and Metrics Leveraging Funds Partnership Structures Workforce

This RFI is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); therefore, EERE is not accepting applications at this time. EERE may issue a FOA in the future based on or related to the content and responses to this RFI; however, EERE may also elect not to issue a FOA. There is no guarantee that a FOA will be issued as a result of this RFI. Responding to this RFI does not provide any advantage or disadvantage to potential applicants if EERE chooses to issue a FOA regarding the subject matter. Final details, including the anticipated award size, quantity, and timing of EERE funded awards, will be subject to Congressional appropriations and direction.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to SchoolsRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on May 18th, 2022. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 10 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

Please identify your answers by responding to a specific question or topic if applicable. Respondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish.

EERE will not respond to individual submissions or publish publicly a compendium of responses. A response to this RFI will not be viewed as a binding commitment to develop or pursue the project or ideas discussed.

Respondents are requested to provide the following information at the start of their response to this RFI:

Company / institution name; Company / institution contact; Contact's address, phone number, and e-mail address.

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. EERE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002715_-_BIL_School_Facility_EERE_Improvements_RFI (Last Updated: 4/1/2022 05:36 PM ET)
  • BTO_SCHOOLS_RFI_2022_Q&A_Log (Last Updated: 5/17/2022 05:10 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 5/18/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002716: Request for Information (RFI): Designing Equitable, Sustainable, and Effective Revolving Loan Fund Programs

This request for information is intended to inform the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on promising, innovative, and best practices for designing revolving loan funds (RLFs). DOE is seeking to create program guidance that will assist States, as well as potentially other entities, in designing, managing, and improving RLFs. The goal is to collect information that will ultimately support creation of RLFs that effectively serve a wide array of borrowers with beneficial energy efficiency products and services and enable private sector capital to scale access to energy efficiency financing.

On November 15, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; Public Law 117-58), which appropriated $250 million to DOE to make funds available to States to implement energy efficiency revolving loan fund capitalization grant programs (Sec. 40502, or 42 U.S.C. 18792). These capitalization grants enable States to establish a RLF to provide loans and provide grants for commercial and residential energy audits, energy upgrades, and retrofits among other activities. Many States have experience running RLFs, such as through use of funds made available from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law No. 111-5). The IIJA offers a new opportunity to support establishment of new RLFs where they do not currently exist, or to augment and diversify offerings of existing RLFs. Section 40502 of the IIJA offers States flexibility in designing and implementing these RLFs, within limits set by the statute and the Secretary of Energy. More information about RLFs can be found here: https://www.energy.gov/eere/slsc/revolving-loan-funds


Please see the full text for the request for information (RFI) in the DOCUMENTS section below.


Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to EERevolvingLoanFund@ee.doe.gov no later than 11:59 pm (ET) on May 6, 2022.


This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. EERE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.

Documents

  • RFI: Designing Equitable, Sustainable, and Effective Revolving Loan Fund Programs (Last Updated: 3/30/2022 11:13 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 5/6/2022 11:59 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002685: Challenges and Opportunities for Building-Integrated Photovoltaics

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and Building Technologies Office (BTO) are requesting information on technical and commercial challenges and opportunities for building integrated and built environment integrated photovoltaic systems.


Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to bipv@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on April 1, 2022.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002685 Challenges and Opportunities for Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (Last Updated: 3/4/2022 11:29 AM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 4/1/2022 5:00 PM ET
  • View Full Application Reviewer Comments Period: 4/4/2022 5:00 PM ET – 4/4/2022 5:01 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002698: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - RFI on Clean Hydrogen Manufacturing, Recycling, and Electrolysis

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) seeks input on priority areas that will advance domestic manufacturing and recycling of clean hydrogen technologies, including fuel cells, storage equipment, and other hydrogen related components as specified below; and on priority areas that will advance electrolyzer technologies for affordable clean hydrogen production, in alignment with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the mission of DOE’s Hydrogen Energy Earthshot to reach the goal of $1 per 1 kilogram in 1 decade (“1 1 1”). This Request for Information (RFI) was developed in coordination with the Advanced Manufacturing Office. This RFI is issued to obtain feedback on the status of and opportunities for technologies that support goals in BIL section 40314, amending the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT). The BIL added a new section 815 on clean hydrogen manufacturing and recycling research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) and a new section 816 for the establishment of the Clean Hydrogen Electrolysis Program to EPACT. The EPACT Sec. 815 activities are grouped into a Clean Hydrogen Manufacturing Initiative (815a) focused on enhancing domestic manufacturing of clean hydrogen use, storage, and related equipment and a Clean Hydrogen Technology Recycling RD&D Program (815b) that covers recycling of equipment for clean hydrogen processing, delivery, storage, and use, including fuel cells. The Clean Hydrogen Electrolysis Program in section 816 expands on DOE’s existing, comprehensive Program on electrolysis and is a research, development, demonstration, commercialization, and deployment program aimed at improving efficiency, increasing durability, and reducing capital costs of electrolyzers, thus facilitating the commercialization of clean hydrogen electrolyzer technology.

DOE does not intend to publish information collected through this RFI; input will be used to develop and refine the programs.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to H2RFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. (ET) on March 29th, 2022. If possible, please copy and paste the RFI questions and use them as a template for your response. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25 MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (*.docx) or Adobe Acrobat (*.pdf) attachment to the email. Only electronic responses will be accepted. Respondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish.

Respondents are requested to provide the following information at the start of their response to this RFI:

  • Company / institution name
  • Company / institution contact
  • Contact's address, phone number, and e-mail address

DOE will not respond to individual submissions or publicly publish a compendium of responses. A response to this RFI will not be viewed as a binding commitment to develop or pursue the project or ideas discussed.

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 3/29/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002664: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - 2022 Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Implementation Strategy RFI

This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen Program, on behalf of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), and in collaboration with DOE’s newly formed Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED). The intent of this RFI is to obtain public input regarding the solicitation process and structure of a DOE Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to fund regional clean hydrogen hubs, as required by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).

Specifically, this RFI seeks input on:

Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub Provisions and RequirementsSolicitation Process, FOA structure, and Implementation StrategyEquity, Environmental and Energy Justice (EEEJ) Priorities Market Adoption and Sustainability of the Hubs

Information collected from this RFI will be used by DOE for planning purposes to develop the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs FOA. The information collected will not be published.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to H2Hubs@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on March 21, 2022, with subject line “H2Hubs RFI response.” Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) or Adobe PDF (.pdf) attachment to the email, and no more than 15 pages in length (plus any additional pages necessary to include the original questions), 12-point font, 1-inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted. For ease of replying and to aid categorization of your responses, please copy and paste the RFI questions, including the question numbering, and use them as a template for your response. Respondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish.

Respondents are requested to provide the following information at the start of their response to this RFI:

Company / institution name Company / institution contact Contact's address, phone number, and e-mail address

DOE will not respond to individual submissions or publish publicly a compendium of responses. A response to this RFI will not be viewed as a binding commitment to develop or pursue the project or ideas discussed.

MODIFICATION 0001: Change the language around the page limit.

MODIFICATION 0002: Change the submission deadline to March 21, 2022, 5:00pm (ET).

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 3/21/2022 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002695: RFI: Offshore Wind Social Science Research Needs

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from academia and researchers, state and local governments, non-profits, industry, environmental justice organizations, community-based organizations, and others on research needs relating to the effects of offshore wind development on communities, in the context of a clean and just energy transition. Respondents to this RFI may respond to one or more of the topics, or any number of the questions outlined in the RFI Document.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to weto_rfi2022@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00 pm (ET) on Friday, March 11, 2022. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email.

This is a Request for Information only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives.

Documents

  • WETO_Offshore_Wind_Social_Science_RFI_FEBRUARY_8_Final (Last Updated: 2/9/2022 02:39 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002682: DE-FOA-0002682: Request for Information on Community-scale Resource and Energy Recovery from Waste Solutions

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to Community Programs for Organic Waste.

EERE is seeking to understand which of these economic, environmental, and social impacts are of highest priority to communities. EERE is also seeking additional information about how to make this program more effective and identify additional technical assistance needs that are most in demand by rural communities.

Note that for the purposes of this RFI, BETO is particularly interested in the following organic waste streams:

  • dairy manure
  • swine manure
  • food waste
  • municipal wastewater residuals
  • fats/oils/greases

This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to CommunityWasteRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on March 11, 2022. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 6 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

In addition to providing written responses to this RFI, respondents may request a 30-minute individual discussion with a BETO staff member regarding the content of their written responses to the RFI questions. Similarly, if a respondent is unable to submit written responses, or would otherwise prefer to do so, he/she may request a 30-minute individual discussion with a BETO staff member to verbally provide responses to the RFI questions. If a respondent wishes to participate in an individual discussion for either of these reasons, please submit your request to CommunityWasteRFI@ee.doe.gov and you will be contacted by a BETO staff member to schedule a time for the discussion. Requests for an individual discussion must be requested no later than 5:00pm (ET) on March 11, 2022.

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002657: DE-FOA-0002657: Request for Information on Biomass Conversion Research, Development, and Analysis Programs

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to Microbial Cell and Catalyst Robustness, and State-of Technology Analyses. This information is necessary for DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) to plan appropriate Conversion Research and Development activities and to ensure that techno-economic and life-cycle analyses remain valuable for the research and industrial community.

EERE is specifically interested in information about:

Category 1: Improving Robustness of Microbial Cells

Category 2: Improving Robustness of Catalytic Processes

Category 3: State of Technology (SOT) Analyses in the BETO Research Portfolio

This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to FY22ConversionRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on March 11, 2022. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 6 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002615: Bioenergy Technologies Office Overcoming Barriers to Renewable Fuel Scale-up and Demonstration Request for Information (RFI) DE-FOA-0002615

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

This RFI seeks input from biofuels producers and technology developers about their readiness to scale process technologies to pilot- and demonstration-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel and renewable marine fuels. This information is necessary for DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) to chart the potential growth of domestic renewable fuels production by 2030 and to understand the barriers in scaling renewable fuel production pathways. This RFI also seeks information on how DOE can best assist biofuels production stakeholders in their research and development (R&D) and scaling up of their technologies through demonstration scale.

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to the scale-up of renewable fuel production technologies. EERE is specifically interested in information about:

Category 1 - Biofuel Pathway Scale-up Forecasts

Category 2 - Barriers to Scale-up of SAF, Marine, and Renewable Diesel Technologies

Category 3 - Leveraging First Generation Ethanol and Other Incumbent Industries

Category 4 - BETO Scale-up of Biotechnologies Strategy

Category 5 - Leveraging National Laboratory Process Development Units (PDU) to Scale-up Renewable Fuels

Category 6 - Feedstock Production & Supply

This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to Biofuels_FY22_RFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on January 31, 2022. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 10 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

In addition to providing written responses to this RFI, respondents may request a 30-minute individual discussion with a BETO staff member regarding the content of their written responses to the RFI questions. Similarly, if a respondent is unable to submit written responses, or would otherwise prefer to do so, he/she may request a 30-minute individual discussion with a BETO staff member to verbally provide responses to the RFI questions. If a respondent wishes to participate in an individual discussion for either of these reasons, please submit your request to Biofuels_FY22_RFI@ee.doe.gov and you will be contacted by a BETO staff member to schedule a time for the discussion.

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002595: Research, Development, and Demonstration Opportunities for FY 2022 Solar Manufacturing Incubator

This Request for Information (RFI) is intended to inform the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) on the overall technical research, development, and demonstration opportunities in solar manufacturing and hardware product commercialization. SETO is seeking specific feedback on:

  • Technical areas with opportunities to invest in innovative research and development (R&D) as well as research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects that enable solar to continue to drive down costs, while developing next-generation solar technologies, supporting the scalability of solar as deployment increases across the country, and boosting American solar manufacturing;
  • Removal of the Concept Paper stage from the funding opportunity process to better align it with the needs of a fast-moving industry and community and in an effort to streamline the application process and reduce the time from application deadline to selection notification; and
  • Ways to better engage and support partnerships between institutions representing diverse entities such as, but not limited to, Tribal communities; minority-serving institutions (MSI); minority business enterprises; minority-, woman-, and veteran-owned businesses[1]; entities located in an underserved community or through linkages with Opportunity Zones.


 

[1] Opportunity Zones were added to the Internal Revenue Code by section 13823 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, codified at 26 U.S.C. 1400Z-1. The list of designated Qualified Opportunity Zones can be found in IRS Notices 2018-48 (PDF) and 2019-42 (PDF). Further, a visual map of the census tracts designated as Qualified Opportunity Zones may also be found at Opportunity Zones Resources. Also see, frequently asked questions about Qualified Opportunity Zones.  

Documents

  • FY22_Incubator_RFI (Last Updated: 10/15/2021 09:40 AM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 11/7/2021 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002607: Request for Information: Office of Technology Transitions Current and Future Commercialization Programming

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) seeks information to help it refine the scope and structure of its commercialization programs. These programs are intended to address specific challenges in the commercialization process as ideas move across the research, development, demonstration and deployment (RDD&D) continuum.

OTT would like to learn:

  • Your feedback on its programs
  • Commercialization challenges that its programs do not currently address
  • Ideas for programs that are applicable to a variety of technologies
  • Ways to better promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in all programs


Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to ott.rfi@hq.doe.gov no later than 3:00pm ET on January 19, 2022.

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This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. OTT will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. OTT is not accepting through this RFI applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. OTT may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002607 OTT RFI Current and Future Commercialization Programming (Last Updated: 10/14/2021 10:21 AM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 1/19/2022 3:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002561: Testing Capabilities and Facilities to Validate Hydropower Technology Innovations

10/28/2021 Update: The deadline for responses to this RFI is extended until December 7, 2021

 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) seeks comments on the testing facilities and capabilities that will be needed by technology developers, manufacturers, designers, construction contractors, owners, regulators, researchers, and other stakeholders to validate and advance emerging and future hydropower technology innovations.

Documents

  • Hydropower Test Facility RFI - 10.28.21 extension (Last Updated: 10/28/2021 01:50 PM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 12/7/2021 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002471: Request for Information (RFI): Supporting Energy Savings Performance Contracting in the Public Sector

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs Office (WIP) seeks information pursuant to OMB Control Number 1910-0400 from the public and nonprofit organizations that have the expertise to support energy savings performance contracting (ESPC) in the municipalities, universities, schools, and hospitals (MUSH) market. In particular, EERE hopes to receive comments from ESPC practitioners that work closely with state energy offices to design and implement ESPC programs and processes in their respective states. The desired outcome of this request is to enhance how MUSH market stakeholders can use ESPC to maximize energy use and productivity, cost savings, local economies, and workforce development.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to ESPC_Support_RFI_DOEWIP@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on August 25, 2021.

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This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. EERE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.

Please see the full text for the Request for Information (RFI) in the DOCUMENTS section below.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002471 ESPC RFI (Last Updated: 8/2/2021 12:39 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002564: Request for Information on Establishing a New Manufacturing Institute

MODIFICATION 0001: The purpose of this modification is to extend the deadline for responses to September 23, 2021.  

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), and the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) seeks stakeholder input to refine the scope of a potential new Clean Energy Manufacturing Institute. This Institute will focus on reducing the overall emissions of domestic manufacturing through carbon intensity improvements, moving the Industrial Sector towards the goal of net zero emissions by 2050. This request for information (RFI) is specifically focused on understanding the challenges, opportunities and benefits of industrial decarbonization associated with:

  • Electrification of Industrial Process, including technologies for electrification of manufacturing process, materials for more effective/efficient electrification, scale-up and design for integration into manufacturing processes, and life cycle assessment tools and methodologies. 
  • Decarbonization of Metals Manufacturing, including technical solutions in metallic manufacturing, improved alloy material performance and acceleration of adopting developed technologies.

This information will inform DOE’s consideration of a potential funding opportunity to establish DOE’s seventh Clean Energy Manufacturing Institute. Clean Energy Manufacturing Institutes are public-private partnerships that sponsor research and facilitate technology development in a given topic area. EERE is interested in responses from all stakeholders, including representatives of state and cities, academia, national laboratories, non-governmental organizations, interest groups, private sector, and more.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. EERE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to Decarb-Institute@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on September 23, 2021. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 20 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

Please identify your answers by responding to a specific question or topic if applicable. Respondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish.


Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002564: Request for Information on Establishing a New Manufacturing Institute (Last Updated: 8/24/2021 12:24 PM ET)
  • DE-FOA-0002564 Webinar (Last Updated: 9/8/2021 10:57 AM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002549: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON IDENTIFYING PATHWAYS TO ACCELERATE THE UPTAKE AND INTEGRATION OF SMART MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR

MODIFICATION 0001: The purpose of this modification is to extend the response deadline to August 20, 2021. Please see the updated RFI for additional details. 

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, utilities, and energy-efficiency program administrators, and other stakeholders on issues related to the uptake of smart manufacturing technologies, energy management system implementation, and integration of the two. EERE is specifically interested in information on how energy efficiency programs serving the industrial sector might increase awareness of and provide training and technical assistance on smart manufacturing and energy management systems to manufacturers with particular interest in manufacturers with limited internal capabilities. This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.

This RFI is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); therefore, EERE is not accepting applications at this time. EERE may issue a FOA in the future based on or related to the content and responses to this RFI; however, EERE may also elect not to issue a FOA. There is no guarantee that a FOA will be issued as a result of this RFI. Responding to this RFI does not provide any advantage or disadvantage to potential applicants if EERE chooses to issue a FOA regarding the subject matter. Final details, including the anticipated award size, quantity, and timing of EERE funded awards, will be subject to Congressional appropriations and direction.
EERE will not share responses to this RFI. Any information obtained as a result of this RFI is intended to be used by the Government on a non-attribution basis for planning and strategy development; this RFI does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals or abstracts. Your response to this notice will be treated as information only. EERE will review and consider all responses in its formulation of program strategies for the identified materials of interest that are the subject of this request. EERE will not provide reimbursement for costs incurred in responding to this RFI. Respondents are advised that EERE is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this RFI. Responses to this RFI do not bind EERE to any further actions related to this topic.

Request for Information Response Guidelines Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to RIIAMP@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on August 20, 2021. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 7 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

Please identify your answers by responding to a specific question or topic if applicable. Respondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish.
EERE will not respond to individual submissions or publish publicly a compendium of responses. A response to this RFI will not be viewed as a binding commitment to develop or pursue the project or ideas discussed.

Respondents are requested to provide the following information at the start of their response to this RFI:

• Company / institution name;

• Company / institution contact;

• Contact's address, phone number, and e-mail address.

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002528: Request for Information on Integrating Electric Vehicles onto the Electric Grid

The Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), within the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), and the Advanced Grid Research and Development Division (AGR&D), within DOE’s Office of Electricity (OE), seeks public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0002528 regarding Integrating Electric Vehicles onto the Electric Grid. The Energy Act of 2020 directs DOE to examine the research, development, and demonstration opportunities, challenges, and standards needed for integrating electric vehicles onto the electric grid.

Documents

  • EERE_VTO_Vehicles to Grid RFI_FINAL (Last Updated: 6/14/2021 02:35 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 7/23/2021 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002540: Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Climate Technology

This Request for Information (RFI) is intended to inform the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity (ED) on enabling an inclusive and just entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem in climate and energy technologies. DOE seeks to understand the barriers to entry to DOE funding opportunities and other forms of assistance for first-time applicants, people and organizations from underrepresented communities, underserved and frontline communities, and from other non-traditional backgrounds, as well as understanding programmatic, operational, or other internal measures that DOE can implement to remove these barriers. Measures may encompass application support services for funding opportunities, incubation and acceleration services for entrepreneurship; and other measures to support a just and inclusive innovation ecosystem. This RFI is not aimed at policy recommendations that require changes in the law, but those that DOE can implement using its existing authorities. 

Documents

  • RFI Inclusive Innovation - 6-8-2021 (Last Updated: 6/10/2021 05:05 PM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 8/6/2021 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002529: Hydrogen Demonstrations

This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen Program, which encompasses multiple offices within DOE, including the Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy (EERE), Fossil Energy (FE), Nuclear Energy (NE), Electricity (OE), and Science (SC). The intent of this RFI is to obtain public input in support of DOE’s Hydrogen Energy Earthshot initiative to enable low cost, clean hydrogen at scale. 

  

Hydrogen is the first in a series of Energy Earthshots launched by DOE to look beyond incremental advances and aim, instead, at the game-changing breakthroughs that will secure American leadership in enabling net-zero carbon technologies and support sustainable development around the world, to the benefit of all Americans.

The information being sought is intended to assist DOE’s Hydrogen Program in further defining the scope and priorities of its initiatives to accelerate the production, storage, delivery, and end use of clean, affordable hydrogen in the United States. Specifically, this RFI seeks input on viable hydrogen demonstration and deployment projects that enable clean hydrogen production, infrastructure and end use to reduce emissions, create jobs, and enable a net-zero carbon emissions economy by 2050. 

 

The RFI is being coordinated by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) across EERE, FE, NE, OE, and SC, and input will also be provided to other relevant offices within DOE, including the Loan Program Office, Office of Technology Transfer, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, and Office of Economic Impact and Diversity. The information collected may be used for internal DOE planning and decision-making purposes across its research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) portfolio, including but not limited to determining potential new areas of focus and innovations, challenges/gaps, funding opportunities, analyses, regional opportunities, the potential for sustainable careers, including consideration of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and other input. This is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); DOE is not accepting applications.

 

Purpose:

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, investors, developers, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on potential hydrogen demonstration projects and their associated locations, including potentially ideal locations in the United States. Specifically, DOE is requesting input on the following categories:

 

  • Regional Hydrogen Production, Resources, and Infrastructure
  • End Users for Hydrogen in the Region, Cost, and Value Proposition
  • Greenhouse Gas and Pollutant Emissions Reduction Potential
  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), Jobs, and Environmental Justice
  • Science and Innovation Needs and Challenges
  • Additional Information

 

 

 

Documents

  • Corrected link to email box- RFI for Hydrogen Energy Earthshot 6 7 2021 (Last Updated: 7/7/2021 07:05 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 7/7/2021 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002529: Hydrogen Energy Earthshots RFI

This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen Program, which encompasses multiple offices within DOE, including the Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy (EERE), Fossil Energy (FE), Nuclear Energy (NE), Electricity (OE), and Science (SC). The intent of this RFI is to obtain public input in support of DOE’s Hydrogen Energy Earthshot initiative to enable low cost, clean hydrogen at scale.

Hydrogen is the first in a series of Energy Earthshots launched by DOE to look beyond incremental advances and aim, instead, at the game-changing breakthroughs that will secure American leadership in enabling net-zero carbon technologies and support sustainable development around the world, to the benefit of all Americans.

The RFI is being coordinated by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) across EERE, FE, NE, OE, and SC, and input will also be provided to other relevant offices within DOE, including the Loan Program Office, Office of Technology Transfer, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, and Office of Economic Impact and Diversity. The information collected may be used for internal DOE planning and decision-making purposes across its research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) portfolio, including but not limited to determining potential new areas of focus and innovations, challenges/gaps, funding opportunities, analyses, regional opportunities, the potential for sustainable careers, including consideration of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and other input. This is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); DOE is not accepting applications.

Purpose:

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, investors, developers, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on potential hydrogen demonstration projects and their associated locations, including potentially ideal locations in the United States. Specifically, DOE is requesting input on the following categories:

  • Regional Hydrogen Production, Resources, and Infrastructure
  • End Users for Hydrogen in the Region, Cost, and Value Proposition
  • Greenhouse Gas and Pollutant Emissions Reduction Potential
  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), Jobs, and Environmental Justice
  • Science and Innovation Needs and Challenges
  • Additional Information

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002529 - Hydrogen Energy Earthshots RFI (Last Updated: 6/7/2021 12:37 AM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 7/7/2021 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002539: Technical Research Opportunities for Photovoltaic System End of Life Management

To support widespread PV deployment, any barriers should be considered and resolved including when PV system components reach their end-of-life (EoL). There are opportunities to improve PV EoL management techniques such as reuse, recovery, recycling, or disposal. These are not well understood since EoL volumes have been low. This RFI seeks to understand the current causes of EoL, how EoL is handled, and designs and actions to improve recycling and reuse.

Documents

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 6/14/2021 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002526: Workforce Development Strategies Supporting the Solar Industry

This request for information is intended to inform the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) on workforce development programs, strategies, and tools to support the development of a diverse and skilled clean energy workforce. DOE is re-envisioning its approach to supporting vocational-based career opportunities holistically across clean energy technologies. This RFI is targeted at the solar industry and training providers to better understand how SETO can support an industry-driven, employee-centered approach to the clean energy workforce of the future.

Documents

  • Workforce Development Strategies for the Solar Industry- RFI (Last Updated: 5/4/2021 10:45 AM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 6/1/2021 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002524: Opportunities to Improve Geothermal Technology Cost and Performance Modeling

The Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), within the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), welcomes input from energy system modelers, geothermal developers and operators, utilities and public utility commissions, as well as from academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other geothermal stakeholders on opportunities to improve geothermal technology cost and performance modeling.As variable renewable energy resources continue declining in cost, and grid operators transition to greater use of what is increasingly cost-competitive energy storage, the energy and capacity value of geothermal generation needs to be accurately represented and captured by resource adequacy planners. GTO is soliciting this Request For Information (RFI) from the broader stakeholder community in order to ensure that geothermal technology costs and performance assumptions are most accurately represented in all grid modeling and planning efforts.  This will ensure that geothermal achieves appropriate market share that can support a reliable, resilient, and decarbonized grid.  With the help of stakeholder feedback from this RFI, GTO aims to improve its understanding of where there may be gaps in existing geothermal technology performance and cost models, and thus where to best focus future potential efforts for eliminating such gaps.

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 5/28/2021 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002502: Notice of Request for Information on Risks in the High-Capacity Batteries, including Electric Vehicle Batteries Supply Chain

The Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), within the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), seeks public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0002502 regarding the Risks in the High-Capacity Batteries, including Electric Vehicle Batteries Supply Chain. On February 24, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive order on ‘‘America’s Supply Chains,’’ which directs several Federal agency actions to secure and strengthen America’s supply chains. One of these directions is for the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary), to submit, within 100 days and in consultation with the heads of appropriate agencies, a report to the President identifying risks in the high-capacity batteries, including electric-vehicle batteries, supply chain and policy recommendations to address these risks.

This is solely a request for information and is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement. The Department of Energy is not accepting applications to this Request for Information.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to VTO@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on April 14, 2021.

Documents

  • EERE_VTO_High-Capacity_Batteries_RFI_DE-FOA-0002502 (Last Updated: 3/25/2021 08:07 AM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002466: Plastics Innovation Challenge (PIC) Draft Roadmap

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from interested individuals and entities, such as industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on the Plastics Innovation Challenge (PIC) Draft Roadmap. This will help to to ensure the Plastics PIC is optimally positioned to address opportunities and challenges for the development and deployment of technologies for plastic waste management and reduction. This is solely a request for information.

The PIC Draft Roadmap serves as a unifying document, providing structure and aligning activities across the offices of the Department involved in this effort. The PIC considers approaches to plastic waste management from fundamental science all the way to technology development and field validation. By providing alignment within the Department, a framework to provide appropriate focus on select strategies to manage plastic waste, and objectives at every level of technical maturity, this roadmap will guide the Department in its efforts to meet the PIC 2030 goals. This RFI is intended to seek input on the PIC Draft Roadmap and DOE research plans related to the PIC from a broad array of stakeholders across the plastics landscape and the public.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to PICDraftRoadmapRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on March 1, 2021.

Documents

  • DOE Plastics Innovation Challenge (PIC) Draft Roadmap (Last Updated: 1/19/2021 02:12 PM ET)
  • DE-FOA-0002466 Plastics Innovation Challenge (PIC) Draft Roadmap RFI (Last Updated: 1/19/2021 03:37 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002389: Offshore Wind Transmission System Integration Research Needs

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to solicit input from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and the public on research needs regarding offshore wind energy systems and their integration with the electric grid, as outlined in the RFI Document. This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.

Respondents to this RFI may respond to one or more of the topics, or any number of the questions outlined in the RFI Document.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to WindEnergyRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00 pm (ET) on January 24, 2021. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email.

This is a Request for Information only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives.

The full content of the announcement can be found on the EERE Exchange website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov.


Documents

  • RFI DE-FOA-0002389 (Last Updated: 11/23/2020 01:26 PM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002372: Request for Information - Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy’s Medium- and Heavy-Duty Truck Research and Development Activities & SuperTruck Initiative

This is a Request for Information and is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement. The Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), within the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), seeks feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on research needs and opportunities related to medium and heavy-duty freight trucking. The information requested is intended to inform EERE’s medium and heavy-duty freight energy and operational efficiency R&D planning. EERE plans to support a future public workshop following this RFI to discuss the feedback received. The Department of Energy is not accepting applications to this Request for Information.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to VTO@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on November 9, 2020.

Documents

  • RFI_DE-FOA-0002372_Request_for_Information (Last Updated: 10/9/2020 07:36 AM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002274: Request for Information (RFI): Engaging States to Advance State Energy Office Priorities

The U.S Department of Energy’s (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), State Energy Program (SEP) seeks information from the public on organizations, including industry, academia, nonprofit organizations, and others, that have the expertise to support state energy offices (SEOs); in particular, EERE hopes to receive comments from energy office directors and their senior policy staff that design and implement energy efficiency and renewable energy programs in their respective states. The desired outcome of this request is to enhance how DOE SEP delivers specific technical assistance and provides direct support to help states maximize the affordability, reliability, and resiliency of their state-led energy policies and programs.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to State_Energy_OfficeRFI_DOEWIP@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) October 16, 2020.


This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. EERE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.

Please see the full text for the Request for Information (RFI) in the DOCUMENTS section below.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002274: RFI - Engaging States to Advance State Energy Office Priorities (Last Updated: 9/10/2020 02:03 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002413: Understanding Workforce-Development Assets and Gaps for Technical and Non-Technical Bioenergy Workforce Preparation

Please see the full text for the Request for Information (RFI) in the DOCUMENTS section below.

THE BIOENERGY TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE (BETO) SEEKS INFORMATION ABOUT BIOENERGY U.S. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFERINGS AND GAPS. The Department of Energy (DOE) has released a request for information (RFI) to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, career counselors, educators, and other biofuels and bioproducts stakeholders. Specifically, BETO seeks to provide evidence-based workforce development data to help individuals link to existing and new bioenergy workforce development tools. This evidence-based workforce development data will also assist in preparing the nation's current and future workforce for the rapidly and continually changing workforce demands to reskill and upskill in the bioenergy industry.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to bioenergizeme@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on November 2, 2020.

Please see the full text for the Request for Information (RFI) in the DOCUMENTS section below.


Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 11/2/2020 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002386: FY 2021 Bioenergy Technologies Office Multi-Topic Request for Information (RFI)

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to overcoming the technical barriers and challenges in the design of clean, efficient residential scale wood heaters and in bioprocessing separations development. EERE is specifically interested in information on the following areas:

Topic Area 1 - Residential Wood Heater Technology Advancement: Identifying the critical technology gaps and resources required to significantly reduce emissions and improve efficiency of residential wood heaters.

Topic Area 2 - Bioprocessing Separations Development: Identifying the critical technology gaps and research needs required to enable more efficient separations technologies spanning biochemical and thermochemical approaches.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to FY21MultiTopic@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on September 21, 2020.

Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below.

Documents

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 9/21/2020 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002385: Request for Information on Accelerated Materials R&D, Testing/Qualification, and Cost-Effective Manufacturing Routes for Harsh Service Environments Materials

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, codes and standards communities, and other stakeholders on issues related to materials and materials manufacturing process technologies that improve system energy efficiency/performance and extend useful life where harsh service conditions exist. This information will be used by AMO and AES to inform strategies and in support of energy savings and cost reduction goals, as well as to inform future planning and adjustments to their research and development (R&D) portfolios.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. EERE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to HarshMaterialsRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on September 21, 2020. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 10 pages in length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

Please identify your answers by responding to a specific question or topic if applicable. Respondents may answer as many or as few questions as they wish.


Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002385 RFI Harsh Service Conditions (Last Updated: 8/19/2020 10:14 AM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD

DE-FOA-0002379: DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office Request for Information (RFI)

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) solicits feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders through this RFI. This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications.

HFTO is issuing a Request for Information to obtain public input on its efforts to accelerate research, development, demonstration, commercialization, and adoption of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

This RFI is issued to understand how hydrogen and fuel cell research priorities and goals can address evolving technology needs and to inform related research, development and demonstration (RD&D) activities that may be undertaken by DOE. The information being sought under this RFI is intended to assist HFTO in further defining the scope and priorities of its RD&D initiatives as well as its consortia that were established to address its priorities.

The information collected may be used for internal HFTO planning and decision-making purposes, including but not limited to determining potential new areas of focus, funding opportunities, analyses, and organizational frameworks for national lab-based consortia.

Areas of Interest:

  • H2@Scale Initiative
  • HFTO Strategy and Multiyear Plan
  • Priority Application Focus Areas
  • Funding Mechanisms and Opportunities (including consortia models)

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Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to HFTORFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. (ET) on September 15, 2020. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25 MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (*.docx) or Adobe Acrobat (*.pdf) attachment to the email, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

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This RFI is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA); therefore, the DOE is not accepting applications at this time. The DOE may issue a FOA in the future based on or related to the content and responses to this RFI; however, the DOE may also elect not to issue a FOA. There is no guarantee that a FOA will be issued as a result of this RFI. Responding to this RFI does not provide any advantage or disadvantage to potential applicants if the DOE chooses to issue a FOA regarding the subject matter.

Any information obtained as a result of this RFI is intended to be used by the Government on a non-attribution basis for planning and strategy development; this RFI does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals or abstracts. Your response to this notice will be treated as information only. The DOE will review and consider all responses in its formulation of program strategies for the identified materials of interest that are the subject of this request. The DOE will not provide reimbursement for costs incurred in responding to this RFI. Respondents are advised that the DOE is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this RFI. Responses to this RFI do not bind the DOE to any further actions related to this topic.

Because information received in response to this RFI may be used to structure future programs and FOAs and/or otherwise be made available to the public, respondents are strongly advised to NOT include any information in their responses that might be considered business sensitive, proprietary, or otherwise confidential. If, however, a respondent chooses to submit business sensitive, proprietary, or otherwise confidential information, it must be clearly and conspicuously marked as such in the response.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted by email in accordance with the "RFI Submission Guidelines" detailed in the RFI. The submission must be received no later than 5:00 pm (ET) on September 15, 2020.

The DOE will not respond to individual submissions or publish publicly a compendium of responses. A response to this RFI will not be viewed as a binding commitment to develop or pursue the project or ideas discussed.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. EERE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.

Documents

  • HFTO RFI (Last Updated: 8/10/2020 02:30 PM ET)

Contact Information

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 9/15/2020 5:00 PM ET

DE-FOA-0002360: RFI: Energy Storage Grand Challenge

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from interested individuals and entities, such as, industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders to assist the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Storage Grand Challenge identify market opportunities and challenges – both technical and financial – for the development, commercialization, production, and deployment of energy storage technologies. Information received may be used to assist the DOE in planning the scope of future technology studies, deployment, or technology commercialization efforts and may be shared with other federal agencies. The DOE may also use this RFI to gain public input on its efforts, expand and facilitate public access to the DOE’s resources, and to mobilize investment in U.S. energy storage technologies as well as ancillary technologies and efforts that will enable commercialization and widespread adoption. The information collected may be used for internal DOE planning and decision-making to ensure that future activities maximize public benefit while advancing the Administration’s goals for leading the world in building a competitive, clean energy economy; securing America’s energy future; reducing carbon pollution; and creating domestic jobs.

DOE is not accepting applications at this time as part of the ESGC. This is solely an RFI and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives.

Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to rticstorage@hq.doe.gov no later than August 21, 2020. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.doc) or (.docx) attachment to the email with no more than 10 pages in length for each section listed in the RFI. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

Documents

  • DE-FOA-0002360_RFI_Energy_Storage_Grand_Challenge (Last Updated: 7/30/2020 02:52 PM ET)

Submission Deadlines

  • Full Application Submission Deadline: 8/31/2020 11:59 PM ET