The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy intends to
issue, on behalf of the Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, a Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “U.S. Wind Manufacturing: Taller Hub
Heights to Access Higher Wind Resources, and Lower Cost of Energy.” The proposed FOA will support the development of
technologies that mitigate U.S. transportation and logistics constraints
affecting the deployment of taller utility-scale wind turbine systems. The FOA
is expected to focus on innovative designs and processes for wind turbine tower
manufacturing and turbine system installation. Supported potential projects
will develop integrated tower and erection solutions which are demonstrably
cost-competitive over the entire tower lifecycle of fabrication through
decommissioning, for multi-megawatt turbine hub heights of at least 120 meters.
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APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THIS NOTICE. Please do not submit
questions or respond to this Notice of Intent. Prospective applicants to the
FOA should begin developing partnerships, formulating ideas, and gathering data
in anticipation of the issuance of this FOA. It is anticipated that this FOA
will be posted to EERE Exchange in the first quarter of calendar year 2014.