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ClosedOpportunity DE-FOA-0000479

Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems - Advanced Concepts

Golden Field Office · Department of Energy

At a glance

Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems - Advanced Concepts is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Golden Field Office (Department of Energy). The application deadline was June 23, 2011. The notice is unrestricted by applicant type, subject to any clarifications in the notice. Cost sharing or matching is required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 81.087 (Renewable Energy Research and Development).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

  1. Apr 8, 2011Posted
  2. Jun 23, 2011Application deadline
Posted
Apr 8, 2011
Close date
Jun 23, 2011
Award floor
Not specified
Award ceiling
Not specified
Est. total funding
Not specified
Expected awards
Not specified
Cost sharing
Required
Funding instrument
Grant, Cooperative Agreement
Opportunity category
Discretionary

Typical awards for this program (SAM.gov listing for ALN 81.087, not this notice): $15,000 to $66,539,696

Who can apply

  • Unrestricted (any entity type)

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to fund projects that develop technologies in power electronics that reduce the overall photovoltaic (PV) system costs, allow high penetrations of solar technologies onto the grid (e.g. reactive power, energy storage, advanced functionalities), and enhance the performance, reliability, and safety of the PV system. In addition, projects funded under this FOA will demonstrate the feasibility of these technologies in the field and will directly support the objectives of the SunShot Initiative, which has a goal to reduce the total costs (including installer margin) of solar energy systems by about 75 percent before the end of the decade and to make solar competitive with conventional fossil-fuel sourced generation.

The DOE has identified several major areas where significant cost reductions in power electronics can be made including: 1) economies of scale; 2) advanced components; 3) reliability; 4) smart grid integration; and 5) understanding of system implications. The DOE also is considering how changes in power electronics impact the cost of the PV system as a whole.
DOE anticipates that the U.S. Solar Industry can reach the aggressive SunShot targets by focusing on both power electronics research and in technologies more specific to grid-connected, photovoltaic systems.
There will be two topics to which an application may be submitted under this FOA:
Topic 1: Smart-Grid Functionality
Topic 2: Using Power Electronics to Address Balance of System Costs

The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is posted on the EERE eXCHANGE website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. Applications must be submitted through the EERE eXCHANGE website to be considered for award. The applicant must first register and create an account on the EERE eXCHANGE website. A user Guide for the EERE eXCHANGE can be found on the EERE website at: http://eere.energy.gov/financing/exchange/Manuals.aspx after logging in to the system.

Information on where to submit questions regarding the content of the announcement and where to submit questions regarding submission of applications is found in the full FOA posted on the EERE eXCHANGE website.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

Reported obligations under ALN 81.087

Historical data · not a prediction
FY24$1.08B
FY25$37.8M
FY26$517M est.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 81.087. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 81.087

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 1,324 grant awards had funding actions under Renewable Energy Research and Development, with 599 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$73.5M
  2. PLUG POWER INC.$70.5M
  3. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$70.4M
  4. PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS INC$54.4M
  5. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS$45.3M
Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Golden Field Office
christina.raines@go.doe.gov
720-356-1478

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems - Advanced Concepts”?

The notice lists eligibility as unrestricted — open to any type of entity — subject to clarifications in the notice's additional eligibility information.

How do I apply for “Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems - Advanced Concepts”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity DE-FOA-0000479), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.