The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) is issuing this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support technology demonstrations for energy storage solutions at the pilot-scale. The program will focus on non-lithium technologies, long-duration (10+ hour discharge) systems, and stationary storage applications.
This program seeks to:
- Advance a diverse set of non-lithium energy storage technologies towards commercial viability and utility-scale deployment.
- Generate high-quality operational datasets and techno-economic models.
- Build investor, utility, and other end user confidence in the real performance and adoptability of the proposed solutions.
This NOFO makes available approximately $100 million in Federal funds for demonstrations of diverse energy storage technologies, potentially including electrochemical, mechanical, and thermal energy storage systems. DOE intends to fund 5-15 projects with an award size of at least $5 million and no more than $20 million in Federal funds. Each award is required to provide a minimum of 50% non-Federal cost share.