BIL Funding Opportunity Announcements (NOFO)
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Wind Turbine Technology Recycling – BIL 41007 (b)(2)
The U.S. DOE’s Wind Energy Technologies Office has announced the Wind Turbine Technology Recycling Funding Opportunity, which will invest up to $20 million for projects to develop technology solutions that will improve the recycling of wind energy technologies.
The NOFO objective is to accelerate the acceptance of recycling and reuse of wind energy materials. By increasing the utilization of recycled and reused materials, carbon emissions and other negative resource impacts related to new component manufacturing can be reduced or eliminated. Furthermore, the ability to continuously reuse materials domestically can reduce the dependence of the domestic clean energy economy on internationally sourced materials, including critical materials. There are three Topic Areas:
Topic Area 1: Enabling Sustainable Wind Turbine Components
Topic Area 2: Enabling Wind Turbine Material Recycling and Reuse Processes
Topic Area 3: Recycled and Recyclable Material Qualification
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Point Source Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilots, Commercial Demonstrations, and Networked Demonstration Commercialization – BIL
- DE-FOA-0003473
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Deadlines: Concept Paper: March 1, 2025 | Application: July 1, 2025
U.S. DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations has opened applications for this NOFO which makes up to $1.3 billion available for approximately 11 projects at maximum Federal cost shares ranging from 50% to 80%, depending on the Topic Area and Phase of the project. The NOFO is divided into three Topic Areas based on the technology readiness level and scope of the proposed project. DOE will select projects that seek to demonstrate the following, based on the chosen Topic Area:
Topic Area 1: Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects
Topic Area 2: Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilot Projects
Topic Area 3: Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program – Infrastructure Planning and Design
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Carbon Capture Technology Program, Front-End Engineering and Design for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Transport – Fourth Release – BIL § 40303
U.S. DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy Carbon Management has announced it will make up to $48M available under the fourth opening of the $100 million, five-year Carbon Dioxide Transport, Front-End Engineering and Design funding opportunity. This effort funds FEED studies of regional-scale CO2 transport projects that can improve system scale and efficiency and strengthen connectivity between key CO2 sources to centralized locations for storage or conversion. CO2 captured from industrial and power generation facilities, as well as CO2 emissions captured directly from the atmosphere, may be transported by any mode of transport such as pipelines, rail, trucks, barges, or ships, including any combination of transport modes.
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Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (CIFIA) Program: Future Growth Grants - BIL § 40304
Review Period 1: Letter of Interest: February 17, 2025 | Application: April 1, 2025
Review Period 2: Letter of Interest: May 15, 2025 | Application: July 1, 2025
Review Period 3: Letter of Interest: August 18, 2025 | Application: October 1, 2025
Review Period 4: Letter of Interest: November 18, 2025 | Application: January 2, 2026
U.S. DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management is allowing this FOA to remain open for approximately one year (see above deadlines). Review periods two through four are subject to availability of funds.
The objective of this FOA is to develop and construct large commercial scale carbon dioxide (CO2) transportation infrastructure. Projects funded by CIFIA Future Growth Grants (FGG) must be developed and constructed in conjunction with a yet-to-be built or converted for CO2 service stand-alone Base Project and provide uncontracted and expanded capacity to meet projected and probable future increases in demand for CO2 transportation by large-capacity, common carrier infrastructure. This expansion will be the subject of funding for CIFIA FGG and known as the Expanded Project. Funding can be utilized to construct CO2 transportation infrastructure using currently available and in use systems, including rail, ship, barge, pipeline, and truck freight. There are two Topic Areas:
Area of Interest 1: CIFIA FGG Project in conjunction with a Base Project funded by a LPO CIFIA Loan
Area of Interest 2: CIFIA FGG Project in conjunction with a Base Project that has secured funding
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Other Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA/NOFO)
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Municipal Investment Fund
Local Governments for Sustainability USA along with the Coalition for Green Capital (CGC) are offering market-building funding and technical support to help cities, towns, counties, and Tribal Nations and their partner not-for-profit organizations to develop and finance clean energy projects and pursue CGC’s Municipal Investment Fund and CGC’s Open Solicitation, targeting projects that can accelerate clean power projects, create jobs, lower energy costs, and improve the quality of life.
This opportunity provides technical assistance and up to $500,000 in funding for up to 100 communities (target of two communities per state) for market-building activities necessary to develop and finance National Clean Investment Fund-qualified projects.
Cities, towns, counties, and Tribal Nations must have a population of fewer than 750,000 residents and designated as Low-Income and Disadvantaged Community (LIDAC) as defined by the White House Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool or an equivalent definition under the U.S. EPA NCIF program.
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Renewable Integration Management with Innovative High Voltage Direct Current Power Circuit Breakers (REIMAGINE BREAKERS)
- DE-FOA-0003396
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Deadlines: Concept Paper: January 17, 2025 | Application: February 28, 2025
U.S. DOE’s Office of Electricity, and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office has announced this $8 million NOFO to support R&D that will standardize the technical specifications of high voltage direct current circuit breakers (HV DCCB) as well as advance existing HV DCCB designs for reduced cost and footprint. Topic Areas include:
Topic Area 1: Standardization of HVDC Power Circuit Breaker Technology
Topic Area 2: Innovative HV DCCB Designs
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Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs – Recurring Program
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DE-FOA-0003442
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Deadlines: Concept Paper: January 31, 2025 | Pre-application: January 31, 2025 | Application: July 31, 2025
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Information Webinar: January 13, 2025 | 1:00 PM CT | Register
U.S. DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations has opened applications for up to $1.8 billion in funding for the design, construction, and operation of mid- and large-scale commercial direct air capture (DAC) facilities and infrastructure access platforms. As part of the Regional DAC Hubs program, this funding will help support an ecosystem of projects designed to provide DAC technology and project developers with support at various stages on their commercialization path and ultimately spur the growth of additional DAC Hubs. There is three Topic Areas for this NOFO.
Topic Area 1: Infrastructure Access Platforms
Topic Area 2: Mid-Scale Commercial DAC Facilities
Topic Area 3: Large-Scale Commercial DAC Facilities
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High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) Nuclear Fuel Supply Chain Innovative Technology
U.S. DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy announced that up to $80 million is available through a new funding opportunity to spur advancements in the process to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU). The funding will support industry partners developing innovative technologies and approaches to strengthen the HALEU supply chain in the United States. Topic Areas include:
Topic Area 1: Up to two Demonstration Project awards
Topic Area 2: Up to ten Research and Development Project awards
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Systems Biology Research to Advance Bioenergy Crop Production
- DE-FOA-0003453
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Deadlines: Pre-application: January 17, 2025 | Application: March 26, 2025
DOE’s Office of Science, under the Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program, is issuing a $75 million funding opportunity announcement for systems biology research to advance bioenergy crop production. The research requested by this opportunity will aim to identify molecular mechanisms underlying bioenergy feedstock productivity under varied and at times suboptimal environmental conditions and determine the roles microbes and microbial communities play in supporting plant productivity and vigor. This program addresses scientific challenges for resilient bioenergy crop production across geographic regions, and aides in understanding of microbiome function and plant-microbe interactions.
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Solar with Wildlife and Ecosystem Benefits 2 (SOLWEB2)
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DE-FOA-0003492
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Deadlines: Concept Papers: February 14, 2025 | Applications: May 2, 2025
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Webinar: January 9, 2025 | 2:00 PM CT |Register
DOE’s Solar Energy Technologies Office has announced the Solar with Wildlife and Ecosystem Benefits 2 (SolWEB2) funding opportunity, which will award up to $11 million for research and development, technical assistance, and stakeholder engagement activities that improve the compatibility of large-scale solar (LSS) facilities with wildlife and facilitate the dual use of land for agricultural and solar energy production, also known as agrivoltaics. SolWEB2 projects will help stakeholders make informed decisions about solar energy by testing and implementing strategies that improve LSS siting processes and outcomes for wildlife, ecosystems, and communities that host LSS facilities and produce energy locally. There is two Topic Areas:
Topic Area 1: Wildlife-Solar Energy Research, Technical Assistance, and Stakeholder Engagement
Topic Area 2: Agrivoltaics Technical Assistance and Stakeholder Engagement
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Fuel Cycle Research and Development to Assess Options as Technologies and Economics Evolve
DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy has released this $10 million NOFO to support research and development activities to advance used nuclear fuel recycling technologies. The funding will encourage innovation and competitiveness of domestic used nuclear fuel recycling processes in the United States. Through this funding opportunity, DOE will continue to support early-stage research and development on used nuclear fuel recycling technologies that support long-term sustainability of nuclear waste management.
Tribal Governments Funding Opportunities & Items of Interest
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Federal Loan Guarantees for Tribal Energy Development Projects
DOE's Tribal energy financing is available to eligible Indian Tribes or entities for a broad range of projects and activities for the development of energy resources, products, and services that utilize commercial technology. DOE will evaluate applications in two phases. In Part I the project will be reviewed to determine eligibility and readiness to proceed. Part II will review the project to evaluate reasonable prospect of repayment. Eligible projects include (but not limited to):
~ Electricity generation, transmission and/or distribution facilities, utilizing renewable or conventional energy sources
~ Energy storage facilities, whether or not integrated with any of the above
~ Energy resource extraction, refining or processing facilities
~ Energy transportation facilities, including pipelines
~ District heating and cooling facilities
~ Cogeneration facilities
~ Distributed energy project portfolios, including portfolios of smaller distributed generation and storage facilities employed pursuant to a unified business plan
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