DOE Geothermal funding opportunity for energy cost reduction
Geothermal plant at the Geysers, California/ U.S. (source: ThinkGeoEnergy, creative commons)
Alexander Richter
5 Ara 2012
The DOE Geothermal Technologies program announces funding opportunity for technologies that reduce levelized cost of electricity to $0.06/ kWh by 2020 for new hydrothermal development and by 2030 for EGS.
Published on the DOE Geothermal Technologies Program, there is a funding opportunity in the U.S.
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs – established by the U.S. Congress – aims to support scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of federal research funds in critical American priorities to build a strong national economy.
The funding opportunity as part of the program is now for non-prime mover technologies that reduce energy costs.
In phase I $150,000 are being made available and in phase II funding of $1 million will be available.
Geothermal Technologies Program seeks technologies that reduce the levelized cost of electricity to 6¢/kWh by 2020 for new hydrothermal development and by 2030 for Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Applicants should consider using Geothermal Electricity Technology Evaluation Model (GETEM) to show a clear and detailed pathway to cost reduction using their proposed technology. Methods to identify, access, create, and sustain hydrothermal and EGS reservoirs are of interest. Prime mover technologies that generate electricity from geothermal heat and fluid resources will NOT be considered. For more information, see the full solicitation (pdf).
Below are important dates:
- Topics Released: Monday, October 29, 2012
- FOA Issued: Monday, November 26, 2012
- Letter of Intent Due Date: Monday, December 17, 2012
- Application Due Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013
- Award Notification Date: Late April 2013
- Start of Grant Budget Period: Early June 2013
