Closed · DE-FOA-0001697 · CFDA 81.087 · Discretionary
Generation 3 Concentrating Solar Power Systems
Federal grant opportunity posted by Golden Field Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $5M-$35M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- January 19, 2018
- Close date
- 12
- Expected awards
The verdict
Generation 3 Concentrating Solar Power Systems is a closed discretionary listing from Golden Field Office that offered $5,000,000 -- $35,000,000 across 12 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 839 other opportunities from Golden Field Office.
- $5M-$35M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 12
- expected awards
- 81.087
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Generation 3 Concentrating Solar Power Systems is closed (last close January 19, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Golden Field Office still indexes 839 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed January 19, 2018
Est. Total Funding
$62,000,000
Expected Awards
12
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO) is seeking applications under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to fund applied research and development to enable the reduction of the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) generated by concentrating solar power (CSP) to 6 ¢/kWh-electric or less, without subsidies. This FOA intends to develop integrated thermal system solutions to overcome the temperature limitations of current CSP systems, while lowering capital costs by enabling the use of advanced turbines and achieving a higher overall system efficiency in converting solar thermal energy into electricity. Applications to this FOA are expected to advance individual high temperature components which have been developed at lab scale, and test them as an integrated system at a multi-MW thermal scale that can accept solar thermal energy, store it, and efficiently deliver it to a working fluid at high temperature, representative of a high efficiency power cycle.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0001697
Grants.gov marks Generation 3 Concentrating Solar Power Systems with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Energy · Science and Technology / R&D (EN;ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the Golden Field Office book (634 peers, 75% of 840).
- Code 99
- Unrestricted / see official listing
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Paige L. Smith gen3csp@ee.doe.gov
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