Closed · DE-FOA-0003139 · CFDA 81.255 · Discretionary

Distributed Energy Systems Demonstrations Funding Opportunity Announcement

Federal grant opportunity posted by Headquarters, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$10M-$25M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 15, 2024
Close date
4
Expected awards

The verdict

Distributed Energy Systems Demonstrations Funding Opportunity Announcement is a closed discretionary listing from Headquarters that offered $10,000,000 -- $25,000,000 across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 76 other opportunities from Headquarters.

$10M-$25M
award range
Closed
application status
4
expected awards
81.255
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Distributed Energy Systems Demonstrations Fun… is closed (last close April 15, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Headquarters still indexes 76 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 April 15, 2024

Posted Oct 11 Closes Apr 15

Est. Total Funding

$50,000,000

Expected Awards

4

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

ATTENTION (11/9/2023): This Funding Opportunity has been modified. Please see the full FOA Modification 0001 document on OCED Exchange for full details (https://oced-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx#FoaId44ebd317-32eb-436b-b6c1-46c3057dc0fb).NOTE: All Concept Papers and Full Applications must be submitted via the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations Funding Opportunity Exchange by the posted deadlines (https://oced-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx#FoaId44ebd317-32eb-436b-b6c1-46c3057dc0fb).The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) is issuing this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to support a portfolio of projects that demonstrate and validate reliable operations and financial value from a range of grid topologies with diverse energy resources and distributed energy systems (DES) ownership models.In this FOA, OCED is seeking projects that can demonstrate that aggregated and coordinated distributed energy resources (DERs) can provide reliable, predictable grid services for a wide range of system configurations. The program goal is to build confidence that the design, control, and compensation approaches developed can be readily applied to other portions of the distribution grid and extended to other mixes of DERs, potentially extending the value of this approach to a more diverse set of communities, individuals, and entities as the distribution system continues to change.This FOA makes available approximately $50 million in federal funds for transformative, at-scale projects within distribution systems that demonstrate approaches to integrate grid-edge renewable and distributed energy systems with broader energy networks. These projects will seek to demonstrate reliable operations and system-wide value in the context of distribution grids with high levels of variable renewable generation and flexible load assets.This investment will allow the U.S. to develop more reliable, resilient, and cost-effective distribution grids and distributed energy systems while supporting climate action and providing benefits to communities and workers. It will also support the Biden Administration’s decarbonization goals of a 50-52% reduction in GHG emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, a carbon-pollution-free power sector by 2035, and a net-zero GHG emissions economy by 2050.This FOA has one Topic Area, which solicits proposals to demonstrate Distributed Energy Systems. The award size will be at least $10 million and no more than $25 million in federal funds. Each award is required to provide a minimum of 50% non-federal cost share. DOE will fund up to four (4) projects in this Topic Area. Projects are anticipated to have a maximum period of performance of 8 years.ATTENTION (11/9/2023): This Funding Opportunity has been modified. Please see the full FOA Modification 0001 document on OCED Exchange for full details (https://oced-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx#FoaId44ebd317-32eb-436b-b6c1-46c3057dc0fb).NOTE: All Concept Papers and Full Applications must be submitted via the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations Funding Opportunity Exchange by the posted deadlines (https://oced-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx#FoaId44ebd317-32eb-436b-b6c1-46c3057dc0fb).

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0003139

Grants.gov marks Distributed Energy Systems Demonstrations Fun… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). 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 code maps to Energy (EN). 6 other Headquarters listings share this eligibility-code string (8% of 77).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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.

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