Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0001740
The Department of Energy (DOE), through its Golden Field Office, released a discretionary Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled "Advanced Power Electronics Design for Solar Applications" (Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0001740). The opportunity is focused on early-stage research and development aimed at improving the power electronics that sit between solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays and the electric grid. Since inverters and converters largely determine how efficiently, reliably, and flexibly solar generation can be delivered to the grid, the FOA targets innovations that can materially reduce total (lifetime) costs while also expanding what solar PV systems can do for the grid. The work is explicitly tied to DOE SunShot 2030 goals, meaning the emphasis is not just incremental efficiency gains but meaningful cost and value improvements that support broader deployment.
At a high level, the FOA is trying to push solar PV power electronics beyond the current state of the art in two main ways. First, it seeks designs, components, and control approaches that lower the lifetime cost of inverter and converter solutions across all major market segments: residential, commercial, and utility-scale. "Lifetime cost" here goes beyond the upfront purchase price and tends to include factors like reliability, operational life, maintenance and replacement frequency, efficiency-related energy losses over time, thermal management needs, and installation or servicing complexity. The second thrust is to develop modular, multi-purpose, or otherwise reconfigurable power electronics that can provide enhanced grid services. In practical terms, DOE is signaling interest in inverters and converter architectures that can do more than simply convert DC to AC; they should be able to support grid integration by offering more versatile control functionality, potentially increasing the overall lifetime value of PV assets and reducing the hidden costs utilities and system owners face when integrating high levels of solar generation.
The FOA uses a Cooperative Agreement as the funding instrument, which typically means DOE expects substantial involvement during the project period (for example, technical oversight, milestone reviews, and collaboration on direction as results emerge). Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of applicants may apply, subject to any details in the FOA text on EERE Exchange. That generally opens the door to universities, national laboratories, private companies (including small businesses), nonprofits, utilities, and other organizations, as long as they can meet the requirements described in the full announcement.
In terms of scale and timing, the opportunity anticipated around 12 awards, with an award ceiling of $3,000,000 per project. The FOA was created on September 7, 2017, and had an original closing date of December 15, 2017. A key process requirement was the use of a concept paper down-select: only applicants who submitted an eligible concept paper by October 12, 2017 were allowed to submit a full application. As with most DOE EERE opportunities, the authoritative details, topic areas, submission rules, cost share expectations (if any), merit review criteria, and required forms were hosted on the EERE Exchange website.
Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as DOE investing in the next wave of solar inverter and converter technology, with equal weight on cost reduction and grid-support capabilities. It targets innovations that make PV power electronics cheaper over their full operating life and more valuable to the electric system by enabling advanced controls and services that help PV integrate smoothly as penetration increases.Apply for DE FOA 0001740
- The Department of Energy, Golden Field Office in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Advanced Power Electronics Design for Solar Applications" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.087.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 07, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 15, 2017 Only applicants who have submitted an eligible Concept Paper by 10/12/2017 will be eligible to submit a Full Application.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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