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OCED Updates | Issue 15 | June 2024 |
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 OCED, in collaboration with the Office of Nuclear Energy, announced its intent to fund up to $900 million to support the initial U.S. deployments of Generation III+ (Gen III+) Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technologies. This funding aims to strengthen America’s domestic nuclear industry and spur follow-on reactor projects, which are vital to achieving our nation's ambitious clean energy and climate goals and meeting the growing demand for clean, reliable power. OCED anticipates releasing a funding solicitation in late summer/fall of 2024. Visit the Gen III+ SMR engagement webpage here. Read the Notice of Intent here.
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OCED, in collaboration with DOE’s Office of Technology Transitions, announced $15 million in new funding for voucher opportunities to help small businesses, non-traditional partners, and other organizations from underrepresented communities take their clean energy technology projects to the next level. Learn more here.
OCED awarded the Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Second Life Smart Systems (SMART) project nearly $1 million (of the total project federal cost share of up to $10 million) in federal funding to begin Phase 1 of its project plan. Led by Smartville, Inc., the SMART project plans to demonstrate the viability of repurposed lithium-ion electric vehicle batteries in LDES systems across a range of use cases, environments, and sizes—from smaller scale (50kW x 10 hour) to larger scale (200kW x 10 hour)—in sites located in Los Angeles County, CA; Orangeburg, SC; Denmark, SC; Atlanta, GA; and New Orleans, LA. Learn more here.
OCED awarded the LDES Pumped Thermal Energy Storage in Alaska Railbelt (POLAR) project with nearly $5.5 million (of the total project federal cost share of up to $50 million) to begin Phase 1 of its project plan. Led by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the POLAR project plans to design and build a Pumped Thermal Energy Storage (PTES) system with a 1200 MWh capacity, capable of a minimum continuous output of 50 MW for 24 hours at Healy Power Plant in Healy, Alaska. The project seeks to fill a gap in power generation from a retiring coal-fired generation unit, providing energy storage to support a planned wind power system set to be installed at the plant. Learn more here.
OCED awarded the LDES Multiday Iron Air Demonstration (MIND) project more than $4.3 million (of the total project federal cost share of up to $70 million) to conduct project Phases 1 and 2. The MIND project seeks to hasten the commercialization and market development of multiday energy storage by deploying two 10 MW 100-hour LDES systems at retiring coal plants in Becker, MN and Pueblo, CO. This battery storage system uses iron-air technology that is optimized to store electricity for 100 hours at costs competitive with legacy power plants. Learn more here.
OCED finalized its agreement for the Design Phase of the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Program Demand-Side Initiative with the EFI Foundation and the H2DI Consortium. Through this agreement, OCED will work with H2DI to design demand-pull mechanisms to de-risk projects in the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs as well as a plan for executing those mechanisms. OCED expects the Design Phase to conclude this calendar year. Learn more here.
Gen III+ SMR Program Notice of Intent Informational Webinar
Join DOE on July 9 for an informational webinar to discuss the recently released Notice of Intent to fund up to $900 million to support the initial U.S. deployments of Gen III+ SMR technologies. The webinar will provide potential applicants additional information about the potential funding opportunity including the two tiers, next steps, and resources. Register for the webinar here.
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Merit Reviewers Needed!
To inform OCED’s significant investment decisions, we need a team to serve as independent merit reviewers with a range of skillsets and expertise to select projects for competitive funding opportunities. Visit OCED Exchange and click “Register.”
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OCED is looking for individuals skilled in large-scale clean energy demonstration projects for a variety of positions, particularly in renewable systems, carbon capture and removal, hydrogen, and nuclear energy technologies.
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