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Funding Notice: $18 Million Available to Support Electricity Grid Resilience, Reliability, and Security
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released three Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) totaling nearly $18.4 million for programs to support research and development of groundbreaking electricity grid technologies. The programs will reduce the cost of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) circuit breakers, improve risk assessment and communication for grid operators, and ensure communities are ready to respond to unanticipated energy storage system failures.
Upgrading critical systems and controls will extend the life of existing grid components, increase the grid’s ability to receive, transmit, and deliver electricity, and improve communications to help predict and prevent failures. Moreover, quantifying and clearly communicating risk and uncertainties to decision-makers and human operators enables more accurate and effective prediction, prevention, and mitigation of cascading failures in the grid. In addition, ensuring communities are prepared to safely manage and monitor energy storage systems is critical to successfully deploying storage technologies.
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The three funding opportunities are:
Renewable Integration Management with Innovative High-Voltage Direct Current Power Circuit Breakers (REIMAGINE BREAKERS)
This $8 million NOFO will support research and development related to HVDC power circuit breakers.
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Human-Centric Analytics for Resilient & Modernized Power sYstems (HARMONY)
This $6.25 million NOFO will help improve risk assessment and communication for grid operators in the age of big data.
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Blue Sky Training Program
This $4.125 million NOFO will bring together stakeholders to participate in planning exercises and drills to ensure the safety of the communities hosting energy storage systems.
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These NOFOs are funded by DOE’s Office of Electricity. REIMAGINE BREAKERS is also supported by DOE’s Wind Energy Technologies Office.
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Learn more about other funding opportunities within DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
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