National Marine Energy Centers

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
TBDFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$40,000,000.00Funding Amount

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Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To provide financial assistance for the establishment of new National Marine Energy Centers and the continuation and expansion of the research, development, demonstration, testing, and commercial application activities at the existing Centers.
Eligible Uses (1) Advance research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of marine energy technologies in response to industry and commercial needs; (2) support in-water testing and demonstration of marine energy technologies, including facilities capable of testing-- (A) marine energy systems of various technology readiness levels and scales; (B) a variety of technologies in multiple test berths at a single location; (C) arrays of technology devices; and (D) interconnectivity to an electrical grid, including microgrids; and (3) collect and disseminate information on best practices in all areas relating to developing and managing marine energy resources and energy systems.
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New Solar Research & Development

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Cooperative AgreementFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$20,000,000.00Funding Amount

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Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To award financial assistance to eligible entities for research, development, demonstration, and commercialization projects to advance new solar energy manufacturing technologies and techniques.
Eligible Uses Solar energy manufacturing projects that--(i) increase efficiency and cost effectiveness in--(I) the manufacturing process; and(II) the use of resources, such as energy, water, and critical materials;(ii) support domestic supply chains for materials and components;(iii) identify and incorporate nonhazardous alternative materials for components and devices;(iv) operate in partnership with Tribal energy development organizations, Tribes, Tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian community-based organizations, minority-serving institutions, or territories or freely associated States; or(v) are located in economically distressed areas."
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Pre-Commercial Direct Air Capture Prize Competitions

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
PrizeFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$15,000,000.00Funding Amount

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Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description Reauthorization of program to advance research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of carbon capture technologies.
Eligible Uses Projects that advance the technical and commercial viability of technologies that result in net removal of CO2 from the atmosphere.
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Pumped Storage Hydropower Wind and Solar Integration and System Reliability Initiative

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Cooperative AgreementFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$10,000,000.00Funding Amount

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Period of Availability $2 million per year for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
Program Description To provide financial assistance to eligible entities to carry out project design, transmission studies, power market assessments, and permitting for a pumped storage hydropower project to facilitate the long-duration storage of intermittent renewable electricity.
Eligible Uses To be eligible for financial assistance, a project shall--(i) be designed to provide not less than 1,000 megawatts of storage capacity;(ii) be able to provide energy and capacity for use in more than 1 organized electricity market;(iii) be able to store electricity generated by intermittent renewable electricity projects located on Tribal land; and (iv) have received a preliminary permit from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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Purchase of Power and Transmission Services

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Federal Expenditure at Discretion of Western Area Power Administration AdministratorFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$500,000,000.00Funding Amount

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Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description For the Western Area Power Administration to purchase power and transmission services.
Eligible Uses To purchase power and transmission services, recover purchase power and wheeling services, and transfer to the Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund.
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Rare Earth Elements Demonstration Facility

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$140,000,000.00Funding Amount

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Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To demonstrate the feasibility of a full-scale integrated rare earth element extraction and separation facility and refinery.
Eligible Uses The facility established shall: (A) provide environmental benefits through use of feedstock derived from acid mine drainage, mine waste, or other deleterious material; (B) separate mixed rare earth oxides into pure oxides of each rare earth element; (C) refine rare earth oxides into rare earth metals; and (D) provide for separation of rare earth oxides and refining into rare earth metals at a single site.
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Rare Earth Security Activities

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$127,000,000.00Funding Amount

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Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To conduct a program of research and development to improve the security of rare earth elements.
Eligible Uses (A) To develop and assess advanced separation technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and other critical materials from coal and coal byproducts; and (B) To determine if there are, and mitigate, any potential environmental or public health impacts that could arise from the recovery of rare earth elements from coal-based resources.
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Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of Homeland SecurityAgency
$585,000,000.00Funding Amount

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Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams Grant Program makes available Federal funds to eligible States for pass through to non-Federal governmental organizations or nonprofit organizations for the rehabilitation of dams that fail to meet minimum dam safety standards and pose unacceptable risk to life and property.
Eligible Uses Eligible activities include repair, removal, or any other structural or nonstructural measures to rehabilitate an eligible high hazard potential dam. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams grant program provides technical, planning, design, and construction assistance for eligible rehabilitation activities that reduce dam risk and increase community preparedness.
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Section 243 Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement Incentives (Sec 40332)

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Incentive paymentFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$75,000,000.00Funding Amount

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Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To incentivize upgrades to hydroelectric facilities to increase their efficiency.
Eligible Uses Capital improvements to hydroelectric facilities at existing dams to improve the efficiency of such facilities by at least 3 percent. Maximum percentage of Federal funds going to the capital improvement is 30 percent with a total cap of $5 million per facility.
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Solar Energy Research and Development

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Cooperative AgreementFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$40,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To fund research, development, demonstration, and commercialization activities to improve solar energy technologies.
Eligible Uses Research, development, demonstration, and commercialization activities, including: (i) awarding grants and awards, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis; (ii) performing precompetitive research and development; (iii) establishing or maintaining demonstration facilities and projects, including through stewardship of existing facilities; (iv) providing technical assistance; (v) entering into contracts and cooperative agreements; (vi) providing small business vouchers; (vii) establishing prize competitions; (viii) conducting education and outreach activities; (ix) conducting workforce development activities; and (x) conducting analyses, studies, and reports.
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Solar Recycling Research & Development

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Cooperative Agreements and Management and Operating Contracts at National LaboratoriesFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$20,000,000.00Funding Amount

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Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To award financial assistance to eligible entities for research, development, demonstration, and commercialization projects to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of solar energy technologies.
Eligible Uses Projects aimed at increasing the reuse and recycling of solar energy technologies, including: (i) increasing the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the recovery of raw materials from solar energy technology components and systems, including enabling technologies such as inverters; (ii) minimizing potential environmental impacts from the recovery and disposal processes; (iii) advancing technologies and processes for the disassembly and recycling of solar energy devices; (iv) developing alternative materials, designs, manufacturing processes, and other aspects of solar energy technologies and the disassembly and resource recovery process that enable efficient, cost effective, and environmentally responsible disassembly of, and resource recovery from, solar energy technologies; and (v) strategies to increase consumer acceptance of, and participation in, the recycling of photovoltaic devices.
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State Energy Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Formula GrantFunding Mechanism
Clean Energy and PowerCategory
Department of EnergyAgency
$500,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description To provide funding to States to support electric transmission and distribution planning as well as planning activities and programs that help reduce carbon emissions in all sectors of the economy, including the transportation sector and accelerate the use of alternative transportation fuels and vehicle electrification.
Eligible Uses Energy conservation measures, renewable energy measures, and programs to increase deployment of clean energy technologies in buildings, industry and transportation, including programs to help reduce carbon emissions in the transportation sector and accelerate the use of alternative transportation fuels for, and the electrification of, State government vehicles, fleet vehicles, taxis and ridesharing services, mass transit, school buses, ferries, and privately owned passenger and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles .
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