Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0001854
The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) released a discretionary funding opportunity titled "Innovative Technology Development to Enhance Fossil Power System Operability, Reliability, and Economic Performance" (Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0001854) to support research and development that can make fossil energy technologies run better and cost less. The announcement is framed around practical, near- to mid-term innovations that strengthen how fossil-based power systems are operated, how reliably they perform over time, and how economically they can be built and maintained. Awards are planned as cooperative agreements, which typically means DOE expects substantial involvement during the project in areas like technical direction, milestone review, and coordination to ensure the work stays aligned with program goals.
The FOA is organized around two main Areas of Interest. The first, "Sensors and Controls Technology Development for Cybersecure Fossil Power," targets the instrumentation and control side of fossil power plants, where improvements can have outsized impacts on efficiency, uptime, and operating flexibility. In this area, DOE is looking for advances in sensing, monitoring, diagnostics, and control strategies that help operators understand equipment condition in real time, detect abnormal behavior early, and optimize plant performance under changing conditions. A key emphasis is cybersecurity, recognizing that modern control systems are increasingly networked and exposed to cyber risks. Projects in this area would be expected to consider how sensing and controls technologies can be designed, integrated, and operated in ways that reduce vulnerability, improve resilience to attacks or intrusions, and protect critical plant functions without sacrificing performance.
The second area, "Computational Tools to Support Advanced Manufacturing of Fossil Energy Technologies," focuses on software and modeling capabilities that make it easier to design, fabricate, and qualify components used in fossil energy systems. The intent is to strengthen the manufacturing pipeline through better computational methods, such as simulation tools, predictive models, and digital workflows that can reduce trial-and-error, shorten development cycles, and lower costs. By supporting advanced manufacturing through computation, DOE is aiming to help industry produce higher-performing components more consistently, anticipate manufacturing defects or performance issues before fabrication, and improve the ability to scale up promising designs. In practical terms, this area is about making manufacturing more efficient and more predictable by using modeling and data-driven tools to guide decisions from design through production and quality assurance.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed under the Energy funding activity category (CFDA 81.089) and is open to a wide range of applicants, described as unrestricted eligibility, subject to any additional clarifications in the full announcement. NETL anticipated making about five awards, with an award ceiling of $1,000,000 per project. The FOA was created on February 5, 2018, with an original application deadline of April 5, 2018. Overall, the opportunity is designed to fund a small portfolio of R&D efforts that can deliver measurable improvements in fossil power plant operation and economics, either through more capable and cybersecure sensing and control systems or through computational tools that enable better, faster, and cheaper manufacturing of key fossil energy technologies.Apply for DE FOA 0001854
- The Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Innovative Technology Development to Enhance Fossil Power System Operability, Reliability, and Economic Performance" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.089.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 05, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 05, 2018. (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 $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 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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