DOE Funding Available for Distributed Energy Software – pv warehouse usa

May 29, 2024 Ryan Kennedy

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced a new $31 million funding opportunity called Solar Technologies’ Rapid Integration and Validation for Energy Systems (STRIVES) program.

The program aims to fund the research, development and demonstration of projects simulating the operation of power systems at the distribution level and to demonstrate new business models for the coordination of inverter-based resources such as solar power generation, wind power generation and battery energy storage, among other resources, such as buildings and electricity sources. vehicles.

“Large-scale deployment of clean energy technologies is driving the transition to a digitally driven, decentralized, and distributed electric grid that will require the coordination of a large number of diverse and geographically dispersed resources,” the DOE said.

The funding comes from a joint effort with DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), which has committed more than $100 million to field demonstration projects supporting improved grid planning and operation.

Thematic areas of the $31 million STRIVES program include:

Robust experimentation and advanced learning for distribution system operators

8-10 projects, each worth USD 2.5-3 million

Projects in this thematic area will design and conduct field demonstrations of distribution system operator models that take into account technology developments and the role of non-traditional stakeholders in potential electricity distribution services and markets.

Improved simulation tools for large-scale IBR transient and dynamic studies

4-5 projects, each worth $1-2.5 million

Projects in this topic area will develop and demonstrate software tools and methodologies to improve the ability of power system engineers to accurately and efficiently model the dynamics of power systems with large amounts of geographically distributed inverter-based resources.

The DOE Office of Solar Energy Technologies will host a webinar on June 10 at 1 p.m. ET to answer questions about funding opportunities. Link to register for the webinar here.

Concept papers are due by July 25, 2024, and full entries are due by October 17, 2024. Award negotiations will run from March to June 2025. More information on how to get started can be found here.