Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Industrial Decarbonization through Electrification of Process Heating
Funding Agency:
- Department of Energy
The purpose of this FOA is to create a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute that will accelerate decarbonization of the industrial sector by developing and scaling electrified industrial heating processes. A consortium made up of industry, academia, non-governmental organizations, national labs, and other stakeholders is sought to: develop electrified process heating solutions for industry; create modeling and optimization tools to facilitate integration of electrified processes into manufacturing plants; develop technology evaluation tools and methodologies; and educate and develop the manufacturing workforce needed to implement this technology.
EERE funds Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (Institutes) as part of an effort to strengthen U.S. manufacturing competitiveness by developing advanced, energy-efficient technologies.[1] Institutes are the cornerstone of Manufacturing USA, previously known as the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), which was proposed in 2012 in recognition of the vital role the advanced manufacturing sector plays in driving the U.S. economy.[2] DOE establishes Institutes in areas where a consortium[3] has been determined to have high potential to address a significant and potentially impactful clean energy-related advanced manufacturing opportunity through public engagement, requests for information, and internal analysis.
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[1] The terms “Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes,” “Clean Energy Manufacturing Institutes,” “Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MIIs),” “Institutes for Manufacturing Innovation (IMIs)”, and “Centers for Manufacturing Innovation” have all been used in different framing documents to refer to participating Institutes. For consistency, the individual institutes will be referred to in this FOA as “Institutes.”
[2] Manufacturing USA. https://www.manufacturingusa.com/
[3] A research consortium is defined in Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PL109-58, Sec 989B) as a merit-based, competitively awarded combination of one or more: institutions of higher education, national laboratories, nonprofit and for-profit private entities, and state and local governments.
Ceiling: $70,000,000
$70,000,000
Submission Deadline for Concept Papers: August 9, 2022
October 25, 2022
Geoffrey I. Walker 720-356-1808 geoffrey.walker@ee.doe.gov