Innovative DEsigns for high-performAnce Low-cost HVDC Converters (IDEAL HVDC)
Funding Agency:
- Department of Energy
Building a clean and equitable energy economy and addressing the climate crisis is a top priority of the Biden Administration. This FOA supports the administration goals laid out above by supporting a solution to address transmission challenges faced by the nation’s grid.
This FOA will advance the Biden Administration’s goals to achieve carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035 and to “deliver an equitable, clean energy future, and put the United States on a path to achieve net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than 2050“1 to the benefit of all Americans. The U.S. Department of Energy is committed to pushing the frontiers of science and engineering, catalyzing clean energy jobs through research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D), and ensuring environmental justice and inclusion of underserved communities.
The research and development (R&D) activities to be funded under this FOA will support the government-wide approach to the climate crisis by driving the innovation that can lead to the deployment of clean energy technologies, which are critical for climate protection. Specifically, this FOA will invest in R&D to support continued innovation and cost reduction for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) voltage-source converter (VSC) transmission systems. This investment is intended to enable future grid upgrades required to integrate increasing renewable energy generation on to the grid, both onshore and offshore.
EERE anticipates making approximately 3-4 awards under this FOA. EERE may issue one, multiple, or no awards. Individual awards may vary between $2.5M and $3.3M.
$10,000,000
2/5/2024 - 5:00 p.m. ET
FOA Mailbox WETOFOA@ee.doe.gov