Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement titled Competitive Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Demonstrations at the Navy's Wave Energy Test Site (WETS)

Post Date

March 24th 2014

Application Due Date

November 30th -0001

Not applicable

Funding Opportunity Number

DE-FOA-0001080

CFDA Number(s)

81.087

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Energy

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $0

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The purpose of this Notice is to provide potential applicants advance notice that the Wind & Water Power Technologies Office (WWPTO), on behalf of the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), intends to issue a FOA titled, ?Competitive Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Demonstrations at the Navy's Wave Energy Test Site (WETS)?. Testing, evaluation, and comparison of multiple close to full-scale wave energy conversion (WEC) systems will help industry identify and focus on the most promising device archetypes. This FOA intends to support the deployment of two WEC systems for a period of approximately one year at water depths of approximately 60 and 80 meters at the Navy?s WETS in Kaneohe, HI, for comparison of performance, reliability, and levelized cost of energy (LCOE). NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THIS NOTICE. Please do not submit questions or respond to this Notice of Intent. EERE will not respond to questions concerning this Notice. Once the FOA has been released, EERE will provide an avenue for potential Applicants to submit questions. Prospective applicants to the FOA should begin developing partnerships, formulating ideas, and gathering data in anticipation of the issuance of this FOA. It is anticipated that this FOA will be posted to EERE Exchange in the second quarter of calendar year 2014. All of the information contained in this Notice is subject to change.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Energy

• Office:

  Golden Field Office

• Agency Contact:

  EERE Exchange
  https://eere-exchange.energy.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  https://eere-exchange.energy.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  https://eere-exchange.energy.gov

• More Information:

  https://eere-exchange.energy.gov