Strategies to Increase Hydropower Flexibility
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is being issued by the U. S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) on behalf of the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO).
This FOA supports three complementary strategies for increasing the flexibility of hydropower:
demonstrating hydropower hybrids, supporting innovative advanced hydropower equipment, and developing new operational strategies.
WPTO’s HydroWIRES Initiative seeks to understand, enable, and improve the contribution of hydropower, including pumped storage hydropower (PSH) to reliability, resilience, and integration in the rapidly evolving U. S. electricity system.
Hydropower’s flexibility is central to enhancing all these contributions.
Through the three Topic Areas identified below, this FOA will develop a suite of advancements that improve hydropower flexibility at multiple scales:
improved components within the plant, improved hybridized capabilities at the plant interconnection, and improved operations across the fleet.
1. Hydropower Hybrids Demonstration 2. Technologies to Increase Flexibility 3. Operational Flexibility To view the entire FOA document, visit the EERE Exchange Website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov
This FOA supports three complementary strategies for increasing the flexibility of hydropower:
demonstrating hydropower hybrids, supporting innovative advanced hydropower equipment, and developing new operational strategies.
WPTO’s HydroWIRES Initiative seeks to understand, enable, and improve the contribution of hydropower, including pumped storage hydropower (PSH) to reliability, resilience, and integration in the rapidly evolving U. S. electricity system.
Hydropower’s flexibility is central to enhancing all these contributions.
Through the three Topic Areas identified below, this FOA will develop a suite of advancements that improve hydropower flexibility at multiple scales:
improved components within the plant, improved hybridized capabilities at the plant interconnection, and improved operations across the fleet.
1. Hydropower Hybrids Demonstration 2. Technologies to Increase Flexibility 3. Operational Flexibility To view the entire FOA document, visit the EERE Exchange Website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov
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EERE Funding Opportunity Exchange
Additional Information of Eligibility:
DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to apply for funding as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient.
Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to participate as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient.
Federal agencies and instrumentalities (other than DOE) are eligible to participate as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient.
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https://eere-exchange.energy.gov
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Date Posted:
2023-11-16
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Archive Date:
2024-05-11
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