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SUMMARY:Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience (RACER)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220725
DTSTAMP:20260405T191653Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:AIM: This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is being issu
 ed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency 
 and Renewable Energy (EERE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to inv
 est in innovative research\, development\, and demonstration (RD&D) that a
 ccelerates the large-scale development and deployment of solar technology 
 to support an equitable transition to a decarbonized electricity system by
  2035 and decarbonized energy sector by 2050. Achieving this goal will sup
 port the nationwide effort to meet the threat of climate change and ensure
  that all Americans benefit from the transition to a clean energy economy.
 \nThis funding opportunity focuses on the development and application of s
 olar technologies to improve the resilience of electric power systems and 
 the communities they support. Projects funded under this FOA will focus on
  community energy resilience. Community resilience can be a comprehensive 
 term that may apply to different critical services such as water\, energy\
 , communications\, transportation and other types of infrastructure. In th
 e context of this FOA\, projects will focus efforts on community energy re
 silience to investigate the relationship between power systems resilience 
 and community resilience and determine the ability of a community to prepa
 re\, recover\, and adapt from an event that can cause power or energy disr
 uption. The RD&D activities to be funded under this FOA will support innov
 ative community energy planning methods and technology demonstrations that
  can increase energy resilience in response to the impacts of climate chan
 ge and extreme weather events such as hurricanes\, flooding\, high winds\,
  heat waves\, wildfires\, ice storms\, or other events. These events can c
 ause widespread equipment failures and infrastructure damages resulting in
  sustained power outages\, particularly in the distribution grids that dir
 ectly serve the communities. Innovative approaches to community energy pla
 nning and development of resilient clean energy technologies are needed to
  mitigate the impact of these disruptions to essential services\, and incr
 ease preparedness to withstand and recover rapidly from these events.\n\nA
 REAS OF INTEREST\nTo accomplish RACER’s objective\, SETO is interested i
 n the following three topic areas:\n\n	Innovative Community-Based Energy R
 esilience Planning.\n	Automation strategies for Rapid Energy Restoration.\
 n	Innovative Solutions to increase the resilience and Hardening of PV Powe
 r Plants.\n\nFor more information about these topic areas and potential pa
 rtners\, you may refer to this page.\n\nDEADLINE: The application process 
 will include two phases: a Concept Paper phase (6 pages maximum) and a Ful
 l Application phase. Only applicants who have submitted an eligible Concep
 t Paper will be eligible to submit a Full Application. Concept papers must
  be submitted by May 26\, 2022 at 5:00 PM ET. Submission Deadline for Appl
 ications is July 25\, 2022 at 5:00 PM ET.\n\nELIGIBILITY: EPFL researchers
  are eligible to participate as subawardee or as a prime if they possess s
 kills\, resources and abilities that do not exist among potential applican
 ts in the U.S. Let the Research Office know if you wish to apply as a prim
 e and if a waiver is needed.\n\nHOW TO APPLY: Get in touch with potential 
 partners in the U.S. if you wish to participate as a partner in a collabor
 ative project. To apply as a prime\, applicants must register with and sub
 mit application materials through EERE Exchange at https://eere-Exchange.e
 nergy.gov \, EERE’s online application portal.\n\nFOR FURTHER INFORMATIO
 N: Please refer to the DE-FOA-0002597 (teaming partner list and Q&A are av
 ailable) and contact the Research Office for any question and assistance. 
 An information webinar will be held on 27.04.22 at 1:00 PM ET.\n\n 
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