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CSP technologies offer unique value as a renewable energy resource that can readily deliver high-temperature heat for uses in the industrial sector and incorporate energy storage for on-demand solar power.
SETO is interested in projects in three topic areas:
- Topic Area 1: Scalable Concentrating Solar Collectors
- Topic Area 2: Scalable Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (sCO2) Turbomachinery
- Topic Area 3: Scalable Concentrating Solar-thermal Receivers and Reactors
The goals of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) are aligned with DOE’s target of achieving a levelized cost of heat of $0.02 per kilowatt-hour and levelized cost of electricity of $0.05 kilowatt-hour by 2030. The FOA also supports the goals of the DOE’s Industrial Heat Shot, Hydrogen Shot, and Clean Fuels & Products Shot.
SETO anticipates making approximately six to 16 awards under this FOA ranging from $750,000 to $10 million. SETO encourages diverse teams from universities, nonprofit and for-profit companies, state and local governments, and Tribal Nations to apply.
Prior to submitting a full application, applicants must submit a concept paper by May 16 at 5 p.m. ET.
Learn more about other open funding opportunities within DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
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