Oct 21, 2016

Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement "Geothermal Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Studies," DE-FOA-0001601

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled "Geothermal Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Studies."

This Notice is issued so that interested parties are aware of EERE's intention to issue DE-FOA-0001601: "Geothermal Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Studies" in the near term. All of the information contained in this Notice is subject to change. 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.

The Geothermal Technologies Office seeks to conduct feasibility studies of large-scale, low-temperature deep-well geothermal systems coupled with advanced direct-use applications and cascaded surface technologies whose applications will extend the reach of geothermal into geologically distinct parts of the country beyond the western U.S. These systems are referred to herein as Deep Direct-Use or DDU.

This FOA will solicit applications that propose projects supporting DDU feasibility studies in two Topic Areas:

  • Topic Area 1 "DDU Feasibility Studies" will focus on the initial site selection, resource assessment, and feasibility study of DDU technology(s).
  • Topic Area 2 "DDU Community of Practice Administration and Techno-Economic Validation of DDU Projects" seeks to convene and establish a DDU Community of Practice (COP).

Note: FOA applications will not be accepted through the notice of intent.

For more information please visit the EERE Funding Opportunity Exchange. The NOI can be accessed here.

This is a Notice of Intent (NOI) only. EERE may issue a FOA as described, may issue a FOA that is significantly different from the FOA described herein, or EERE may not issue a FOA at all. No applications will be accepted through this notice. Please do not submit questions or respond to this Notice of Intent.

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