The BIL is a once-in-a-generation investment in infrastructure, which will grow a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable economy through enhancing U.S. competitiveness, creating good jobs, ensuring stronger access to economic, environmental, and other benefits for disadvantaged communities. The BIL appropriates more than $62 billion to DOE2 to deliver a more equitable clean energy future for the American people. Over the four-year period encompassing fiscal years (FYs) 2022 through 2026, the BIL will invest $40 million for solar energy—and $60 million for wind energy-- research, development, demonstration, and commercialization activities3. This includes establishing demonstration facilities and projects, conducting analyses and studies, and conducting education and outreach in support of solar and wind technologies. Under this FOA, EERE expects to make a total of approximately $26 million of federal funding available for new awards. EERE anticipates making approximately 6 to 9 awards under this FOA between two topic areas. EERE may issue one, multiple, or no awards. Individual awards may vary between $2,250,000 and $5,600,000, depending on the topic area. This FOA and any related activities support BIL sections 41007(b) and 41007(c). The programmatic authorizing statutes are 42 U.S.C. 16238(b)(2) and 42 U.S.C. 16237(b)(2). The sections are focused on carrying out research, development, and deployment of solar and wind technologies through a broad set of activities, such as awarding grants, providing small business vouchers, establishing prize competitions, conducting education and workforce development activities, and funding competitive awards on a merit-review basis, which is the goal of this FOA. In these sections, these activities may be carried out on a broad range of subject areas, such as new materials, advanced manufacturing practices, and system integration. The subject areas from this list pertaining to this FOA are: • Developing new hardware and software to enable advanced technologies • Integrating solar and wind energy systems with the electric grid and other energy technologies, such as other generation, demand response, and energy storage. It is critical that the projects not only contribute to the energy technology goals, but also (1) support the BIL objectives to invest in America’s workforce by including specific elements to accelerate job growth and job quality, including the free and fair chance to join a union; and (2) advance DOE’s equity, environmental and energy justice priorities, including DOE’s commitment to the Justice40 Initiative.4 The Justice40 Initiative establishes a goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities.
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