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Notice of Intent (NOI) for Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA0002801 titled “Advancing Fish Passage and Protection Technologies.” The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Water Power Technologies Office, a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Advancing Fish Passage and Protection Technologies”. This notice of intent (NOI) is issued so that interested parties are aware of EERE’s intention to issue this FOA in the near term. All the information contained in this NOI is subject to change. EERE will not respond to questions concerning this NOI. Once the FOA has been released, EERE will provide an avenue for potential applicants to submit questions. Complete information, including the full Notice of Intent, can be found on the EERE Exchange website: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/

This Request for Information (RFI) is intended to inform the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity (ED) on enabling an inclusive and just entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem in climate and energy technologies. DOE seeks to understand the barriers to entry to DOE funding opportunities and other forms of assistance for first-time applicants, people and organizations from underrepresented communities, underserved and frontline communities, and from other non-traditional backgrounds, as well as understanding programmatic, operational, or other internal measures that DOE can implement to remove these barriers. Measures may encompass application support services for funding opportunities, incubation and acceleration services for entrepreneurship; and other measures to support a just and inclusive innovation ecosystem. This RFI is not aimed at policy recommendations that require changes in the law, but those that DOE can implement using its existing authorities.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), on behalf of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office (EERE). The intent of this RFI is to obtain public input regarding research priorities, partnership interest, the solicitation process, and structure of a potential DOE Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to fund activities to reduce the impacts of wind energy facilities on bat populations in accordance with section 41007(b)(1) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.Specifically, this RFI seeks input on the following topics:• The current state of bat deterrent technologies and market interest• Research and development activities necessary to advance deterrent technologies• Barriers to deployment of deterrents• Conditions under which technology vendors and wind energy operators would participate in field validation studies• Solicitation Process, FOA structure, and Implementation Strategy• Employment: Expanding Union Jobs and Effective Workforce Development• Equity, Environmental and Energy Justice (EEEJ) Priorities• Market Adoption and Industry/Sector SustainabilityInformation collected from this RFI will be used by DOE for planning purposes to develop a potential FOA. The information collected will not be published.Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to WETOBATRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on 09/16/2022. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email.This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. EERE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.To view the full RFI document, visit the EERE-Exchange Web at: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov

To help inform Department of Energy's (DOE) implementation of the Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas (ERA) Program, this Request for Information (RFI) seeks input on: Outcomes the program should seek to deliver for residents of rural or remote areas, and the types of innovative energy projects that achieve those outcomes and meet the authorization languageConsiderations that could impact programmatic design or strategyCommunity benefits, including energy and environmental justice (EEJ), diversity, equity inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) considerations; and quality jobs, andWays to broadly share knowledge gained and impacts. Responses to this RFI will be used by DOE for planning purposes to develop the ERA Program, which may include the use of Technical Assistance, Prizes, Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA), Other Transactional Authorities (OTAs), or Partnership Intermediary Agreements (PIAs). The information collected will not be published. Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to ERA@hq.doe.gov no later than 12:00pm (ET) on 11/28/2022. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. OCED may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI. To view the full RFI document, please visit https://oced-exchange.energy.gov/ and search by the RFI document number.

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to two topic areas: 1) potential structure and capabilities of Centers of Excellence focused on offshore wind and 2) potential synergies between aquaculture production, offshore wind energy, and marine energy. This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications. Please see the full RFI document in the Documents section below. This is an RFI only. DOE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. DOE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI. Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to WindEnergyRFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on Friday, March 15, 2023. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. To view the complete RFI document, visit the eXCHANGE website at: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on issues related to sec. 41001 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which appropriated $505 million “to advance energy storage systems toward widespread commercial deployment by lowering the costs and increasing the duration of energy storage resources.” The RFI lays out a proposed structure for three provisions within Sec. 41001 in line with a strategy for energy storage technology commercialization. The intent of this RFI is to obtain public input regarding DOE’s proposed implementation possibilities of the energy storage demonstration programs and crosscutting issues related to the energy storage demonstration landscape: • Category 1: BIL 41001 Energy Storage Program-Specific Requirements and Implementation Strategy o Category 1A: Long-Duration Demonstration Initiative o Category 1B: Energy Storage Demonstration Projects o Category 1C: Energy Storage Pilot Grant Program o Category 1D: Rapid Operational Validation Initiative (ROVI) • Category 2: BIL 41001 Energy Storage Program Crosscutting Topics o Category 2A: Storage Technology Opportunity Readiness Evaluation (STORE) o Category 2B: BIL Provision, Requirements, and Proposed Implementation • Category 3: Employment: Expanding Union Jobs and Effective Workforce Development • Category 4: Equity, Environmental and Energy Justice (EEEJ) Priorities • Category 5: Additional Input This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications. Please see the full text of the DE-FOA-0002777 at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to EnergyStorage41001RFI@ee.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on June 16, 2022, with subject line “BIL 41001 RFI response.” Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to the email, and no more than 20 pages in length, 12 point font, 1-inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.

Please see EERE Exchange for the full Request for Information. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) is requesting information on the cost and value of acquiring, accessing, and sharing solar photovoltaic (PV) system performance data. SETO seeks responses from all interested stakeholders in industry, academia, government, research laboratories, and more, including data owners, data users, and system owners, operators, and developers. These responses will inform SETO activities relevant to PV system performance and related data to accelerate research, development, and deployment of solar energy.

This Request for Information (RFI) is intended to inform the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), on the development of a new platform to manage the enrollment, use, and monitoring of community solar subscriptions for LIHEAP customers.

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Section 41006(a)(2): U.S. Tidal Energy Advancement.” To support the development of tidal and current energy systems in the United States, and move the state of these technologies, DOE will provide the first large scale investment for the development of a tidal Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) site. This FOA will provide $35 million in total funding supporting Section 41006(a)(2) to fund a tidal or river current site development, preferably led by a project/site developer in the U.S., and fund in-water demonstration of at least one tidal energy system. The overall goals of this FOA are to: Build upon state clean energy strategies with local partners; Attract competitive tidal/current developers for technology site integration; Improve tidal/current Research and Development (R&D); Build site infrastructure and supply chains, with increased participation at the state level, including local agency, tribal and university research participation; and Establish a working business model covering site development to commercial scale. DOE is compiling a "teaming" partner list to facilitate widespread participation in this FOA. This list allows organizations with expertise in the topics to express their interest to potential applicants and to explore potential partnerships. Please see the Teaming List section of the NOI document for more information. This Notice is issued so that interested parties are aware of the EERE’s intention to issue this FOA in the near term. All 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. To view the complete NOI document, visit the eXCHANGE website at: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. Please note that you must first select this specific FOA Number in order to view the questions and answers specific to this FOA.

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) is issuing this request for information (RFI) to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders. This RFI will inform SETO’s strategic planning on research related to the integration of solar energy resources. Specifically, this RFI will inform SETO’s strategies relating to prediction of (a) solar irradiance reaching the surface of the earth, and (b) power output from solar generation plants, using either photovoltaic (PV) or concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies. Improving solar generation prediction will better inform grid operators as they consider the impacts of solar power variability on grid planning and operations technologies, as well as the owners and operators of utility-scale plants and aggregators of distributed PV systems.