Systematic improvements to grid investments and operations are needed to accommodate widespread adoption of distributed energy resources and enable market development across New York State. The Future Grid solicitation seeks innovative solutions to challenge areas that enable a clean transmission and distribution grid as defined in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
Donor Name: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/02/2022
Size of the Grant: $ 3,000,000
Details:
The challenges will be developed in collaboration with grid stakeholders such as the state’s utilities and asset owners pursuing grid interaction advancements. Up to $3 million is available per challenge for product development and demonstration projects and $400 thousand for studies.
Challenge Areas
This program will have multiple rounds. Each round will have a challenge area from one or more utility, other stakeholder segment, and/or open to specific technologies of interest. Proposers should check each round for the specific challenge area or areas. NYSERDA reserves the right to add, delete, or modify any of the challenges over the course of the solicitation. Proposals in Round 3 should address one or more of the following challenge areas.
Round 3
- Improved transmission utilization
- Power flow control devices
- Energy storage for Transmission and Distribution services
- Tools for improving operator situational awareness
- Transformer monitoring
- Advanced high-temperature, low sag conductors
- Compact tower design
- Distribution Energy Management Systems (DERMS)
- Grid impacts from offshore wind integration
Project Categories
This solicitation includes three project categories. Proposers must indicate under which category they are proposing. Proposers should give careful consideration under which category to propose, as Proposal requirements differ, so inappropriate choices could negatively affect project selection results. Proposers are encouraged to contact NYSERDA with technical questions to promote complete understanding of the project categories as described below. One or all project categories may be utilized in a single proposal.
- Category A: Product Development
- Category B: Demonstration
- Category C: Study
Funding Information
- Category A: Product Development
- Maximum NYSERDA Funding Per Award: $ 3,000,000
- Category B: Demonstration
- Maximum NYSERDA Funding Per Award: $ 3,000,000
- Category C: Study
- Maximum NYSERDA Funding Per Award; $ 400,000
Eligibility Criteria
Projects proposed for funding must:
- Address an innovative technology that improves the resiliency, reliability, performance, efficiency and provide new services for the electric power grid while meeting or exceeding the requirement for the challenge area.
- Provide direct and quantifiable energy, environmental, and/or economic benefits to New York State such as emissions reductions (such as greenhouse gases and criteria air pollutants), job creation, product manufacturing and sales, increased resiliency and reliability, higher efficiency, and reduced electric costs. Include a project budget using the Attachment E, Budget Form, showing total project cost and proposer cost share. Include a cost-sharing breakdown by project task in the Statement of Work
- Satisfy recoupment obligations to NYSERDA for any new technology or product development effort requesting cumulative NYSERDA funding over $75,000 upon product commercialization.
- Demonstrate that the proposer and/or team of proposers are qualified to carry out the submitted project proposal.
- Provide a strong rationale as to how the project will overcome barriers impeding the implementation or adoption of any new or under-utilized technology.
- For projects that develop technologies or products, emphasize development and/or applications of marketable products for near-term commercialization, rather than basic research, and provide an assessment of the addressable market, and discuss an appropriate commercialization path and potential for manufacturing in New York State. Note that even in early-stage projects, initial activities focusing on commercialization (or technology deployment) paths and challenges are essential to assessing benefits, risks, and future resource requirements.
- For demonstration projects, clearly identify how this project will increase sales or usage of a commercialized product already in the marketplace, generate objective performance information for customers or policymakers, and how such demonstration will lead to increased use of the product in New York State. Demonstration projects must be installed within New York State.
- Provide a letter of commitment from all funding sources and partners.
- Demonstrate that the project and funding request addresses the challenge with technology advancements that are not being addressed adequately by current industry practices and/or federal and/or other state research priorities and funding. Include a cost and New York statewidepublic benefit analysis to justify allocation of funds.
- Conduct technology transfer meetings to the stakeholders in the state including the Joint Utilities of New York and the Department of Public Service Staff, industry and other utilities without disclosing utility-specific trade-secrets and/or intellectual property.
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