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Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0000336
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Original Closing Date for Applications: Nov 30, 2010 Pre-Application Due Date: 10/01/2010, 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time
Current Closing Date for Applications: Nov 30, 2010 Pre-Application Due Date: 10/01/2010, 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time
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Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Energy
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CFDA Number(s): 81.087 -- Renewable Energy Research and Development
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Agency Name

Golden Field Office

Description

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Geothermal Technologies Program (GTP) is partnering with the technical community to advance geothermal systems research and development throughout the United States. This FOA seeks to fund geothermal energy research and development projects that address the following three (3) areas. First, projects must address environmental risk factors associated with recovery of heat from the subsurface consistent and seek to ensure that geothermal energy development is consistent with the highest practicable standards, consistent with the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) section 614. The environmental risks may include, but are not limited to, the impacts of induced seismicity, effects on groundwater and local hydrology, and consumption (and potential contamination) of potable/fresh water. Second, DOE seeks projects that will add innovative methods for extracting heat from geologic formations lack ing hydrocarbons to GTP's technology portfolio. Third, projects should aim to reduce the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) for new methods of geothermal energy production to $0.10 kWh to $0.06 kWh. DOE's objective is to promote geothermal heat recovery technologies that mitigate or preclude potential adverse envi