Request for Information - Gauging Investor Interest in the Development and Commercialization of Subsurface Energy Technologies
National Energy Technology Laboratory · Opportunity DE-FOA-0003671
Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to DE-FOA-0003671@netl.doe.gov by the specified due date and time. See Request for Information for additional details.
Who can apply
- Unrestricted
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (HGEO) is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to notify parties of its potential interest in connecting private capital/ public-private partnership programs to industry opportunities. This initiative provides HGEO’s technical expertise across the Office of Subsurface Energy’s three core program areas: Coal, Oil & Gas, and Geothermal. Ultimately, the goal is to use HGEO’s research and development (R&D) capabilities to support industry and capital.Through this RFI, DOE requests input from all stakeholders, particularly the financial sector, to gauge investor interest in the development and commercialization of subsurface-energy technologies. This is solely a request for information and not a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). DOE’s HGEO is not accepting applications for funding at this time.
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This opportunity is funded under Assistance Listing 81.089 (“Fossil Energy Research and Development”), a broad federal program that made about 106 new awards per year over the last five fiscal years (median award $1.5M). Those figures describe that whole portfolio — not this specific solicitation, so we don't show them as if they were this opportunity's track record.
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