Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0001880
The Department of Energy (DOE), through its Golden Field Office, released a discretionary funding opportunity titled Efficient Drilling for Geothermal Energy (Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0001880). The program is designed to lower the cost and improve the performance of geothermal well construction by targeting drilling efficiency and encouraging earlier adoption of new drilling approaches. Awards are planned as cooperative agreements, which typically means DOE expects to have substantial involvement during the project period (for example, through active technical oversight, milestone reviews, or collaboration on project direction).
The FOA is organized into three topic areas that collectively address both technology development and the real-world barriers that keep new drilling innovations from being used in the field. Topic Area 1 focuses on reducing non-drilling time, meaning the portions of a well construction project where the rig is not actively drilling but time and money are still being spent. In practice, this can include time lost to tool failures, trips in and out of the hole, well control events, waiting on equipment or services, unplanned maintenance, diagnostics, or other operational delays. The intent is to develop methods, tools, workflows, or decision support approaches that cut this downtime and make geothermal well projects more predictable and economical.
Topic Area 2 targets advanced drilling technologies, aimed at next-generation hardware and techniques that can drill faster, last longer, or operate more effectively in the high-temperature, hard-rock environments common in geothermal development. While the FOA text provided does not list specific subtopics, this area generally aligns with innovations that improve rate of penetration, reduce wear and tear, enhance directional capability, improve measurement and sensing in harsh conditions, and otherwise advance the drilling system beyond incremental improvements. This topic area is positioned as early-stage research and development, emphasizing technical progress that can later be validated and scaled.
Topic Area 3 shifts from pure technology R and D toward deployment-oriented approaches by soliciting innovative partnership models. The FOA explicitly recognizes that the geothermal industry can be risk-averse, especially when a single well can represent a major share of a project budget and failures are costly. This topic area seeks projects that help the industry adopt innovations earlier in the R and D cycle by using creative structures for collaboration, cost sharing, risk sharing, field demonstration access, or other partnership mechanisms that reduce the perceived and actual risk of trying new approaches. In other words, it aims to bridge the gap between promising concepts and real-world use by changing how developers, service companies, researchers, and other stakeholders work together.
The opportunity was open to an unrestricted pool of applicants (open to any type of entity), subject to any additional eligibility clarifications contained in the full FOA on EERE Exchange. DOE anticipated making about 10 awards, with an award ceiling of $2,000,000 per project. Key dates listed include a creation date of April 23, 2018, and an original closing date of July 23, 2018. The program is listed under CFDA number 81.087 and falls within the energy funding activity category. For full application requirements, topic details, and submission instructions, DOE directed applicants to the EERE Exchange website posting for DE-FOA-0001880.Apply for DE FOA 0001880
- The Department of Energy, Golden Field Office in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Efficient Drilling for Geothermal Energy" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.087.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 23, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 23, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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