Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0003396
The Department of Energy, through the Office of Electricity (OE) and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Wind Energy Technologies Office (EERE WETO), is offering a discretionary funding opportunity called "Renewable Integration Management with Innovative High Voltage Direct Current Power Circuit Breakers (REIMAGINE BREAKERS)" (Funding Opportunity Number: DE FOA 0003396). Administered by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), this program is focused on accelerating the development of High Voltage Direct Current Circuit Breakers (HV DCCBs) and, importantly, the standards needed to make those breakers interoperable and usable at scale in next-generation transmission systems.
A central goal of the opportunity is to support the creation and advancement of standards for HVDC circuit breakers that will function reliably within Multi-Terminal HVDC (MTDC) transmission networks. MTDC systems connect multiple HVDC nodes rather than a simple point-to-point link, which increases operational flexibility but also makes protection and fault isolation more complex. In that context, HVDC circuit breakers are key enabling components because they can interrupt DC faults quickly enough to prevent cascading failures. The DOE is emphasizing that standards development is not just paperwork; it is a practical path to ensuring that different manufacturers' equipment can work together, that protection schemes can be coordinated across terminals, and that HVDC breakers can be integrated cleanly into existing and future grids that include both high-voltage AC and high-voltage DC infrastructure.
The opportunity also targets innovation in HV DCCB designs themselves. Beyond interoperability and system protection, DOE highlights the need to reduce the overall cost and physical footprint of HVDC breaker technology. That points to R&D and engineering work that could improve breaker architectures, materials, switching elements, thermal management, controls, and packaging, or other approaches that make HVDC breakers cheaper, smaller, easier to deploy, and more maintainable. The underlying premise is that improved and standardized HVDC breakers can remove one of the major technical barriers to broad MTDC deployment, which in turn supports higher levels of renewable energy integration by expanding transmission capability and controllability.
This is described as a full and open competition. Eligibility includes domestic entities as well as incorporated and unincorporated consortia. Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) contractors may not apply as the prime recipient, but they are allowed to participate as a team member on another applicant's proposal, subject to the program's guidelines. Awards will be issued as cooperative agreements, meaning DOE expects substantial federal involvement during the performance of the project compared to a more hands-off grant.
Key funding details include an award ceiling of $3,250,000 per award and an expectation of roughly three total awards. The opportunity falls under the Energy funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 81.122. The FOA was created on December 12, 2024, and the original closing date for applications is February 28, 2025.Apply for DE FOA 0003396
- The National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Office of Electricity (OE) and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office (EERE WETO)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.122.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-12-12.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-02-28. (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 $3,250,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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