DE-FOA-0002524: Opportunities to Improve Geothermal Technology Cost and Performance Modeling

Supense Date: 28 May 2021 Description: The Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), within the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), welcomes input from energy system modelers, geothermal developers and operators, utilities and public utility commissions, as well as from academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other geothermal stakeholders on opportunities to improve geothermal technology cost and performance modeling.

Category

Opportunity

DoD Communities of Interest

Energy and Power Technologies

Subject

DE-FOA-0002524: Opportunities to Improve Geothermal Technology Cost and Performance Modeling

Due Date

28 May 2021

Government Organization

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Description
DE-FOA-0002524: OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY COST AND PERFORMANCE MODELING

The Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), within the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), welcomes input from energy system modelers, geothermal developers and operators, utilities and public utility commissions, as well as from academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other geothermal stakeholders on opportunities to improve geothermal technology cost and performance modeling. As variable renewable energy resources continue declining in cost and grid operators transition to greater use of what is increasingly cost-competitive energy storage, geothermal generation's energy and capacity value needs to be accurately represented and captured by resource adequacy planners.

GTO solicits this Request For Information (RFI) from the broader stakeholder community to ensure that geothermal technology costs and performance assumptions are most accurately represented in all grid modeling and planning efforts. This will ensure that geothermal achieves an appropriate market share to support a reliable, resilient, and decarbonized grid. With the help of stakeholder feedback from this RFI, GTO aims to improve its understanding of where there may be gaps in existing geothermal technology performance and cost models and thus where to best focus future potential efforts for eliminating such gaps.

Geothermal Technologies Office - Opportunities to Improve Geothermal Technology Cost and Performance Modeling - Request for Information (Last Updated: 4/28/2021 02:35 PM ET)

CONTACT INFORMATION
DMAGeothermal@ee.doe.govGeothermal RFI Inbox

SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Full Application Submission Deadline: 5/28/2021 5:00 PM ET

Website

https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx#FoaIdf743d072-b950-4870-9da7-e87ebf03baf5