[CCoE Notice] Policy Update: DOE and ARPA-E Plan April Funding Solicitations on the Smart Grid

[Fritz Claydon]

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*From:* McGuire, Carole [mailto:cmcguire at lewis-burke.com]
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*Subject:* Policy Update: DOE and ARPA-E Plan April Funding Solicitations
on the Smart Grid****

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Good afternoon!  As I mentioned on our Federal Relations call on Friday,
 the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) recently announced a
new approach for an upcoming funding opportunity announcement (FOA) that is
scheduled to be issued on April 2.  ARPA-E plans to announce an initiative
on "Advanced Management and Protection of Energy-storage Devices (AMPED).
The new initiative is being developed by drawing on some of the information
gathered from the agency’s Request for Information (RFI) on Advanced
Technologies for Robust Control of Energy Storage, which was issued on
February 17.  In a new approach, ARPA-E has invited universities and other
organizations to sign up through its web site to be on a list of potential
teaming partners in conjunction with the release of the new AMPED FOA.
Information on the ARPA-E initiative and how to sign up to be on the
teaming partner list can be found at:
https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/#7fb756a5-03ec-471f-8b9a-454487240447.****

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It is an Administration priority to integrate the research efforts of the
various offices at DOE, including the Office of Science, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), the Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability (OE), etc., and ARPA-E.  As part of this effort, the
DOE Office of Electricity is expected to issue its own funding solicitation
on advanced grid monitoring. ****

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The DOE Office of Electricity hosted a workshop about a year ago to explore
the computing needs for the next generation of the grid.  The proceedings
of the workshop were published this past January. DOE uses its workshops to
inform funding solicitations, so researchers interested in working on grid
modernization and the upcoming funding opportunity should review the
workshop report and its recommendations. ****

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The link to the proceedings of the workshop is: ****

http://energy.gov/oe/articles/proceedings-april-2011-computational-needs-next-generation-electric-grid-workshop
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The Office of Electricity also sponsors a webinar series, which is
currently focused on issues surrounding the design of the grid of the
future. The link to the webinar series is:
http://energy.gov/search/site/PSERC%20webinar.****

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Please let me know if you have questions.****

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Thank you!****

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Carole****

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*Carole McGuire*****

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-- 
Fritz Claydon Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Dean of Administration and Research
University of Houston
Cullen College of Engineering
713.743.4204
fclaydon at uh.edu

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