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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07082024 City Council Laydown - Jaffa Heat Loop Update4* Down -Select: Criterion ),--(k-YA Iwo 7(8/1Y Anticipated Awards 3-6, $2M-101V/project, up to $30M in Total Funding 1. PROGRAM DOWNSELECT In addition to the Go/No Go Reviews required for each project, EERE intends to conduct a competitive project review (down - selection process) upon the completion of an initial 18-month investigation. Recipients will present their projects to EERE individually (not to other recipients). Subject matterexperts from academia, national laboratories, and industry may be used as reviewers, subject to conflict of interest and non -disclosure considerations. Projects will be evaluated based on the following criterion: The degree to which the Budget Period 1 deliverables show progress towards meeting the following FOA Specific Goals, as indicated in Section I.A.ii of the FOA: Degree to which the design achieves new or retrofitted geothermal, or geothermal -hybrid, district heating and cooling systems in U.S. districts, neighborhoods, and communities (30%) • Degree to which Coalition and Resources would further Deployment (25%) • Degree to which the project would further community benefits such as: Identify solutions forenvironmental justice conditions, such as cumulative environmental pollution and other hazards; underserved and disadvantaged communities; and community members who have historically experienced vulnerability due to climate change impacts (15%) • Degree to which communities would develop career and technical education and workforce transition initiatives to design, install, inspect, operate, and maintain new energy systems such as geothermal heating and cooling (15%) • Develop U.S. case studies about projects, includingtechnical and economic data, to illustrate how projects can be replicated by communities throughout the United States and publish data and information about U.S. geothermal district heating and cooling system deployment to demonstrate the success of such systems in a range of environments and geographies (15%) • Program Policy Factors (See Community Geothermal Down -Select WebinarSupplemental Materials) Due to the availability offundingand program considerations, only a portion of the recipients will be selected to receive funding for project continuation. As a result of this down -select process, certain projects will not receive Federal funding beyond Budget Period 1 even if the project is meetingthe pre -defined metrics. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY 5 INIIMs MIME Down -Select Schedule Task Name Start Finish Budget Period 1 start and end dates for all Comm Geo teams (all work needs to be completed by Nov 30th, including costing funds) Sun 10/1/23 Sat 11/30/24 1 of 2 Down -select informational webinar by GTO to Comm Geo Teams 2 of 2 Down -select informational webinar by GTO to Comm Geo Teams Teams receive and reply to GTO-issued request selecting one of 3 available down -select presentation dates & time slots (first -come basis) Tue 5/7/24 Tue 8/6/24 Wed 8/7/24 Teams upload down -select application package to PMC and email it to the CommunityGeo@ee.doe.gov inbox, any time prior to start date is acceptable but no later than 5pm EDT on end date Mon 9/01/24 Mon 9/30/24 Teams present 45-minute summary of BP1 Results and BP2 application to review panel by webinar, with 15-minute Q&A to follow Wed 10/16/24 Fri 10/18/24 GTO anticipated BP 2 selection(s) announced, DOE to reach out to those not down -selected to start closeout processes December 2024 Budget Period 2 potential start date March 2025 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY