Voucher Opportunity 10 (Recipients) - Manufacturing Conversion, Retooling, and Retrofitting Support (OCED)

Are you a manufacturer interested in opening a new business line or business unit to produce components needed by eligible clean energy and industrial decarbonization sectors? If you need a feasibility and engineering study to convert, retool, or retrofit your existing facility, consider applying to this voucher opportunity. Eligible support under this opportunity includes feasibility studies to convert existing production lines by reviewing equipment, processes, staff qualifications, workforce needs, and site/personnel certifications. The following sectors are eligible: clean hydrogen, long duration energy storage, direct air capture, carbon capture, advanced nuclear, industrial decarbonization, and upgrades to the electric grid.  See below for additional info about relevant technology verticals, eligibility, and timeline

As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Technology Commercialization Fund, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) and Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED), in collaboration with ENERGYWERX, are offering this Manufacturing Conversion, Retooling, and Retrofitting Support Voucher Opportunity (VO-10) to eligible entities to increase adoption readiness (with a focus on value proposition and market acceptance) of clean energy technologies.

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View the Pre-Approved Voucher Providers: Click Here to View

Complete the Recipient Submission Form: Click Here to Submit for VO-10

The DOE Voucher Program builds bridges between U.S. entrepreneurs, businesses, technology developers or other relevant partners to advance commercialization and demonstration at scale of innovative energy technologies. VO-10 addresses key adoption risk areas related to domestic supply chain availability and is meant to broaden the ecosystem of clean energy manufacturers.

DOE has selected and pre-approved a cohort of voucher providers offering a variety of capabilities you might be interested in: Click Here to View the Pre-Approved Voucher Providers. For this voucher opportunity, capabilities include:

• Feasibility studies to convert existing production lines including, but not limited to:
  • equipment and process reviews
  • staff qualifications and workforce needs assessments
  • certification support

When you apply, you will review the available capabilities and submit your preferences in the voucher recipient request form. If you find something that can be valuable to your company and that can enable your company to accelerate plans for opening a new business line or business unit for components needed by the clean energy infrastructure industry, please consider applying to receive that in-kind support.

Note: The full list of pre-approved voucher provider capabilities is available here. Please carefully read through the descriptions, deliverables, required inputs, applicable technology area(s), and other related information for each capability. DOE will not allow changes to the high-level scope of work defined in the voucher provider’s capability submission.

Voucher Projects: Vouchers will be distributed as in-kind support, meaning that ENERGYWERX will directly reimburse the voucher provider for the work they have completed on behalf of the voucher recipients. DOE anticipates the value of the voucher to be up to $250,000. However, the specific value depends on the specific capability and is discussed only between DOE and the provider.

Only work related to specific technology areas will be eligible to receive a voucher under this opportunity.  Voucher recipients need to demonstrate interest in opening a new business line or business unit for components relative to at least one of the following eligible technology areas:

• Advanced nuclear
• Carbon management (including carbon capture and direct air capture)
• Long-duration energy storage
• Clean hydrogen
• Industrial decarbonization
• Upgrades to the electric grid

DOE anticipates issuing approximately 20 vouchers at this time.

Voucher Recipients: Limited to manufacturers, with an emphasis on small- and medium-sized manufacturing firms, already active and with an existing revenue base focused on a different market. Manufacturers need to demonstrate interest in opening a new business line for components relative to at least one technology area of interest for DOE OCED. For purposes of this Opportunity, preference will be given to small- or medium-sized manufacturing firm (SMM) - firms having (1) gross annual sales of less than $100,000,000; (2) fewer than 500 employees at the plant site of the manufacturing firm; and (3) annual energy bills that total more than $100,000 but less than $2,500,000 (as defined in BIL § 40209). Preference will be given to potential voucher recipients who have not previously received support through this program.

This opportunity is limited to one submission per requesting organization. In the case of multiple submissions, DOE will consider only the submission with the latest time stamp.

Pending availability of funds, additional submission windows may open in the future for this voucher opportunity.

Voucher Recipients: How to Participate in VO-10

• Watch the Informational Webinar/Objective Strategic Session recording: Click Here to Watch
• Submit questions into Slido to be answered during the live Office Hours session
• Review the resources from the Informational Office Session on August 21, 2024 from 2:00-2:45 PM ET under Webinar Resources
• Complete the Recipient Submission Form: Click Here to Submit for VO-10 (Submissions are due NLT September 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET)

This is not the only voucher opportunity currently available through ENERGYWERX. See here for additional information related to other voucher opportunities.