Advanced Heat Transfer Fluids and Novel Thermal Storage Concepts for Concentrating Solar Power Generation

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Advanced Heat Transfer Fluids and Novel Thermal Storage Concepts for Concentrating Solar Power Generation: A link to the full Funding Opportunity Announcement is found by scrolling to the bottom of this page. This Funding Opportunity Announcement, FOA, will identify and support long term research activities and near term demonstration in two areas: 1. improved heat transfer fluids, advanced HTF, and 2. novel thermal energy storage concepts, novel TES systems, that may increase the efficiency and reduce the cost of this promising, renewable technology. Work that includes a consortium of solar technology providers is encouraged. The specific objective for the HTF area is to identify and characterize novel fluids or fluid types that possess the physical and chemical properties required for an improved HTF and thermal storage fluid for CSP technologies. The specific objective for the TES areas is to generate and evaluate novel concepts for thermal energy storage, TES, that have the potential to reduce the cost of TES to less than 15 dollars per thermal kilowatt hour and achieve round trip efficiencies greater than 93 percent. Work in TES may be applicable to any or all CSP technologies, parabolic trough, power tower, linear Fresnel, or concentrating dish. Both objectives work toward the 2015 and 2020 goals of making CSP technologies cost competitive. Applications for this Funding Opportunity Announcement must be accessed, completed, and submitted through Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov to be considered for award. Questions regarding the content of the announcement should be submitted through the Submit Question feature of the DOE Industry Interactive Procurement System, IIPS, at http://e-center.doe.gov. VERY IMPORTANT: To complete and submit applications through Grants.gov, there are several actions you must complete (e.g., obtain a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, register with the Central Contract Registry (CCR), install the PureEdge Viewer, register with the credential provider, and register with Grants.gov). Applicants are highly encouraged to register as soon as possible and should allow at least 21 days to complete the registration process. When done, call the Grants.gov Helpdesk at 1.800.518.4726 to verify successful registration. Registration Instructions are found on the Grants.gov web site at http://www.grants.gov and in the Funding Opportunity Announcement. Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 Compatibility: Grants.gov is currently incompatible with both the new Microsoft (MS) Vista Operating System and the new Microsoft (MS) Office 2007 versions of Word, Excel, and Power Point. In order to create and submit your application to Grants.gov, you must find a computer with a previous version Microsoft Operating System, such as Windows XP. If you attach a file created using MS Office 2007, you will not get an error message when you submit the application, HOWEVER, your entire application will not be able to be processed or accepted at Grants.gov and will not reach DOE. Grants.gov can accept applications with attachments created in MS Office 2007 if the attachments are saved in the prior format. See the http://www.grants.gov/assets/Vista_and_office_07_Compatibility.pdf for detailed instructions on how to do this. A file created in MS Office 2007 can be identified by the x at the end of the file extension, for example, sample.docx, for a Word file. Contact Grants.gov at 1.800.518.4726 with any questions. Help Mode: It is important to complete all the required fields in accordance with the pop-up instructions on the Application forms. To activate the instructions, turn on the Help Mode (Icon with the pointer and question mark at the top of the form). Should you have questions regarding the operation of Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov Contact Center at [email protected] or 1-800-518-4726. Contact Center hours of operation are Monday - Friday from 7:00am to 9:00pm Eastern Standard Time.