Extreme Balance of System Hardware Cost Reductions (BOS-X)

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	Federal Grant Title:	Extreme Balance of System Hardware Cost Reductions (BOS-X)
	CFDA Number:	81.087
	CFDA Description:	Renewable Energy Research and Development
	Federal Agency Name:	Golden Field Office
	Category of Funding Activity:	Energy
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	DE-FOA-0000493
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Apr 08, 2011
	Creation Date:	May 10, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 09, 2011 Letter of Intent Due Date: May 9, 2011 11:59pm Eastern Time
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 09, 2011 Letter of Intent Due Date: May 9, 2011 11:59pm Eastern Time
	Archive Date:	Information not provided
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: The purpose of amendment 001 is to: A) Update the Cost Impact tables in Section I Funding Opportunity Description, on pages 9-11, to clarify the cost components for electrical and hardware labor. All other parts of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) remain unchanged. The areas which have changed with this modification are highlighted within the FOA. The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to significantly reduce the balance of system hardware cost component of Photovoltaic (PV) systems. This FOA directly supports the goals of the Department of Energys (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Program (SETP) and the SunShot Initiative, which has a goal to reduce the total cost (including installer margin) of solar energy systems by about 75 percent before the end of the decade. Under this FOA, the DOE SETP program is requesting applications for research, development, and demonstration of new components and system designs or the development of new building code language to overcome scientific, technological, and engineering barriers to achieving safe, very low cost, and high reliability balance of system hardware. While this FOA is meant to mainly address hardware and labor costs and not soft costs, advancements in hardware that may result in lower soft costs (permitting, site preparation, etc.) are encouraged. There will be four topics to which an application may be submitted under this FOA: Topic 1: Transformational Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Modules Topic 2: Roof and Ground Mount Innovations Topic 3: Transformational Photovoltaic System Designs Topic 4: Development of New Wind Load Codes for PV Systems The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is posted on the EERE eXCHANGE website at http://eere.energy.gov/financing/exchange. Applications must be submitted through the EERE eXCHANGE website to be considered for award. The applicant must first register and create an account on the EERE eXCHANGE website. A user Guide for the EERE eXCHANGE can be found on the EERE website at: http://eere.energy.gov/financing/exchange/Manuals.aspx after logging in to the system. Information on where to submit questions regarding the content of the announcement and where to submit questions regarding submission of applications is found in the full FOA posted on the EERE eXCHANGE website.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://eere.energy.gov/financing/exchange
Grant Announcement Contact: Christina Raines, Grants and Agreements Specialistpvbos@go.doe.gov pvbos@go.doe.gov [pvbos@go.doe.gov]
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