DEEE0010654
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
The primary objective of this proposed demonstration project is to establish and complete the Collaborative Ancillary Service Accelerator for Renewables (CASAR) pilot program to support the electric industry to realize significant renewable targets and a net-zero carbon electricity sector.
Through the CASAR pilot program, the project team will engage a diverse set of stakeholders to develop and execute a collaborative pilot program to understand the feasibility, viability, performance, and economics of providing ancillary services for the bulk power system with renewable energy resources.
The project team will engage with industry stakeholders in the design, implementation, and demonstration of multi-level control architectures to support ancillary services from wind and solar inverter based resources (IBRs).
This research will demonstrate the capability of these technologies to provide a collection of bulk system ancillary services reliably, instilling the confidence needed from system operators, while also doing so cost effectively including during times where the service quantity would otherwise be deficient.
EPRI will work together with the project team and industry stakeholders to design a pilot program that will enable multiple demonstration sites over a 6-12 month period that will permit all entities to witness the benefits of provisioning of these services by wind and solar and determine modifications to enable the eventual full participation with formal agreements between providers and operators and tariff modifications that allow for participation of these resources within ancillary service markets.
Through the CASAR pilot program, the project team will engage a diverse set of stakeholders to develop and execute a collaborative pilot program to understand the feasibility, viability, performance, and economics of providing ancillary services for the bulk power system with renewable energy resources.
The project team will engage with industry stakeholders in the design, implementation, and demonstration of multi-level control architectures to support ancillary services from wind and solar inverter based resources (IBRs).
This research will demonstrate the capability of these technologies to provide a collection of bulk system ancillary services reliably, instilling the confidence needed from system operators, while also doing so cost effectively including during times where the service quantity would otherwise be deficient.
EPRI will work together with the project team and industry stakeholders to design a pilot program that will enable multiple demonstration sites over a 6-12 month period that will permit all entities to witness the benefits of provisioning of these services by wind and solar and determine modifications to enable the eventual full participation with formal agreements between providers and operators and tariff modifications that allow for participation of these resources within ancillary service markets.
Funding Goals
THIS FOA IS BEING ISSUED BY EERE ON BEHALF OF SETO AND WETO TO INVEST IN INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) THAT ACCELERATES THE LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF SOLAR AND WIND TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT AN EQUITABLE TRANSITION TO A DECARBONIZED ELECTRICITY SYSTEM BY 2035, AND A DECARBONIZED ENERGY SECTOR BY 2050. ACHIEVING THIS GOAL WILL SUPPORT THE NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO MEET THE THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENSURE THAT WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS AMERICA BENEFIT FROM THE TRANSITION TO A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY. THIS FOA WILL SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT DEMONSTRATE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ESSENTIAL GRID SERVICES SUCH AS VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY CONTROL AND POWER RECOVERY DURING SYSTEM-WIDE OUTAGES. ADDITIONALLY, THIS FOA WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE THAT WHEN MORE SOLAR AND WIND GENERATION ARE DEPLOYED ON THE GRID, THE TRANSMISSION GRID’S PROTECTION SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MITIGATE GRID DISTURBANCES AND PROTECT AGAINST CYBER AND PHYSICAL RISKS.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Place of Performance
Knoxville,
Tennessee
37932-3723
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Electric Power Research Institute was awarded
Renewable Energy Ancillary Services Pilot Program
Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010654
worth $3,413,818
from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in October 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Knoxville Tennessee United States.
The grant
has a duration of 8 months and
was awarded through assistance program 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development.
$3,413,819 (50.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Solar and Wind Grid Services and Reliability Demonstration.
Status
(Complete)
Last Modified 9/30/24
Period of Performance
10/1/24
Start Date
6/30/25
End Date
Funding Split
$3.4M
Federal Obligation
$3.4M
Non-Federal Obligation
$6.8M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to DEEE0010654
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEEE0010654
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
892434 GOLDEN FIELD OFFICE
Funding Office
892403 ENERGY EFFICIENCYRENEWABLE ENERGY
Awardee UEI
JBV2SMLRBK29
Awardee CAGE
2S900
Performance District
TN-02
Senators
Marsha Blackburn
Bill Hagerty
Bill Hagerty
Modified: 9/30/24