DEOE0000990
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
This project will bring the recipients expertise in architecture and operation of storage-integrated microgrids for maximum community benefit alongside promising new vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) products.
This integration of capability will solidify a best-in-class, commercial and industrial (C&I) scale VRFB product;
establish significant cost reductions by establishing new vertically integrated electrolyte production and stack automation manufacturing processes;
and develop promising new monetization models for long duration energy storage (LDES) built around stacked services models that can include arbitrage and peak demand management to reduce rate tariff costs, improve long-term community resilience, and generate energy sellback revenue for applications such as demand response and wholesale energy trading.
This integration of capability will solidify a best-in-class, commercial and industrial (C&I) scale VRFB product;
establish significant cost reductions by establishing new vertically integrated electrolyte production and stack automation manufacturing processes;
and develop promising new monetization models for long duration energy storage (LDES) built around stacked services models that can include arbitrage and peak demand management to reduce rate tariff costs, improve long-term community resilience, and generate energy sellback revenue for applications such as demand response and wholesale energy trading.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY’S (DOE’S) NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY (NETL), ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF ELECTRICITY (OE), IS RELEASING A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (FOA) TO SOLICIT APPLICATIONS FOR INNOVATIVE LONG DURATION ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (ESS) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE A TECHNOLOGY TOWARDS COMMERCIALIZATION AND VALIDATE ITS COST AND PERFORMANCE IN THE FIELD TO THE ENERGY STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY. THESE DEMONSTRATIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE DATA TO THE NATIONAL LAB LED RAPID OPERATIONAL VALIDATION INITIATIVE (ROVI) IN ORDER TO UNLOCK INSIGHTS ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE SYSTEMS THAT WILL ACCELERATE THE TESTING AND VALIDATION PROCESS FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Littleton,
Colorado
80127-9407
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Mugrid Analytics was awarded
Maximizing Community Benefit with VRFB Technology Integration
Cooperative Agreement DEOE0000990
worth $4,708,005
from the Office of Electricity in April 2026 with work to be completed primarily in Littleton Colorado United States.
The grant
has a duration of 4 years and
was awarded through assistance program 81.122 Electricity Research, Development and Analysis.
$1,511,163 (24.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Energy Storage Demonstration and Validation.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 4/22/26
Period of Performance
4/16/26
Start Date
4/15/30
End Date
Funding Split
$4.7M
Federal Obligation
$1.5M
Non-Federal Obligation
$6.2M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEOE0000990
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI NOT AVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Small Business
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892402 OFFICE OF ELECTRICITY (OE)
Awardee UEI
SHJ3BBJDP937
Awardee CAGE
82PS6
Performance District
CO-07
Senators
Michael Bennet
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
Modified: 4/22/26