[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9487-9488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4845]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Golden Field Office; Submission of Financial Applications; Small
Wind Turbines
AGENCY: The Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Field Verification Program for Small Wind Turbines:
Supplemental Announcement (10) to the Broad Based Solicitation for
Submission of Financial Assistance Applications Involving Research,
Development, and Demonstration for Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficiency Technologies, DE-PS36-99GO10383.
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SUMMARY: The Wind Energy Systems Program of the Department of Energy
(DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is
issuing this Supplemental Announcement to the EERE Broad Based
Solicitation for Submission of Financial Assistance Applications
Involving Research, Development and Demonstration, DE-PS36-99GO10383,
dated November 9, 1998.
Under this Supplemental Announcement, the Wind Energy Systems
Program is soliciting applications seeking DOE cost sharing and
technical support for projects to install from one to ten wind
turbines, each turbine from 300 watts to 100 kilowatts in size, in a
variety of distributed power applications. Applications include, but
are not limited to, the use of wind power for grid-connected or off-
grid electric generation, water pumping, ice-making, water
purification, or desalination. The scope of work includes turbine
installation and operation/performance verification, including an
initial turbine test program at the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL). Any type of for-profit, non-profit, or a non-Federal
governmental organization (other than a DOE national laboratory) that
is capable of fulfilling the scope of work specified in this
Supplemental Announcement is eligible for an award.
Awards under this Supplemental Announcement will be Cooperative
Agreements with a term of up to 36 months. Subject to availability, it
is
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anticipated that the total DOE funding available under this
Supplemental Announcement will be $1,300,000, and that 5 to 10
applications will be selected for award. If available funding is
insufficient for making awards to all competitive applications,
Applicants may be notified of the intent to make an award if funding
becomes available in the future.
Cost sharing from non-Federal funding of a minimum of 20%, with a
target of 50% (based on total project cost), is required for any awards
under this Supplemental Announcement.
All information regarding the Supplemental Announcement will be
posted on the DOE Golden Field Office Home page at the address
identified below.
DATES: DOE expects to issue the Supplemental Announcement on February
18, 1999. The closing date of the Supplemental Announcement is March
30, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The Supplemental Announcement will be posted on the DOE
Golden Field Office Home Page at http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden/
solicit.htm. It is DOE's intention not to issue hard copies of the
Supplemental Announcement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Motz, Contract Specialist, at
303-275-4737, e-mail john__motz@nrel.gov, or Doug Hooker, Project
Officer, at 303-275-4780, e-mail doug__hooker@nrel.gov.
Issued in Golden, Colorado, on February 17, 1999.
Matthew A. Barron,
Acting Chief of Procurement, Golden Field Office.
[FR Doc. 99-4845 Filed 2-25-99; 8:45 am]
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