[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 220 (Monday, November 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30557]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Golden Field Office; Broad Based Solicitation for Submission of 
Financial Assistance

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of solicitation number DE-PS36-99GO10383, broad based 
solicitation for submission of financial assistance applications 
involving research, development, and demonstration for renewable energy 
and energy efficiency technologies.

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SUMMARY: The DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 
(EERE) has a continuing interest in receiving applications for grants 
and cooperative agreements supporting renewable energy and energy 
efficiency basic research, directed and applied research, cooperative 
demonstrations, and related activities. The Broad Based Solicitation 
will provide specific information and will consist of two parts: the 
first part is generic and will consist of guidelines and requirements 
for submitting applications; the second part will be specific to 
designated program areas of interest and will consist of individual 
supplemental announcements issued at a later date. These individual 
supplemental announcements will contain technology specific 
information, anticipated programmatic funding levels, eligibility 
requirements, evaluation criteria, any cost sharing requirements, 
application deadlines, and any other requirements specific to the 
supplemental announcements.
    Notices of release of the detailed supplemental announcements will 
be published separately in the Federal Register as they become 
available. It is anticipated that the initial supplemental 
announcements will be in the following program areas: (1) Innovative 
technologies that will increase the efficiency or lower the cost of 
producing and converting biomass to transportation fuels; (2) 
demonstration programs to obtain operational data regarding alternative 
fuel and advanced technologies for use by fleet managers in making 
vehicle acquisition decisions; (3) research, development and 
demonstration of innovative concepts applicable to trucks and other 
heavy vehicles so they can be more energy efficient and able to use 
alternative fuels while simultaneously reducing emissions; (4) the use 
of artificial intelligence techniques to synthesize and extract 
patterns of heavy-duty truck performance under a variety of real-world 
operating conditions from real-time operational data on fuel 
efficiency, cost effectiveness, and emissions of heavy-duty trucks; (5) 
component technology development in the areas of hydrogen production, 
storage, and utilization; and (6) geothermal technology innovation in 
the areas of drilling, energy conversion, fracture detection and 
analysis, heat recovery systems, by-product recovery, and waste 
management.
    All information regarding the solicitation will be posted on the 
DOE Golden Field Office Home page at the address identified below.

DATES: DOE expects to issue the first part of the Solicitation the week 
of November 9, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The first part of the Solicitation will be posted on the DOE 
Golden Field Office Home Page at http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden/
solicitations.htm. It is DOE's intention not to issue hard copies of 
the Solicitation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Motz, Contract Specialist, at 
303-275-4737, e-mail [email protected], or Doug Hooker, Project 
Officer, at 303-275-4780, e-mail [email protected].

    Issued in Golden, Colorado, on November 4, 1998.
John W. Meeker,
Chief, Procurement, Golden Field Office.
[FR Doc. 98-30557 Filed 11-13-98; 8:45 am]
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