The Department of Energy (DOE) is inviting ideas to increase the resilience of U.S. energy grids using solar system solutions. The basic areas of interest are R&D and Technology Transfer for solar situational awareness in strategic locations associated with critical infrastructure and proactive resilience solutions for critical infrastructure. Project ideas should also assess the cybersecurity and interoperability aspects of the solution along with DER options and distribution system constraints

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The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is soliciting information concerning the current state of high-efficiency internal combustion engines that can be deployed in light trucks and SUVs. The main areas of interest include the current status of technical development of ICEs capable of meeting vehicle performance requirements and technical developments for integration before commercialization

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The International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN) is soliciting proposals for innovation, integration, and transformation of smart grid systems. The five key criteria of selection include potential impact, economic rationale, adaptation rationale, innovation, and other benefits. The winners will be celebrated at the Awards of Excellence Competition-2019

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Bloomberg New Energy Finance invites applications for game-changing companies in clean energy technology and innovation. Proposals will be judged based on potential scale, innovation, and momentum. Ten companies will be unveiled at Future of Energy Summit-2019.

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Clean technology entrepreneurs interested in developing overseas markets (U.S. to Europe and vice versa) are invited to contact Mr. Adam de Sola Pool, an investor, mentor, and entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in clean energy and water hardware companies. Services include business plan development and mentorship. Limited early-stage angel investment is sometimes available for companies in the Boston area.

The Airforce Research Lab (AFRL) is inviting applications for basic, applied, or advanced research projects pertaining to the Department of Defense (DOD). The 4 areas of interest include lasers systems, directed energy electro-optics, high power electromagnetics and weapons modeling and simulation.

New York City’s premier cleantech incubator, ACRE, is soliciting solutions to address challenges in transportation, urban technologies, and energy generation. The focus areas of the competition include smart mobility, smart city, and smart grid technologies. In addition to cash, the winners would also be eligible to become members of the incubator.

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The Airforce Research Lab (AFRL) is inviting applications to enhance the nation’s war-fighting and peacekeeping capabilities. The 5 overarching technology competencies under focus include electro-optical and infrared sensing (EO/IR), space electronics, space environmental impacts, space operations technologies, and space experiments.

ARPA-E is soliciting proposals to develop and test power system optimization and control algorithms for grid optimization. The major challenges include the electric power sector’s security-constrained optimal power flow, Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) intermittent resources, storage, grid resilience, grid restoration, grid dynamics, and cyber threats.

The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking proposals for improvement of Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH) contribution in the future electricity system. The target areas include facility design for modular hydropower, new use cases and conceptual designs for pumped storage systems, modeling, and analysis of pumped storage in system optimization.

Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) is soliciting Department of Defense (DoD) funded technologies to enhance public safety and homeland security. The participants should identify the problem, propose technology solutions and assess its market feasibility. The winners would receive benefits namely manufacturing assistance, marketing, and business mentorship.

The USDA’s Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program is soliciting research ideas that seek to assist the development, construction and retrofitting of commercial bio-refineries using clean energy technologies.

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