U.S. Department of Energy To Announce Funding Opportunity for Energy Technology Deployment on Tribal Lands

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The U.S. Division of Vitality issued a discover of intent to launch a $25 million funding alternative this spring to assist power know-how deployment on Tribal lands.

At this time, the U.S. Division of Vitality (DOE) Workplace of Indian Vitality Coverage and Packages (Workplace of Indian Vitality) issued a discover of intent (NOI) to launch a $25 million discover of funding alternative (NOFO) this spring to assist power know-how deployment on Tribal lands. Awards from this deliberate NOFO are anticipated to vary from $100,000 to $2.5 million or from $250,000 to $5 million, relying on the world of curiosity. Functions will likely be due about 90 days after the NOFO is issued.

“Our Office is excited to continue DOE’s focused investment to promote Tribal energy deployment and electricity access in American Indian and Alaska Native communities,” mentioned Wahleah Johns, Director of the Workplace of Indian Vitality. “This type of funding continues to be an important step in supporting energy sovereignty in Tribal communities across the country.”

Via this deliberate NOFO, the Workplace of Indian Vitality intends to solicit purposes from Indian Tribes, which embody Alaska Native Regional Firms and Village Firms, Intertribal Organizations, and Tribal Vitality Improvement Organizations, to:

1. Set up power producing system(s) and/or power effectivity measure(s) for Tribal constructing(s)
2. Deploy community-scale power producing system(s) or power storage on Tribal lands
3. Set up built-in power system(s) for autonomous operation (impartial of the standard centralized electrical energy grid) to energy a single or a number of important Tribal constructing(s) throughout emergency conditions or for Tribal neighborhood resilience
4. Energy unelectrified Tribal buildings.

In partnership with Native communities, the Workplace of Indian Vitality will proceed to construct on its efforts to speed up the deployment of power infrastructure on Tribal lands by way of this deliberate NOFO. Between 2010 and 2024, the DOE Workplace of Indian Vitality invested over $190 million in additional than 240 Tribal power initiatives, valued collectively at over $300 million, carried out throughout the contiguous 48 states and Alaska. See the DOE Workplace of Indian Vitality’s Tribal Energy Projects Database for summaries of those competitively funded initiatives.

Download the NOI for Energy Technology Deployment on Tribal Lands–2025 (DE-FOA-0003547).

Discover extra details about past funding opportunities and study extra on the DOE Office of Indian Energy website.