The U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) has announced the Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development Funding Opportunity, which will award $48.6 million for projects addressing several key areas of need for offshore wind.
These areas include accelerating research and development of floating offshore wind platforms, exploring innovations for fixed-bottom foundations, improving offshore wildlife protection through new monitoring technologies, expanding the reach of the domestic supply chain, advancing U.S. academic leadership in floating offshore wind, and investigating solutions to protect future infrastructure from lightning. Concept papers must be submitted by September 3, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. ET. The deadline for full applications is November 7, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. ET. EERE selection notifications are expected in March or April 2025, with award negotiations anticipated to take place in August 2025.
