What the buyer needs
AI summaryOak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks industry partners for short-term, collaborative projects within the Grid Research Innovation and Development Center (GRID-C). The goal is to accelerate the development and deployment of grid-integrated power electronics technologies. Participants will access ORNL's staff and equipment to demonstrate advanced concepts for grid modernization. ORNL requests cost-shared proposals from industry. A minimum of 20% cost share from the industrial participant is required, which can be funds-in or in-kind contributions. Funds will not be provided to the industrial participant by ORNL. Technology areas of interest include materials and components, embedded controllers, subsystems, resource integration and management systems, grid systems architecture, and grid modeling.
Scope of work
- Materials & Components: for grid devices, power electronics systems, grid storage devices
- Embedded Controllers: integrated advance analog and digital electronics, sensing devices
- Subsystems Devices and Interfaces: Converter, Inverter, controls and protection, prototypes, solid state components protection, transformers
- Resource Integration & Management Systems: Mutli-stage converters, Software Platforms, Algorithms
- Grid systems Architecture: real time systems modelling and evaluation
- Grid Modelling and Transient Analysis
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| compatibility with ORNL facilities and capabilities | Not specified |
| technical feasibility and merit | Not specified |
| the potential to commercialize new products and create US jobs | Not specified |
| the potential for improvement to grid components, electrification, and integration | Not specified |
Minimum qualifications
- Industries that currently manufacture in the U.S. for commercial applications in the residential or commercial grid hardware and power electronics market
- Industries that will be able to manufacture in the U.S. as a direct result of collaborative efforts
- Project alignment with facilities, expertise, and capabilities of ORNL's GRID-C
- Minimum 20% cost share from non-U.S. Government sources
- Must enter into a short-form Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with UT-Battelle
Documents to include with your response
- Completed proposal submitted in PDF file format using the attached template
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Completed proposals must be submitted in PDF file format by email with subject line: ORNL GRID-C Technology Collaborations.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
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