Energy Funding Matrix

Unleashing American energy has become a key focus of the current administration. Meanwhile, some opportunities from earlier pieces of legislation, such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) which created dozens of grant, loan and financing programs for renewable energies, are still available. These opportunities were sourced across agencies and collected in a central location to ensure you find the relevant grant, loan, or financing program that fits your organization’s energy goals. MLS and Mintz have developed a funding matrix that serves as an aggregate resource to help you leverage federal dollars in your energy efforts. This matrix is updated on a bi-weekly basis.

Batteries and Energy Storage
Biobased Chemicals
Biofuels, Conservation, and Wastewater
Building Energy Efficiency
Carbon Capture
Clean Energy
Critical Minerals
Energy Storage
EV Charging and EV Vehicles
Fusion
Geothermal
Grid Modernization and Transmission
Hydroelectric
Hydrogen
Industrial Decarbonization and CCUS
Manufacturing
Natural Gas/ Coal
Nuclear
Solar
Wastewater
Wind
Opportunity Type Opportunity Federal Office Technologies Description Submission Deadline
Notice of Intent Oceans of Opportunity: U.S. Wave Energy Open Water Testing Water Power Technologies Office Clean Energy, Hydroelectric

This FOA supports WPTO’s efforts to advance the commercial readiness of wave energy technologies through open water testing and system validation at multiple scales. It is anticipated this FOA will utilize a stage-gated approach designed to reduce risks for deployments, increase the potential for commercial adoption, and offer additional benefits to help quickly advance WECs. This includes the ability to identify and mature high-potential WEC technologies, reduce financial risks for developers and incentivize investors, progress technologies at a smaller scale while developing toward utility scale, and increase learning for installation, operations, and maintenance.
Notice of Intent Water Power Innovation Network Water Power Technologies Office Hydroelectric

This anticipated FOA supports programs that enable entrepreneurship and accelerate water power innovation, business creation, and growth in communities and regions throughout the U.S. Through this FOA, new and/or expanded incubators and accelerators in water power will be able to collaborate with one another and build a stronger water power innovation network in support of accelerating water power technologies to market. EERE planned to issue the FOA in April or May of 2024, but no FOA has been released yet.
RFI Building a National Laboratory Consortium to Address Regional Energy and Water … Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office Hydroelectric

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O) is requesting national laboratory proposals to build a new consortium focused on addressing challenges to integrated energy-water resources. The selected lab consortium will work with H2O to enable planning, demonstration, and implementation of regional energy-water pilot projects that concurrently address technology, coordination, and economic needs within regions. These pilots will address major energy-water challenges, enabling high-impact and near-term improvements across energy and water sectors. This call is led by H2O’s Energy Water Resources (EWR) activity area, which enables research and testing of integrated solutions to advance power and water system performance at regional and national scales.