Applications Due - California Energy Commission Grant Funding Opportunity

Purpose of Solicitation

The purpose of this solicitation is to fund applied research and development projects that meet the following objectives:

• Improve indoor air quality while advancing the next generation end-use energy efficiency technologies and strategies for the building sector.
• Reduce the environmental and public health impacts of electricity generation and make the electricity system less vulnerable to climate impacts. 

Funded projects must address funding initiatives on habitat and species protection, water resources associated with the existing electricity generation systems, including fossil fuel and renewable energy sources, and environmental issues associated with emerging renewable energy technologies, the interaction of climate change with the electricity system, and the electricity system’s future evolution, or air quality. Projects must fall within the following project groups:

• Group 1: Indoor Air Quality: Assess the Impact of Ventilation on Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), Health, and Human Performance in New and Retrofit Buildings;
• Group 2: Real World Electrification Options of Energy Services and Environmental Justice Considerations;
• Group 3: Public Health Research Roadmap;
• Group 4: Carbon Balance with Renewable Energy;
• Group 5: Environmentally Preferred Areas for Distributed Generation
• Group 6: Experimental Mitigation Strategies for Plants and Animals
• Group 7: Energy-Groundwater Nexus
• Group 8: Barriers to Adaptation & Climate Resilience Performance Metrics for the Energy Sector
• Group 9: Investigating Barriers to the Use of Cal-Adapt and Strategies to Support Actionable Science in Decision-Making for the Electricity Sector
• Group 10: Probabilistic Seasonal and Decadal Forecast for the Electricity System
• Group 11: Small Grant Projects for Energy-related Environmental Research

Key Activities Schedule

Key activities, dates, and times for this solicitation and for agreements resulting from this solicitation are presented below. An addendum will be released if the dates change for activities that appear in bold.