Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0002713
This opportunity is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), specifically the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO). Rather than offering grant funding, the RFI is essentially a structured request for feedback from the hydropower community about what data, research, tools, and datasets are most needed to help hydropower operators and planners account for climate change over the long term. The core goal is to gather practical input that DOE can use to shape future research and development directions aimed at keeping hydropower reliable, sustainable, and economically workable as climate conditions evolve.
The RFI focuses on "climate-informed long-term hydropower operation and resource planning," meaning the DOE is looking for insights on how changes in temperature, precipitation, snowpack, drought frequency, extreme storms, and seasonal runoff patterns could affect hydropower generation, reservoir operations, and broader grid planning over years to decades. Hydropower performance is tightly linked to water availability and timing, so long-term climatic shifts can create risks like reduced average generation, more volatile inflows, altered peak production seasons, constraints on reservoir refill patterns, and increased operational conflicts among power generation, flood control, irrigation, navigation, recreation, and environmental flows. DOE is seeking input on what scientific and operational gaps are preventing the sector from confidently integrating climate projections into decisions such as maintenance schedules, relicensing strategies, capital upgrades, operational rule curves, capacity planning, and long-range resource adequacy.
A key theme is the need for better data and better ways to translate climate science into operationally meaningful guidance. WPTO is asking stakeholders to identify which climate datasets, hydrology datasets, forecasting products, downscaling approaches, and modeling frameworks are most useful, and where current options fall short. This includes questions around spatial resolution (basin scale versus site scale), temporal resolution (hourly, daily, seasonal, annual), and the degree to which datasets account for hydrologic non-stationarity, extremes, and changing watershed conditions. It also points to needs around decision-support tools that can connect climate scenarios to hydropower-specific metrics, such as firm energy, capacity value, ramping capability, forced outage risk, sedimentation impacts on storage, and constraints driven by environmental compliance or water temperature requirements.
The audience for responses is intentionally broad. Eligible respondents are essentially unrestricted, meaning DOE is inviting perspectives from system operators, hydropower facility owners, technology developers, regulators, researchers, national laboratories, universities, river basin organizations, consultants, non-profits, tribal entities, and other stakeholders who deal with hydropower planning and operations. The idea is to capture on-the-ground realities from operators and planners as well as technical advances from the research community, then use that combined feedback to design future DOE initiatives that the sector will actually use.
Administrative details reinforce that this is not a funding announcement. The opportunity category and instrument type are listed as "Other," and the award ceiling and expected number of awards are both zero. In practical terms, no one should be preparing a grant application or budget; instead, organizations and individuals would submit information, recommendations, and comments in response to DOE's questions. The RFI was posted under Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0002713, associated with CFDA 81.087 (an energy-related assistance listing), and was managed through DOE's Golden Field Office. It opened on April 5, 2022 and had an original closing date of June 6, 2022. The full announcement and submission instructions were hosted on EERE Exchange (https://eere-exchange.energy.gov), which is DOE's portal for these kinds of notices.
Overall, the opportunity is best understood as DOE taking a planning step before future investments. WPTO is signaling that it expects climate risk to become a larger driver of hydropower performance and grid value, and it wants the community to help define what research and data products would most improve long-term decision-making. The outcome DOE is aiming for is a clearer roadmap for future R&D, including potential new tools and datasets that make it easier to incorporate climate change into hydropower operations, modernization decisions, and resource planning across the United States.Apply for DE FOA 0002713
- The Department of Energy, Golden Field Office in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI): DATA AND RESEARCH NEEDS FOR CLIMATE-INFORMED LONG-TERM HYDROPOWER OPERATION AND RESOURCE PLANNING" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.087.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 05, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 06, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is this DOE opportunity?
This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), specifically the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO). It is a structured request for feedback from the hydropower community.
Is this a grant or funding opportunity?
No. This RFI is not a grant funding announcement. The opportunity category and instrument type are listed as "Other," and both the award ceiling and the expected number of awards are zero.
If there is no funding, what is DOE asking for?
DOE is asking for information, recommendations, and comments on what data, research, tools, and datasets are most needed to help hydropower operators and planners account for climate change over the long term.
What is the main goal of the RFI?
The goal is to gather practical input that DOE can use to shape future research and development directions aimed at keeping hydropower reliable, sustainable, and economically workable as climate conditions evolve.
What topic area does the RFI focus on?
The RFI focuses on "climate-informed long-term hydropower operation and resource planning," including how long-term climate shifts could affect hydropower generation, reservoir operations, and broader grid planning over years to decades.
What climate-related changes is DOE concerned about for hydropower?
DOE is interested in how changes in temperature, precipitation, snowpack, drought frequency, extreme storms, and seasonal runoff patterns may affect hydropower operations and planning.
Why is climate change a key issue for hydropower planning?
Hydropower performance is tightly linked to water availability and timing. Long-term climatic shifts can create risks such as reduced average generation, more volatile inflows, altered peak production seasons, constraints on reservoir refill patterns, and increased operational conflicts among multiple water uses.
What kinds of operational conflicts are referenced in the RFI?
The RFI notes potential conflicts among power generation, flood control, irrigation, navigation, recreation, and environmental flows as climate conditions change.
What types of decisions does DOE want climate information to better support?
DOE is seeking input on gaps that prevent confident integration of climate projections into decisions such as maintenance schedules, relicensing strategies, capital upgrades, operational rule curves, capacity planning, and long-range resource adequacy.
What is WPTO asking about data and datasets?
WPTO is asking stakeholders to identify which climate datasets, hydrology datasets, forecasting products, downscaling approaches, and modeling frameworks are most useful for hydropower planning and operations, and where current options fall short.
What data resolution issues does the RFI highlight?
The RFI highlights questions about spatial resolution (basin scale versus site scale) and temporal resolution (hourly, daily, seasonal, annual) and how well datasets reflect hydrologic non-stationarity, extremes, and changing watershed conditions.
What does the RFI mean by translating climate science into operational guidance?
It refers to the need for better ways to convert climate datasets and projections into hydropower-relevant information that operators and planners can use in real decisions and planning processes.
What kinds of decision-support tools are mentioned?
The RFI points to tools that can connect climate scenarios to hydropower-specific metrics and operational constraints, helping users understand performance, risks, and tradeoffs under changing climate conditions.
What hydropower performance metrics are specifically mentioned?
Examples listed include firm energy, capacity value, ramping capability, forced outage risk, sedimentation impacts on storage, and constraints driven by environmental compliance or water temperature requirements.
Who can respond to this RFI?
The intended audience is broad and essentially unrestricted. DOE invites perspectives from system operators, hydropower facility owners, technology developers, regulators, researchers, national laboratories, universities, river basin organizations, consultants, non-profits, tribal entities, and other hydropower stakeholders.
Do you need to be a hydropower owner or operator to respond?
No. The RFI is designed to capture input from both on-the-ground operators and planners as well as the research and technical community, along with other stakeholders involved in hydropower planning and operations.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FOA number) for this RFI?
The Funding Opportunity Number is DE-FOA-0002713.
Is there a CFDA (assistance listing) associated with this notice?
Yes. The notice is associated with CFDA 81.087.
Which DOE office is managing this RFI?
It is managed through DOE's Golden Field Office and issued through EERE/WPTO.
Where were the full announcement and submission instructions posted?
The full announcement and submission instructions were hosted on EERE Exchange at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov.
When did this RFI open and close?
It opened on April 5, 2022 and had an original closing date of June 6, 2022.
What should a respondent submit (in general terms)?
Respondents should submit feedback and recommendations aligned with DOE's questions, focusing on needed data, research gaps, tools, modeling frameworks, and datasets for climate-informed long-term hydropower operations and planning.
Should applicants prepare a project budget or grant application materials?
No. Because this is not a funding announcement and there are zero expected awards, respondents should not prepare a grant application package or budget. The appropriate response is informational input.
What is DOE likely to do with the responses?
DOE intends to use the feedback to shape future research and development directions and to develop a clearer roadmap for potential future tools and datasets that support climate-informed hydropower planning and operations in the United States.
Does submitting a response guarantee future funding?
The RFI is described as a planning step before future investments. The information provided does not state or guarantee that responding will lead to funding or awards.
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