ONHS Report: DE-FOA-0003641

Grid Supply Chain Alternatives to Lead Energy Dominance (SCALED)

Solicitation ID: DE-FOA-0003641

Agency: DOE/Office of Electricity

Type: Cooperative Agreement

Deadline: 2027-02-08T00:00:00 ET

Eligibility: Yes (Team Member)

Funding: Expected total available funding of $237 million. Topic Area 1 has approximately $50,000,000 available for individual awards of $2,500,000–$15,000,000. Topic Area 2 has approximately $187,000,000 available for individual awards of $1,000,000–$25,000,000.

Doc Type: BAA

Clearance: No

Program Manager: DE-FOA-0003641@netl.doe.gov

Last Updated: 2026-10-30 16:04

Analyzed File: FundOpp_DE-FOA-0003641.pdf

Eligibility Reasoning

Provided there is no conflict, DOE FFRDCs are eligible to apply for funding as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a recipient.

Note: This is an AI-generated summary...

Summary

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) has announced the 'Grid Supply Chain Alternatives to Lead Energy Dominance (SCALED)' funding opportunity (DE-FOA-0003641), making approximately $237 million available to enhance the domestic supply chain for critical grid components. This initiative aims to reduce reliance on foreign sources, withstand supply chain shocks, and strengthen U.S. energy infrastructure. The program is divided into two topic areas, both requiring a minimum 50% non-federal cost share. Topic Area 1, 'Refurbishment and Reuse of Critical Grid Equipment' ($50M), will fund projects (TRL 8+) to reclaim, repair, and recertify retired or damaged grid equipment to quickly return it to service. Topic Area 2, 'Alternative Materials and Subcomponents' ($187M), will support the adoption and large-scale integration of domestically sourced alternative materials and subcomponents (TRL 6+) into U.S. manufacturing processes. Topic Area 2 follows a two-phase structure (planning and execution) with a Go/No-Go decision point to de-risk and scale up domestic production. (Source: FundOpp_DE-FOA-0003641.pdf.)

Overall Technical Areas

Grid Equipment RefurbishmentComponent Reclamation and ReuseCritical Materials RecoveryCircular Economy for Grid ComponentsAlternative Materials IntegrationAdvanced Subcomponent ManufacturingElectrical Steel TechnologiesAdvanced Conductor MaterialsHigh-Voltage Component DesignBattery Storage Component ManufacturingManufacturing Process Scale-UpComponent Testing and ValidationPower Transformer Technologies

Probable LBNL Areas

BSAESAETAPSA

Focus Areas

Example Priorities:

Increase inventory and availability of critical grid equipment by identifying opportunities for utilities, or other users of electric grid transmission and distribution equipment, to enhance efforts to refurbish equipment and/or reclaim subcomponents and materials from components taken out of service.
Reduce the lead times for critical grid equipment by improving domestic capacity to repair, refurbish, reuse, and recertify components such as distribution transformers, larger power transformers, circuit breakers, switchgear, reclosers, insulators, busbars, and high-voltage bushings.
Grid Investment Recovery Programs—Utilities may enhance, broaden, or implement programs to increase the amount of grid hardware that can be reused after being removed from service during regular maintenance.
Grid Component Refurbishment—Demonstrating economically viable pathways to return equipment to service after it has been removed or retired from the grid, such as equipment that has reached its end-of-life or been damaged.
Waste Management Improvement—Implementing better program, practices, or technologies to recover valuable materials such as copper, aluminum, and electrical steel.

Specific Technical Skills:

Power Equipment RefurbishmentComponent Repair & RecertificationMaterials ReclamationCircular Economy PrinciplesAsset Lifecycle ManagementSupply Chain LogisticsHigh-Voltage Equipment TestingMetallurgyPower Systems EngineeringWaste Stream Analysis

Potential PIs for this Area:

Name	Score	Organization
Alexandre Moreira da Silva	0.77	ETA \| Energy Technologies and Systems \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt · Power Systems Engineering
Jiyun Kang	0.76	ESA \| MSD \| Material Physics · Metallurgy
Daniel Arnold	0.76	ETA \| Energy Technologies and Systems \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt · Power Systems Engineering
Thomas Hendrickson	0.76	ETA \| Energy Analysis \| Systems & Energy Tech Analysis · Supply Chain Logistics
Nihan Karali	0.75	ETA \| Energy Analysis \| Systems & Energy Tech Analysis · Circular Economy Principles
Nawa Raj Baral	0.74	BSA \| Biological Systems & Engineering \| Process Engr & Analytics · Waste Stream Analysis
Carl Blumstein	0.74	ETA \| Building & Industrial Energy Systems \| Whole Building Sys Dept · Power Equipment Refurbishment
Baishakhi Bose	0.74	ETA \| Energy Analysis \| Systems & Energy Tech Analysis · Materials Reclamation
Alex Newkirk	0.73	ETA \| Building & Industrial Energy Systems \| Bldg & Industrial App Dpt · Component Repair & Recertification
Reed Teyber	0.73	PSA \| ATAP \| Superconducting Magnet Program · High-Voltage Equipment Testing

Example Priorities:

Support U.S. suppliers and manufacturers in adopting existing (TRL 6 or higher) domestically sourced alternative materials and subcomponents such as (but not limited to) electrical steel, ceramic bushings, insulation, continuously transposed conductors (CTC), other copper windings, or chemical precursors used in critical grid equipment or battery energy storage systems.
Applicants must present a plan to source the raw materials, produce material or subcomponents at scale domestically, integrate them into grid components, perform testing and validation adequate to support industry adoption...
Establish a fully integrated supply chain plan that accounts for upstream materials suppliers, U.S. manufacturing partners, and first customers for engineered materials and subcomponents.
Phase 1 execution must include a credible manufacturing readiness and scaling pathway showing how the recipient would produce an industry-accepted material or subcomponent output in Phase 2.
Phase 2 activities focus on implementing, commissioning, and scaling U.S. manufacturing operations and delivering solutions with first customers.

Specific Technical Skills:

Materials ScienceAdvanced ManufacturingProcess Scale-UpSupply Chain DevelopmentDomestic SourcingMaterials Testing & ValidationSystems IntegrationElectrical Steel ProductionCeramics EngineeringPower Component Design

Potential PIs for this Area:

Name	Score	Organization
Kristin Persson	0.78	ESA \| MSD \| Material Physics · Materials Science
Didier Perrodin	0.77	ESA \| MSD \| Material Physics · Ceramics Engineering
Qin Yu	0.77	ESA \| MSD \| Material Physics · Materials Testing & Validation
Thomas Hendrickson	0.76	ETA \| Energy Analysis \| Systems & Energy Tech Analysis · Supply Chain Development
Jiyun Kang	0.75	ESA \| MSD \| Material Physics · Electrical Steel Production
Chang Dou	0.75	BSA \| Biological Systems & Engineering \| Process Engr & Analytics · Process Scale-Up
Minok Park	0.75	ETA \| Energy Technologies and Systems \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt · Advanced Manufacturing
Han Lee	0.74	PSA \| Engineering \| Electronic Engineering · Systems Integration
Eric Masanet	0.74	ETA \| Energy Analysis \| Systems & Energy Tech Analysis · Power Component Design
Prakash Rao	0.74	ETA \| Building & Industrial Energy Systems \| Bldg & Industrial App Dpt · Domestic Sourcing

Potential LBNL PIs (Overall)

Note on PI Matching: These suggestions are generated through an AI-driven semantic analysis of LBNL staff profiles.

Name	Score	Organization
Kenny Higa	0.79	ETA \| Energy Technologies and Systems \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt · Battery Storage Component Manufacturing
Margaret Busse	0.76	EESA \| EG \| Geochemistry Dept · Critical Materials Recovery
Ravi Prasher	0.76	ETA \| Energy Technologies and Systems \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt · Power Transformer Technologies
Zahid Hussain	0.76	ESA \| MSD \| Material Physics · Advanced Conductor Materials
Reed Teyber	0.75	PSA \| ATAP \| Superconducting Magnet Program · Electrical Steel Technologies
Baishakhi Bose	0.75	ETA \| Energy Analysis \| Systems & Energy Tech Analysis · Alternative Materials Integration
Miguel Heleno	0.74	ETA \| Energy Technologies and Systems \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt · Circular Economy for Grid Components
Chang Dou	0.74	BSA \| Biological Systems & Engineering \| Process Engr & Analytics · Manufacturing Process Scale-Up
Alex Newkirk	0.74	ETA \| Building & Industrial Energy Systems \| Bldg & Industrial App Dpt · Component Reclamation and Reuse
Umed Paliwal	0.74	ETA \| Energy Analysis \| Energy Markets & Planning · Grid Equipment Refurbishment

Fundamental Research Exemption (FRE)

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