This Request for Information (RFI) is re-issued with a new deadline of April 1, 2023. Organizations and individuals that have previously responded may respond again or revise their previous submission.
This is a RFI issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED). This RFI seeks public input to help inform DOE’s development of demand-side support measures for clean energy technologies. Demand-side support measures include, but are not limited to, advanced market commitments, direct procurement, and guaranteed offtake.
Demand-side support measures represent a potential tool to support DOE’s mission by providing a predictable commercial market for clean energy technologies, and these measures have accelerated commercial scale-up of technologies in energy and other industries, both in the United States and abroad.
There are several types of demand-side support measures for clean energy commercialization that include but may not be limited to:
Direct procurement through a request for proposal or reverse auction;Advanced market commitments; andGuaranteed price floors.OCED seeks input on the following topics:
Cases where demand-side support measures would be useful in scaling up clean energy technologies; andThe best way for DOE to implement demand-side support measures, were it to elect to do so.OCED seeks input on these topics from all types of clean energy technology market participants, including:
Suppliers of clean energy products (e.g., clean hydrogen producers, carbon dioxide removal developers, sustainable aviation fuel producers);Consumers of clean energy products (e.g., corporate sustainability programs, corporate and government procurement programs);Investors in clean energy technologies (e.g., project finance investors, debt investors);Not-for-profit organizations (e.g., entities capable of operating demand-side support mechanisms to scale up energy technologies at the direction of the DOE);State, local, and tribal government entities; andOther interested entities (e.g., trade associations, market-clearing organizations).
Please see the full Request for Information in the Documents section below for complete details.
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION RESPONSE GUIDELINES:
Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to keith.boyea@hq.doe.gov with the subject line “OCED-RFI-23-1” no later than 5:00 p.m. (ET) on April 1, 2023. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes exceeding 25 MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (*.docx) or Adobe Acrobat (*.pdf) attachment to the email, and no more than 5 pages in length, 12-point font, 1-inch margins. Only electronic responses will be accepted.
DOE will not publicly publish a compendium of responses. A response to this RFI will not be viewed as a binding commitment to develop or pursue the project or ideas discussed. OCED may engage in pre and post response conversations with interested parties. Contact the POC above to schedule a call.
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION:
Because information received in response to this RFI may be used to structure future programs and/or otherwise be made available to the public, respondents are strongly advised NOT to include any information in their responses that might be considered business sensitive, proprietary, or otherwise confidential.
If, however, a respondent chooses to submit business sensitive, proprietary, or otherwise confidential information, it must be clearly and conspicuously marked as such in the response as described below. Failure to comply with these marking requirements may result in the disclosure of the unmarked information under the Freedom of Information Act or otherwise. The U.S. Federal Government is not liable for the disclosure or use of unmarked information and may use or disclose such information for any purpose.
This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. DOE will not pay for information provided under this RFI, and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. DOE may or may not issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) or take any other action based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.