DEGD0000913
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation (BIL) Seasonal Solar Congestion Management (SEASCOM)
Pecan Street, Inc. is collaborating with Delaware Electric Cooperative and University of Delaware in a project to develop a Seasonal Solar Congestion Management (SEASCOM).
The SEASCOM solution bypasses the need to wait for lengthy and expensive upgrades to distribution and transmission system infrastructure to remove this barrier and instead leverages the communications capacity of smart inverters that are already installed as an integral part of every solar system.
Custom configuration of a low-cost, commercially available energy monitoring and communications device known as an eGauge enables responsive, just-in-time, curtailment of solar net export based on an automated signal, without inconveniencing members or increasing risk of substation overloading for the utility.
Pecan Street, Inc. is collaborating with Delaware Electric Cooperative and University of Delaware in a project to develop a Seasonal Solar Congestion Management (SEASCOM).
The SEASCOM solution bypasses the need to wait for lengthy and expensive upgrades to distribution and transmission system infrastructure to remove this barrier and instead leverages the communications capacity of smart inverters that are already installed as an integral part of every solar system.
Custom configuration of a low-cost, commercially available energy monitoring and communications device known as an eGauge enables responsive, just-in-time, curtailment of solar net export based on an automated signal, without inconveniencing members or increasing risk of substation overloading for the utility.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (DE-FOA-0002740) SUPPORTS THE GRID RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS (GRIP) PROGRAM AND SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE AND REGIONAL RESILIENCE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE INCREASING THREATS TO OUR POWER SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE; SPECIFICALLY, TO PREVENT OUTAGES AND ENHANCE THE RESILIENCE OF THE ELECTRIC GRID, DEPLOY TECHNOLOGIES TO ENHANCE GRID FLEXIBILITY, AND DEMONSTRATE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO POWER SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE AND RELIABILITY.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Greenwood,
Delaware
19950-6009
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Pecan Street was awarded
SEASCOM: Solar Congestion Management Solution
Project Grant DEGD0000913
worth $7,989,987
from the Department of Energy in August 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Greenwood Delaware United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded through assistance program 81.254 Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience.
$7,989,787 (50.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity BIL Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships ( GRIP).
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 7/29/24
Period of Performance
8/1/24
Start Date
7/31/29
End Date
Funding Split
$8.0M
Federal Obligation
$8.0M
Non-Federal Obligation
$16.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEGD0000913
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892411 GRID DEPLOYMENT OFFICE (GDO)
Awardee UEI
YPJDF7HHXFY3
Awardee CAGE
5N7D5
Performance District
DE-00
Senators
Thomas Carper
Christopher Coons
Christopher Coons
Modified: 7/29/24