The Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) focuses on technological development to improve the reliability and affordability of wind energy and addressing barriers to wind energy deployment. WETO funds research and development activities through competitive solicitations.

WETO does not fund the purchase or installation of wind energy systems by individuals or companies. For information on federal grants and tax incentives for the purchase and operation of wind energy systems, please see the Related Opportunities page.

Solicitation Title Open Date Close Date

 FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize

 9/12/22 1/13/23

Beginning September 30*, all applicants will need to have a Login.gov account to access eXCHANGE and apply to open opportunities. The use of Login.gov to access eXCHANGE will be optional between July 30 and September 30*, to allow users to get familiar with the new process. For more important information about this change, please read the MFA Quick Guide.
*Date is tentative and subject to change.

View closed opportunities on the Past Opportunities Web page. Although WETO attempts to maintain current information on these solicitations, the official source for funding information is EERE Exchange.

How to Partner with the National Labs

For more opportunities, read about how to partner with the Department of Energy's national labs.

Wind Energy Funding News

VIEW ALL
DOE and BOEM Announce Additional Funding for Sustainable Development of Offshore Wind on the West Coast
DOE Announces $1.6 million for a jointly funded project supporting the coexistence of offshore wind with bats on the West Coast.
Learn More
National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium Announces New Projects Selected for Funding
The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC), which was established with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has selected five new projects to receive a total of $3.5 million for ocean coexistence and transmission.
Learn More
DOE Launches Prize to Accelerate Domestic Supply Chains for Floating Offshore Wind Energy
The FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize, a $5.75-million competition, is designed to help develop a domestic supply chain and accelerate market readiness of floating offshore wind energy designs in the United States.
Learn More
U.S. Department of Energy Releases Request for Information to Improve Bat Deterrent Technology 
RFI seeks input on the status and research needs related to bat deterrent technologies, which will help inform a potential Funding Opportunity Announcement aimed at advancing bat deterrent technology solutions. 
Learn More
DOE Announces New $26 Million Funding Opportunity
DOE’s Solar Energy Technologies Office and WETO announced the Solar and Wind Grid Services and Reliability Demonstrations funding opportunity.
Learn More
New Funding Partnerships Explore Coexistence of Bats and Wind Energy
To improve our understanding of why and how bats interact with wind turbines, NREL has selected three companies to receive funding through the NREL Enabling Coexistence Options for Wind Energy and Wildlife (ECO Wind) program.
Learn More
Sea Grant, DOE, NOAA Fisheries Fund Six Projects for the Coexistence of Offshore Energy with Northeast Fishing and Coastal Communities
The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium announced six projects to advance social science and technology research on offshore renewable energy in the Northeast United States.
Learn More
NREL Seeks Competitiveness Improvement Project Proposals to Accelerate Distributed Wind Deployment
A new Competitiveness Improvement Project request for proposals invites respondents to help address cost barriers to rapid deployment of improved distributed wind technology. Applications will be accepted through April 1, 2022.
Learn More
DOE Released 2022 Technology Commercialization Fund Solicitations
We need your help to commercialize national laboratory intellectual property faster to meet the major challenges we face as a nation and in the world today.
Learn More
National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium Opens Round 2 of Solicitation for Innovative Technologies to Advance Offshore Wind
This round will fund projects that facilitate ocean co-use, mitigate impacts to marine wildlife, enhance offshore wind power forecasting, and improve transmission system reliability and resilience.
Learn More