This week's awards: LDES' Children's Hospital Resilient Grid with Energy Storage (CHARGES); ERA Grants Lake City Area Power and Resiliency Augmentation Enterprise Project
Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
September 4, 2024
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On Wednesdays, OCED will announce the latest projects that have successfully completed award negotiations. OCED will only issue an Award Wednesday notification on weeks when an award has been finalized.
AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas
Lake City Area Power and Resiliency Augmentation Enterprise
OCED issued a grant award to the Lake City Area Power and Resiliency Augmentation Enterprise project, led by the Gunnison County Electric Association (GCEA), committing up to $5 million in federal funding. The project plans to replace 30 miles of aged overhead electric distribution lines to deliver reliable energy to rural Colorado for the next 50 years. The project aims to enhance local grid resilience, reduce operational and maintenance costs, prevent fires due to overloading, and facilitate the integration of more renewable energy.
View the project factsheet and community benefits commitments summary here. Learn more about engagement opportunities here.
Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Demonstration Program
Children's Hospital Resilient Grid with Energy Storage
OCED awarded the Children’s Hospital Resilient Grid with Energy Storage (CHARGES) project, led by Charge Bliss, with more than $2.8 million (of the total project federal cost share of up to $30 million) to begin Phase 1 activities. Charge Bliss plans to design and build a non-lithium-ion battery energy storage system at a pediatric hospital in Madera, CA. The system would use innovative battery modules to build flexible and scalable systems that would provide up to 3.3 MW of power for at least 10 hours. Charge Bliss plans to integrate their microgrid controller with the battery management system to provide continuous remote monitoring of the system. The remote microgrid controller would optimize the hospital’s use of the on-site energy pod with existing power and grid-supplied energy needs to support enhanced resiliency, affordable energy, and sustainability at the hospital.
During Phase 1 of the project, Charge Bliss will conduct project planning related to budgeting, permitting, and procurement, and initiate community benefits and engagement activities along with other early development activities.
View the project fact sheet and community benefits commitments summary here. Learn more about engagement opportunities here.