[Federal Register: February 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 38)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

 
Golden Field Office; Submission of Financial Applications; Small 
Wind Turbines

AGENCY: The Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Field Verification Program for Small Wind Turbines: 
Supplemental Announcement (10) to the Broad Based Solicitation for 
Submission of Financial Assistance Applications Involving Research, 
Development, and Demonstration for Renewable Energy and Energy 
Efficiency Technologies, DE-PS36-99GO10383.

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SUMMARY: The Wind Energy Systems Program of the Department of Energy 
(DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is 
issuing this Supplemental Announcement to the EERE Broad Based 
Solicitation for Submission of Financial Assistance Applications 
Involving Research, Development and Demonstration, DE-PS36-99GO10383, 
dated November 9, 1998.
    Under this Supplemental Announcement, the Wind Energy Systems 
Program is soliciting applications seeking DOE cost sharing and 
technical support for projects to install from one to ten wind 
turbines, each turbine from 300 watts to 100 kilowatts in size, in a 
variety of distributed power applications. Applications include, but 
are not limited to, the use of wind power for grid-connected or off-
grid electric generation, water pumping, ice-making, water 
purification, or desalination. The scope of work includes turbine 
installation and operation/performance verification, including an 
initial turbine test program at the National Renewable Energy 
Laboratory (NREL). Any type of for-profit, non-profit, or a non-Federal 
governmental organization (other than a DOE national laboratory) that 
is capable of fulfilling the scope of work specified in this 
Supplemental Announcement is eligible for an award.
    Awards under this Supplemental Announcement will be Cooperative 
Agreements with a term of up to 36 months. Subject to availability, it 
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anticipated that the total DOE funding available under this 
Supplemental Announcement will be $1,300,000, and that 5 to 10 
applications will be selected for award. If available funding is 
insufficient for making awards to all competitive applications, 
Applicants may be notified of the intent to make an award if funding 
becomes available in the future.
    Cost sharing from non-Federal funding of a minimum of 20%, with a 
target of 50% (based on total project cost), is required for any awards 
under this Supplemental Announcement.
    All information regarding the Supplemental Announcement will be 
posted on the DOE Golden Field Office Home page at the address 
identified below.

DATES: DOE expects to issue the Supplemental Announcement on February 
18, 1999. The closing date of the Supplemental Announcement is March 
30, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The Supplemental Announcement will be posted on the DOE 
Golden Field Office Home Page at http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden/
solicit.htm. It is DOE's intention not to issue hard copies of the 
Supplemental Announcement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Motz, Contract Specialist, at 
303-275-4737, e-mail john__motz@nrel.gov, or Doug Hooker, Project 
Officer, at 303-275-4780, e-mail doug__hooker@nrel.gov.

    Issued in Golden, Colorado, on February 17, 1999.
Matthew A. Barron,
Acting Chief of Procurement, Golden Field Office.
[FR Doc. 99-4845 Filed 2-25-99; 8:45 am]
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