The main goal of this program is to ensure national security by accelerating the growth of domestic production capability of electric heat pumps to meet the anticipated increased demand for clean energy technologies as the economy transitions to net-zero emissions. The program will also aim to:
• Expand United States electric heat pump manufacturing to reduce the amount of energy needed in our buildings, leading to less reliance by the U.S. and allies on adversaries, such as Russia, for oil and gas.
• Strengthen heat pump system, components, and material supply chains
• Create economic prosperity for communities, especially underserved communities, by ensuring access to federal resources
• Support the creation of good-paying jobs
As part of the whole-of-government approach to advance equity and encourage worker organizing and collective bargaining, and to drive the creation of accessible good-paying jobs with the free and fair chance for workers to join a union. 2,3,4 this FOA and any related activities will seek to encourage meaningful engagement and participation of workforce organizations, including labor unions, as well as underserved communities and underrepresented groups, including consultation with Tribal Nations.5 Consistent with Executive Order 14008,6 this FOA is designed to help meet the goal that 40% of the overall benefits of federal investments in clean energy and climate solutions flow to disadvantaged communities, as identified by the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST), located at https://screeningtool.geoplatform.gov/,
Additionally, applications to this FOA could consider heat pumps that support other Federal government efforts such as the Affordable Home Energy Shot (https://www.energy.gov/eere/affordable-home-energy-shot) goals by considering technologies with company designs to reduce costs, weight, size, and complexity of installation.
The FOA is accepting applications for the following three topic areas:
Topic Area 3: Residential Heat Pump Production Capability: The objective of this topic area is to create new or additional domestic production capability for heat pumps and components serving single dwelling residential units by constructing new commercial-scale facilities, expanding existing facilities, or retrofitting an existing production capability.
Topic Area 4: Heat Pump Water Heater Production Capability: The objective of this topic area is to create new or additional domestic production capability for heat pump water heaters and components by constructing new commercial-scale facilities, expanding existing facilities, or retrofitting an existing production capability.
Topic Area 5: All Other Heat Pump and Component Production Capability: The objective of this topic area is to create new or additional domestic production capability for all other heat pumps and components outside of Topic Areas 3 or 4 (for example, heat pumps serving multifamily dwelling units, commercial and industrial heat pumps) by constructing new commercial-scale facilities, expanding existing facilities, or retrofitting an existing production capability.
Concept Paper Deadline: 3/15/24
Full Application Deadline: 4/29/24
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