Improving Efficiency, Reliability, and Flexibility of Coal-Based Power Plants
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: October 31, 2025
Archive date: February 6, 2026
Close date: January 7, 2026
Opportunity ID: 360814
Opportunity number: DE-FOA-0003606
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: National Energy Technology Laboratory
Agency code: DOE-NETL
Award floor: $1
Award ceiling: $48,000,000
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
- Energy
Eligible Applicants
- Unrestricted
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:doe_netl
- category_of_funding_activity:energy
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:unrestricted
- funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to seek applications for projects to design, implement, test and validate three (3) compelling Topic Areas for strategic refurbishment/retrofit of existing coal power plants, providing a path for rapid and cost-effective restoration of stability to the nation’s bulk power system while supporting the nation’s industrial and energy security priorities by enabling coal powered systems to provide reliable, secure, and affordable electricity delivered in the near term at scale. Successful projects will lead to the implementation of transformational technologies that will significantly improve the efficiency, effectiveness, costs, emissions reductions, and environmental performance of coal and natural gas use.