The following activities are eligible for funding, provided that they meet the goals of the ecoENERGY Technology Initiative, link directly to one of the Energy Technology Priorities, and meet a set of assessment criteria.
- basic and applied research on the early‑stage (pre‑prototype) development of new technologies
- basic and applied research necessary for providing the scientific and technical knowledge base for energy‑related codes and standards, regulations, and test procedures
- development, assessment, testing and integration of novel and innovative equipment, software and methodologies - for example:
- proof of concept of technologies where there is a significant technical risk, including field trials, bench‑scale testing, pilot plants and prototypes
- special purpose analytical and modelling software that is intended for eventual commercialization or licensing
- technical demonstrations, in a real-world setting, of technologies that are approaching the commercial application stage in order to address remaining barriers such as significant technical or regulatory risk, and to advance the technology towards the commercial stage
What is not eligible?
The following activities are not eligible for ecoENERGY Technology Initiative funding:
- repeated technical field trials of a particular new technology (unless the equipment or method being tested has been significantly modified or the environment in which the trial is to take place is significantly different)
- incremental improvements to equipment, software and other tools for energy production, transportation, distribution, conversion and use that are already in the market place, or that are ready for commercialization, and for which the improvements could be undertaken by the private sector
- feasibility studies to determine the appropriateness of implementing a well-established and deployed technology in a particular actual or hypothetical setting
- resource assessments and characterization
- demonstration, deployment or replication of technologies that are already at the commercial stage
- market analyses and assessments to support commercialization and deployment of a technology or tool