Beyond the Meter: Energy Storage Integration Prize
Awards up to $3.4M in cash plus $800K in DOE lab vouchers for behind-the-meter energy storage integration.
Beyond the Meter: Energy Storage Integration Prize is a prize from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity, funding innovative solutions that improve affordability through integration and interoperability of behind-the-meter (BTM) energy storage and other grid-edge technologies — best suited to companies and coalitions already working on BTM grid-edge technology — and awarding up to …
The Beyond the Meter Prize funds innovative solutions that improve affordability through integration and interoperability of behind-the-meter (BTM) energy storage and other grid-edge technologies. It runs two tracks — a Residential Solution Track and a Commercial/Industrial Solution Track — and is best suited to companies and coalitions already working on BTM grid-edge technology.
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