Feeder of the Future Prize
Pays US grid innovators up to $8,000 for next-generation electric feeder designs.
Feeder of the Future Prize is a U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity prize that pays US grid innovators up to $8,000 for next-generation electric feeder designs, covering advanced distribution feeder and circuit concepts for rural, suburban and urban grid contexts and both new (green-field) builds and upgrades to existing (brown-field) ones. DOE defines each track by hard numbers rathe…
DOE's Office of Electricity wants advanced distribution feeder and circuit designs that meet 21st-century power delivery needs — dynamic loads, onsite generation and distributed devices — across rural, suburban and urban grid contexts. It's looking for concepts that can guide both new (green-field) feeder builds and upgrades to existing (brown-field) ones.
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