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A -- DISTRIBUTED GENERATION IMPROVEMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS SOL KBR5050TS POC Karen Bradley, Subcontract Administrator, 865/576-1431; Sonny Rogers -- Section Supervisor, 865/576-1434. WEB: http://www.ornl.gov/Procurement/docindex.htm, http://www.ornl.gov/Procurement. E-MAIL: click here to contact the Subcontract Administrator,, bradleykc.ornl.gov. Tentative Schedule: RFP released April 26, 2000 Proposals due May 31, 2000 Awards announced June 16, 2000 Period of Performance August, 2000 to September, 2001 Funding Availability: Multiple Awards 20 to 30% co-funding required STATEMENT OF WORK SYNOPSIS Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in support of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Distributed Energy Resources Program in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, is interested in obtaining proposals that will lead to substantial improvements in the applications of distributed power generation in industrial processes. The vision of this distributed energy resource program is to maximize the use of affordable distributed energy resources in order to make the U.S. energy system cleaner, more efficient, and more reliable. A large portion of the existing distributed generation, and of the potential for future distributed generation installations, is found in the industrial sector. This activity is therefore intended to facilitate theuse of distributed generation technology in the industrial sector. Specifically, proposals are sought where teams perform assessments of existing or proposed distributed generation installations, improve existing project design tools, or develop innovative methods to integrate the distributed generation resource with industrial processes. Any assessments must directly increase the value of distributed generation technology, or accelerate the process of integrating such resources into an industrial plant. ORNL strongly encourages cooperative projects involving industrial firms, their resource and equipment suppliers, engineering firms, and other third party entities. It is expected that the proposed projects will address a variety of distributed generation issues. These will include reliability and availability, industrial integration methodologies, and assessment tool capabilities. While not all distributed generation applications include cogeneration, the significant improvement in overall efficiency offered by combined heat and power systems should be considered in any industrial process integration proposal. Because other programs within the DOE are already addressing the utility grid interconnection technology issues, proposals in that arena will not be funded as a part of this offering. Specifically, proposals dealing with the effect of distributed generation resources on transmission and distribution systems, or that evaluate the effect of utility system voltage sag on the distributed generation system would not be considered. Also, the development of new control systems for distributed generation equipment would not be considered. The results, successes, and experiences from these efforts will be published by DOE/ORNL to encourage other U.S. industrial companies to adopt and implement distributed generation. Posted 03/30/00 (W-SN439641). (0090)

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