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GRADIENTS SBIR/STTR: Inertia and Automatic Damping for Grid Reliability

ARPA-E’s GRADIENTS SBIR/STTR opportunity funds early-stage R&D to develop disruptive grid assets and real-time co-designed controls (e.g., intelligent inverters, automatic relays, and wide-area control) that provide inertia and damping to improve stability under high renewable penetration. Projects should use control co-design methods and dynamic stability metrics (RoCoF, nadir, decay rati…

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Agency: Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy

Award

Total Funding: $30M

Award Ceiling: $4.5M

Award Floor: $314,363

Funding Amount: $4.5M

Total Awards Given 15

Dates

Opportunity Released: February 10, 2025

Submission Deadline: February 14, 2025

Application Window Closes: February 14, 2025

Eligibility

small_business

Small businesses

Keywords

arpa-e

sbir-sttr

grid-reliability

inverter-based-resources

inertia-damping

real-time-control

wide-area-control

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