2026 Distributed Wind Turbine Competitiveness Improvement Project
Funds development, testing, certification, manufacturing innovation, commercialization, and field validation activities to improve distributed wind turbine and power electronics competitiveness for eligible applicants under the solicitation.
⚑ Federal contract solicitation administered by DOE contractor; eligibility is governed by the solicitation and applicant restrictions. · No set-aside used.
This is primarily engineering/applied R&D on wind turbine design, manufacturing, certification, and power electronics, which is outside IPPRA’s social-behavioral program lines. The only possible connection is energy transition broadly, but none of the team’s core expertise is in turbine technology development or commercialization engineering.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-10-27
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 90 strong | technical depth: central; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 45 partial | portfolio topic: energy (primary); social/behavioral work is none; funds applied research; capped at 45 (limited social-science role) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 45 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
Description
10/26/26 Amendment No. 1 posted in reponsonse to questions. The 2026 Distributed Wind Turbine Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP) is comprised of thirteen (13) different topic areas, as specified in the Statement of Work (Attachment 1), dated September 14, 2026: Wind turbine development topic areas 1. Prototype Design Development 2. Prototype Manufacture 3. Prototype Installation and Testing 4. Component Innovation 5. System Optimization 6. Small Turbine Certification and/or Listing 7. Type Certification and Listing Power electronics development topic areas 8. Power Electronics Development 9. Power Electronics Pre-Testing 10. Power Electronics Listing Topics areas common to turbine and power electronics development 11. Manufacturing Process Innovation 12. Technology Commercialization 13. Field Validation
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: No Set aside used. Notice type: Solicitation. Organization: ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF / ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF / ALLIANCE FOR ENERGY INNOVATION, LLC - DOE CONTRACTOR.
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