While the Department of Energy issued a request for qualifications for potential developers of solar projects at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, DOE expects to hold an information day soon on other carbon-free energy projects that would take longer to permit and build.
The request for qualifications, published in March, supports DOE’s goal to meet President Joe Biden’s goal in Executive Order 14057 reaching net 100% carbon-free energy usage at Savannah River by 2030, according to documents made public last week.
“DOE will host a separate information day in May 2024 for parties interested in promoting other CFE [carbon-free energy] technologies for generation and storage that are further away from commercial readiness,” according to materials released in connection with an April 11 online procurement update.
This query was included in a package of DOE questions and answers stemming from a Feb. 29 information meeting at Savannah River on the solar request for qualifications, which is part of the Cleanup to Clean Energy program.
“Would the Department of Energy consider a Small Modular Reactor (SMR),” or other clean energy projects that would take longer to develop than solar panels, the questioner asked.
The deadline is this week, April 19, for responses to the DOE solar request for qualifications at Savannah River.
