Assistance Listing 81.255

Clean Energy Demonstrations

A federal assistance program listed on Grants.gov by Headquarters (Department of Energy). Opportunities under it have also been listed by Golden Field Office. The listing number stays the same from one funding round to the next, so this page is the one to watch between announcements.

Funding history

Awards made under this listing across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.

FY2025 obligated: $6.2B
FY2026 obligated: −$654.7M
FY2027 (to date) obligated: $0
Awards in window: 96

A negative year is a net de-obligation: downward adjustments to earlier awards exceeded new obligations in that year.

Top recipients: Cleveland-cliffs Steel Corporation, National Cement Company of California, Inc., Century Aluminum Co, Heidelberg Materials Us Inc, Eastman Chemical Company

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026

Recently closed

Restoring Reliability: Coal Recommissioning and Modernization
Archived DE-FOA-0003605 · closed February 11, 2026
Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas – Fiscal Year 2025 Release
Archived DE-FOA-0003428 · closed August 28, 2025
Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program
Archived DE-FOA-0003473 · closed July 1, 2025
Energy Storage Pilot Demonstrations
Archived DE-FOA-0003399 · closed February 13, 2025
Notice of Intent to Issue Notice of Funding Opportunity No. DE-FOA-0003442: Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs – Recurring Program
Archived DE-FOA-0003442 · closed January 31, 2025
Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor Pathway to Deployment
Archived DE-FOA-0003485 · closed January 17, 2025

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