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CDAO SBIR Topic OSD254-P001 Open Topic

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CDAO SBIR TOPIC OSD254-P001 OPEN TOPIC

This Opportunity page is the entry point for the submission workflow for the
Technical Volume (Volume 2) for both Phase I and Phase II submissions against
the CDAO SBIR Topic OSD254-P001. The following information identifies the steps
necessary to successfully submit a video submission in accordance with Technical
Volume Video Submission requirements contained within the CDAO SBIR Topic
OSD254-P001 Open Call.
Special Topic - Geothermal for Electricity and Green Hydrogen Production

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SPECIAL TOPIC - GEOTHERMAL FOR ELECTRICITY AND GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION

BACKGROUND: Department of the Air Force (DAF) installations largely rely on
off-site electricity to conduct its globe-spanning, national security missions
on land and in air, sea, space, and cyberspace. Dependence on off-site
electricity, however, creates mission risks, because electrical grids are
susceptible to outages from extreme weather and cybersecurity attacks by
determined adversaries. See problem Attachment 1 – Problem Statement (detailed
below) for more details. WARNING: DO NOT SUBMIT VIA THIS PAGE: This Special
Topic Opportunity Page provides the content requirements and instructions for
your submission. The actual submission, however, will be made through
the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace Opportunity Page located here. INSTRUCTIONS
FOR SUBMITTING A SOLUTION AGAINST THIS SPECIAL TOPIC:  Submissions for this
Special Topic will only be accepted via the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace
Opportunity Page located here. After navigating to the Tradewinds Solutions
Marketplace Opportunity Page, click on the “Start My Response” button on the
left-hand bottom of the page to begin the correct submission workflow. If you
select the "Start My Response" button from any page other than the Tradewinds
Solutions Marketplace Opportunity Page, the submission workflow will be missing
required fields such as: (1) Strategic Focus Area; (2) Technology Readiness
Level; (3) Related Keywords; and (4) Video Upload Link. If you find that the
submission workflow is missing these fields, please exit the workflow and
navigate to the correct submission workflow located on the Tradewinds Solutions
Marketplace Opportunity Page. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: The submission process
for this Special Topic consists of four steps: ·       Step I – Video pitch
submission through the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace Opportunity page.
·       Step II – Video submissions are assessed in accordance with the
Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace (TSM) assessment process and rubric. o  
Submissions will only be accepted via the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace
Opportunity Page located here. After navigating to the Tradewinds Solutions
Marketplace Opportunity Page, click on the “Start My Response” button on the
left-hand bottom of the page to begin the submission workflow. o   Under the
field for Strategic Focus Area within the submission workflow, select “Special
Topics". o   To identify that your video submission is being submitted against
the “Geothermal for Electricity and Green Hydrogen Production” TSM Special
Topic, the Title of your submission should start with “DAF Geothermal” and then
continue with your specific title (e.g., DAF Geothermal: Quix13 Software
Solution). o   For the content of the video submission, all submissions must
adhere to the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace guidelines and submission
instructions (detailed within Section 7 of the TSM Announcement available here).
As identified within the TSM Announcement, there are five required content
elements that each video submission must address. The Five elements are:   (1)
Identification of the Problem(s) Addressed ·       The problem statement has
already been defined, it is recommended that minimal time be spent on problem
identification within the video submission.   (2) Description of the technology
or service solution and its application to the problem(s) identified. The below
should be covered as part of element 2: Technical: Approach to conducting any
geoscientific exploration, remote sensing, mapping, drilling, etc., and
integrating the data into a robust resource conceptual model. Identify any
teaming that may be necessary to complete this approach. Environmental: Details
on plans for conducting all environmental analysis (e.g. National Environmental
Policy Act). Identify any teaming that may be necessary to complete this
approach.    (3) Potential impact of the solution if adopted by DoD Examples:
Provide case studies or examples on how to design a utility-scale facility (at
least 5 megawatts) to meet and perhaps exceed the energy customer’s electricity
or hydrogen needs cost-effectively.   (4) Differentiation from other technology
and service solutions which address the same or similar problem(s)   (5) Pricing
Model Financing: Details on plans for fully financing (100%) the prototype with
DAF providing land, site control, and access to an installation’s facilities for
the prototype project. ·       Step III – Solutions are assessed as awardable /
non-awardable in accordance with the TSM assessment process and scoring rubric;
and ·       Step IV - The Government may elect to conduct negotiations with,
one, some, all or none of the entities whose video submissions are determined
awardable. NOTE ON POTENTIAL FUTURE ACTIVITIES: If electricity production is
technically and economically feasible, the prototype project may be considered
further for future construction of a utility-scale facility for the production
of electricity and hydrogen. DAF would not execute a long-term contract under
the prototype to purchase the electricity and hydrogen commodities. Rather, DAF
would execute a sole-source, follow-on contract only after the prototype has
been successfully completed. Once the follow-on contract has been executed,
construction of the facilities could proceed. DAF would not own the facilities,
rather it is expected that a third party would own, operate, and maintain them.
The government may also consider scaling a successful prototype to other DAF
installations in the United States. PROBLEM STATEMENT: Department of the Air
Force (DAF) installations largely rely on off-site electricity to conduct its
globe-spanning, national security missions on land and in air, sea, space, and
cyberspace. Dependence on off-site electricity, however, creates mission risks,
because electrical grids are susceptible to outages from extreme weather and
cybersecurity attacks by determined adversaries. To maintain mission continuity
and comply with congressional mandates to maintain energy resilience for all
critical missions at each installation, DAF is seeking novel approaches to
generate electricity at its installations using geothermal energy, because it
can provide, continuous, resilient, carbon-free electricity regardless of
weather conditions. While current renewable energy solutions such as wind and
solar can supply on-site energy, such solutions provide intermittent power and
require battery energy storage or other solutions to maintain energy resilience,
unlike geothermal energy. Despite its advantages, there are numerous
technological and geological barriers to geothermal energy that have hindered
the U.S. government’s ability to construct a utility-scale geothermal facility
on federal land to directly supply electricity to its missions. While newer
geothermal technologies such as advanced geothermal (i.e., closed-loop) and
enhanced geothermal technologies hold the promise of producing power without
having to rely on naturally occurring, hot, underground, water resources, such
technologies do not currently exist at utility-scale. Given the recent
introduction of these new technologies, DAF is seeking to conduct a business
process prototype to determine whether these technologies are technically and
economically feasible at DAF installations in the United States. Under the
prototype, the selected vendor(s) would (a) gather data through geoscientific
exploration, (b) map out the resource, (c) develop an engineering design for a
utility-scale facility to produce electricity and green hydrogen through
electrolysis to power fuel cells, and (d) propose a deal structure for the sale
of the electricity and hydrogen to DAF and others. If electricity production is
technically and economically feasible, the prototype project may be considered
further for future construction of a utility-scale facility for the production
of electricity and hydrogen. DAF would not execute a long-term contract under
the prototype to purchase the electricity and hydrogen commodities. Rather, DAF
would execute a sole-source, follow-on contract only after the prototype has
been successfully completed. Once the follow-on contract has been executed,
construction of the facilities could proceed. DAF would not own the facilities,
rather it is expected that a third party would own, operate, and maintain them.
The government may also consider scaling a successful prototype to other DAF
installations in the United States.
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