Invinity Energy Systems' Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries
Waiver type - Financial Assistance: Nonavailability
Agency: ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF • Waiver Level: project • Product Service Code (PSC) : 6140 | Last Modified: 01/14/2025
Procurement Summary
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) is proposing a project nonavailability waiver of the manufactured products and construction materials domestic preference requirements of section 70914 of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 117-58) as applied to one federal financial assistance award for the Dairyland Power Cooperative (Dairyland). This proposed limited nonavailability waiver would allow Dairyland to purchase non-compliant Invinity Energy Systems (Invinity) battery packs along with its component battery containers and housings, also known as Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).
Description of items, products and materials or categories of such anticipated to be covered by this waiver
Public comment link
https://www.energy.gov/management/baba-waiver-request-2025-13Final waiver link
https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-01/DOE%20Draft%20Final%20Nonavailability%20Batteries%20Dairyland.pdfIs this a general applicability waiver?
noconsistentWithPolicy
BATTERIES, RECHARGEABLE
335911 - Storage Battery Manufacturing
manufacturedProduct
12/18/2024
ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF