The Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization Office (IEDO), within the Department of Energy (DOE), has Technical Assistance and Workforce Development partnerships, intended to increase the adoption of energy-efficient practices, decarbonization technologies, energy management programs, and water and waste reduction strategies across the industrial sector. IEDO supports
The Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnership (CHP TAPs), a Department of Energy (DOE) program, aims to help manufacturers lower operating costs and reduce carbon emissions while increasing energy flexibility and resilience. CHP, also called cogeneration, generates electricity and uses thermal energy that is
The Biotechnology Technologies Office (BTO) within the Department of Energy (DOE), with national lab partners, provides various online tools that analyze data to aid in decision-making. Tools include the Bioenergy Knowledge Discovery Framework, which provides industry, policymakers, and others with spatially organized information on the
The Geothermal Technologies Office’s (GTO) Data, Modeling, and Analysis (DMA) program, within the Department of Energy (DOE), supports data compilation and collection needs of various stakeholders relating to geothermal energy. The information they provide, such as resource assessments and drilling costs, is vital to addressing
The FlexTech program shares the cost to produce an objective, site-specific, and targeted study on how best to implement clean energy and/or energy efficiency technologies. Commercial, industrial, and multifamily facilities that pay into the electric Systems Benefits Charge are eligible.
The Washington Department of Ecology offers efficiency services for manufacturing and industrial facilities. Their technical assistance team of engineers and scientists, known as TREE, or Technical Resources for Engineering Efficiency, uses state assessments and engineering analysis focused on small and medium-sized plants. Their consulting team’s
The state of Tennessee authorizes public utilities to request mechanisms to recover the costs related to the development of infrastructure for “innovative natural gas resources,” including biogas, renewable natural gas, biomass, and green hydrogen. This is not an incentive but allows for the recovery of
The Energy Trust of Oregon, an initiative of the Oregon Department of Energy, provides technical assistance and financial incentives to municipality and business projects that convert organic waste into biofuels for generating electricity or heat. To qualify, project nameplate capacities cannot exceed 20 MW and
The Energy Trust of Oregon, an initiative of the Oregon Department, provides technical assistance and financial incentives to municipal facilities and businesses in the state for projects converting organic waste into biofuels used for either electrical or heat generation, as long as applicants can show
The North Dakota Industrial Commission’s Biomass Incentive and Research Program promotes the growth of North Dakota’s biomass industry through research and development. This program provides grants which provide technical assistance and promote the delivery of biomass feedstocks on a commercial scale to private end users.
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