The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or energy efficiency improvements. Projects must be located in rural areas, defined as populations of 50,000 residents or less. Eligible
The Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program provides loan guarantees up to $250 million to assist in the development, construction, and retrofitting of new and emerging technologies. This program is overseen by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The total amount of
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provided $250 million to accelerate heat pump manufacturing through the Defense Production Act (DPA), including industrial heat pumps. The investment seeks to reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels, improve efficiency, lower consumer energy costs, strengthen national defense and
Under the Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program, the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) finances projects that support clean energy deployment and energy infrastructure reinvestment, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Title 17 was created through the Energy Policy
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 Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS) was included in Section 40315 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and requires DOE to develop an initial standard for the carbon intensity of clean hydrogen production. The CHPS aims to create and strengthen technologically and economically feasible production,
The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) is a program within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022. This program provides $27 billion in competitive grants to leverage private capital for clean energy and climate projects that reduce pollution,
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