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
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 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,
The Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grant Program was created through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) of 2021. The program is designed to provide $750 million in grants to small- and medium-sized manufacturers in communities where coal mines or coal power plants have closed to
The Industrial Heat Shot was the sixth branch of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Earthshots Initiative to be announced, in September of 2022. It aims to develop cost-competitive industrial heat decarbonization technologies to achieve 85% lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. Resources for the
The Steel Upgrading Partnerships and Emissions Reduction (SUPER) Act was established in the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. The act encourages increased competitiveness of American manufacturing through the authorization of a Department of Energy (DOE) crosscutting Research and Development (R&D) program that targets low-emission
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