The Minnesota Department of Agriculture offers loans for methane digester systems. Loan participation or direct no-interest loans are available up to $250,000. This loan cannot be used as a match for federal financing. Loans have a maximum term of 10 years.
Under North Carolina’s Program to Finance Energy Improvement, local governments can create a revolving loan program to finance the purchase and installation of renewable energy projects affixed to residential, commercial, or other real property. The charged interest rate on loans may not exceed 8% per
The Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) Program is a financing structure that provides eligible property owners with access to long-term fixed-rate financing for a range of energy efficiency, renewable energy, water efficiency, and resiliency improvements. The program allows local governments to secure the financing
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. In addition, colleges and universities
The Alternative and Clean Energy Program provides grants, loan guarantees, and loans for the construction of alternative and clean energy projects. Private investment must match $1 for every $1 of program funds awarded. Eligible applicants include businesses, economic development organizations, individuals, and local governments. Alternative
The program offers low-interest loans for state, public school, college, university, and non-profit hospital facilities for retrofit projects that reduce energy consumption, peak energy demand, or utility costs, including through implementation of renewable thermal energy. The borrowed amount is repaid overtime with energy cost savings.
Vermont’s Renewable Energy Standard requires all retail electricity suppliers to source a certain percentage of their annual electricity sales from renewable resources. The requirement has been increasing 4% annually since the initial 2017 benchmark, which was 55%. The RPS will ultimately require 75% of electricity
This $1 billion fund is dedicated to jumpstarting critical climate solutions and bridging financing gaps to scale advanced technologies. It is open to public and private sector applicants and seeks to use a range of instruments to help finance innovative climate solutions around three topics:
The DC Green Bank is a quasi-government institution helping to use innovative financing mechanisms to lower barriers to renewable energy deployment. It offers several products for residential, commercial, and industrial customers, including the Commercial Loan for Energy Efficiency and Renewables (CLEER) and the Community Impact
The Energy Infrastructure Revolving Loan Fund offers financing for agriculture, utilities, and businesses for energy infrastructure projects, including projects related to thermal storage, biomass, biogas, biomethane, and landfill gas. Applicants can receive up to $2.5 million or up to 75% of project costs. Eligible borrowers
