DOE to fund up to $400 M of clean energy projects
The DOE's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) has issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) for up to $400 million to spur clean energy solutions.
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USA, Washington D.C.: The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) has issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) for up to $400 million to spur innovative, community-focused clean energy solutions in rural and remote areas across the US. The funding is supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will help deploy and encourage adoption of a variety of commercially available, clean energy technologies for rural and remote residents.
It is part of the Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas (ERA) Program, whose aim is to fund community-driven projects that demonstrate clean energy systems, deliver measurable and sustained benefits to people who live in rural or remote areas, and build clean energy knowledge, capacity, and self-reliance throughout rural America. The investment builds upon three previous funding rounds from the Program totalling more than $450 million for 36 projects and 67 prize winners, aiming to support the demonstration of energy technologies to provide clean and reliable power while aiming to increase energy independence and economic development.
Eligible projects will be required to address improving overall cost-effectiveness of energy generation, transmission, or distribution systems; siting or upgrading transmission and distribution lines; reducing greenhouse gas emissions from energy generation in rural or remote areas; providing or modernizing electric generation facilities; developing microgrids; or increasing energy efficiency. OCED expects the opportunity to help communities demonstrate practical paths to catalyze more rural and remote communities to integrate and benefit from clean energy. OCED aims to fund 16-69 projects, offering funding from $2-50 million each with a 5-50% minimum non-federal cost share per project.
Eligible applicants are tribal nations, state and local governmental entities, non-profit and for-profit entities, rural electric cooperatives, farming associations and cooperatives, institutions of higher education, and incorporated and unincorporated consortia.
Source: T&D World
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