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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
http://www.energy.gov/sciencetech/grants.htm
GRANTS & CONTRACTS
The DOE Loan Guarantee Program – DOE offers loan
guarantees for eligible projects, including renewable energy
projects, that “avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or
anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases” and “employ
new or significantly improved technologies.”
Grants and Tax Incentives – The federal government offers
an investment tax credit for the purchase and installation of
qualifying small wind electric systems, worth 30 percent of
the value of the system. For details, please see the Residential
Renewable Energy Tax Credit page in the Database of State
Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE) website.
The federal government also offers a Renewable Electricity
Production Tax Credit and Business Energy Investment Tax
Credit for larger, utility-scale wind power installations. The
Recovery Act of 2009 also established a cash grant exchange
for the Investment Tax Credit; details of this program are still
being finalized as of April 2009. Additional incentives may be
available at the state level; visit the DSIRE database for more
information. Small wind systems installed for agricultural
applications may be eligible for federal funding through
the U.S. Department of Agriculture; visit Wind Powering
America’s Agricultural Community page for details. An
overview of related incentives and funding opportunities is
also available from DOE.
ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy,
which works to help Americans save money and protect the
environment through energy efficient products and practices.
For the Home: If you purchase an energy-efficient product or
renewable energy system for your home, you may be eligible
for a federal tax credit. An overview of the federal tax credits
for energy efficiency can be found on the website listed above.
For Businesses: Because a strategic approach to energy
management can produce twice the savings – for the
bottom line and the environment – as typical approaches,
EPA’s ENERGY STAR partnership offers a proven energy
management strategy that helps in measuring current energy
performance, setting goals, tracking savings, and rewarding
improvements.
EPA provides an innovative energy performance rating
system which businesses have already used for more than
130,000 buildings across the country. EPA also recognizes top
performing buildings with the ENERGY STAR.
Contact – For more information, visit
the website of the DOE Loan Guarantee
Program at: http://www.lgprogram.energy.
gov/index.html.
Contact – http://www1.eere.energy.gov/
windandhydro/financial.html
Contact – (9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern Time)
ENERGY STAR Hotline 1 (888) STAR-YES
/ (1-888-782-7937) or visit: http://www.
energystar.gov.
By mail – US EPA ENERGY STAR Hotline
(6202J)
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
(Please include a phone and e-mail address
for a faster response.)
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
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