Matt Raker's Blog Posts Tagged 'renewable energy' (22)

The letter of intent deadline (optional) is April 2, 2012. Concept papers are due April 9, 2012 and full applications are due May 29, 2012.

The Sunshot Incubator Program provides support to assist small businesses in making the transition from a proof of concept or business plan to domestic commercialization or deployment of solar energy products through advanced research and development, strengthening domestic manufacturing and cutting-edge technology. Proposed activities should be…

The new McKinsey report Resource Revolution: Meeting the world’s energy, materials, food, and water needs shows that the resource challenge can be met through a combination of expanding the supply of resources and a step change in the way they are extracted, converted, and used. Such resource productivity improvements, using existing technology, could satisfy…

Celebrating North Carolina's Success in the Clean Energy Economy

FEATURING: NCSEA's Annual Membership Meeting, 2011 Clean Energy Awards & Clean Energy Educational Sessions…

Grants to 17 New and Emerging Businesses Help Energy Efficiency and Job Growth

RALEIGH – Secretary Keith Crisco today announced that 17 new and emerging small businesses in North Carolina will share $3.7 million in grants from the Green Business Fund to help them use energy and resources more efficiently and cut utility costs so dollars can be focused on growing the businesses to create and retain jobs.  All together, these 17 projects will create or retain 108…

Deadline: 6/20/11

Agency: USDA

Program: Rural Energy for America Program

Description:  Energy audits and renewable energy development assistance will allow agriculture producers and rural small businesses to become more energy efficient and use renewable technologies. For all projects, the system must be located in a rural area, must be technically feasible, and must be owned by the applicant

Award Amount: $100,000…

The Energy Foundation is focused on advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy policy in the United States and China, the largest and fastest growing energy markets in the world. The Foundation’s grantmaking programs include support for the following issues: efforts to reduce carbon emissions from the utility industry; policies to increase the energy efficiency of U.S. homes and businesses; policies that reduce vehicle…

Deadline: 2/28/11 (Letter of Intent Due); Deadlines vary dependent on program (view RFA for details)

Agency: Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Program: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Foundational Program

Description:  The AFRI Foundational Program is offered to support research grants in the six AFRI priority areas to continue building a foundation of…

Using detailed land analysis, Illinois researchers have found that biofuel crops cultivated on available land could produce up to half of the world's current fuel consumption – without affecting food crops or pastureland.

Published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, the study led by civil and environmental engineering professor Ximing Cai identified land around the globe available to produce grass crops for biofuels, with minimal impact on agriculture or the…

This program provides support for fundamental research and education that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels. Processes for sustainable energy production must be environmentally benign, reduce greenhouse gas production, and utilize renewable or bio-based resources that are abundant in the U.S. Priority will be given to activities that focus on one or more of the following sustainable energy technology areas: biofuels,…

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, the Alliance to Save Energy, and the American Council on Renewable Energy have released a collaborative report on state and local

best practices in energy efficiency and renewable energy. The report, entitled

Compendium of Best Practices: Sharing Local and State Successes in Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy from…

Application Due: September 8, 2010

Eligible Entities: State or local government; any governmental agency, including a municipal utility or public power authority; Indian tribes; corporations; nonprofits

The High Energy Cost Grant Program provides financial assistance for the improvement of energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities serving eligible rural communities with home energy costs that are over 275 percent of the national average. Eligible projects for…

N.C. Arboretum and Appalachian State also receive grants, bringing a total of $1.2M and 58 jobs to the 23-county region of Western N.C.